I'd like to thank the rain and traffic in San Antonio for the long commute to the hospital this morning. Never have I wanted to go "NASCAR" and ram someone into a concrete barrier more than my drive in this morning.
Cooper has had a good morning so far. When I first arrived it was time to feed him, and I finally got to hold him. It was a little challenging with the wires and monitors still attached to him, but it still felt normal to hold him again. I also got to feed him a bottle, and he ate a little slower than normal but he still sucked down all four ounces.
The little guy had two IVs removed last night, and the catheter early this morning. After surgery they inserted a couple of "pacer" wires into his chest that help bring the heart to a normal rhythm if anything goes out of sync. Thankfully that didn't happen with Cooper, and the pacer wires were removed around 10:30 a.m. Cooper's surgeon (Dr. Husain) came by and said everything was looking great. They've also taken him off his regulatory IV medicines, and he's receiving pain medication by mouth.
Most likely we'll be moving to Intermediate care sometime later this afternoon. There are a couple of tubes used to drain any blood that tends to pool around the heart, and we've been told those might also be removed this afternoon as well.
His recovery is going well so far, and we're relieved that he is responding as well as he is. Supermom and I just had a crash course in CPR, which was precautionary and hopefully we'll never have to use it.
The hospital staff (doctors, nurses, and everyone I haven't named specifically) has been tremendous throughout our stay. I'll post a couple of pictures later today, but he looks better every hour. We're very grateful.
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