A Story in Pictures

As I've thought about it over the last few days, I realized this isn't really the place to write all my experiences with Cooper's hospital stay.  I will keep those things in my journal.  My experiences were much too personal to seem appropriate to post on a blog.  There were moments in the hospital that were easily some of my darkest moments in life.  But I wanted to share some pictures, which if you are like me, you will feel that they tell a lot.  This mama still cries when she looks at these.  I can barely catch my breath when I think about it all.  And I'm still so overwhelmed with gratitude that he's home and I can hold him close.  Looking back, I'm grateful for the miracles that occurred during his hospital stay.  His ability to suddenly come off oxygen as one example.  And mostly how he was finally able to come home and has since been doing well.  Oh Cooper, I love you!

His hospital set-up with intense phototherapy

 His first IV, used for replenishing his fluids and his IVIG treatment

 Oxygen and second IV, used for both his blood transfusions

 All the tubes and wires to monitor his breathing, oxygen, heart rate, temperature, etc.  His had to wear socks on his hands so he wouldn't pull out his oxygen tube.

 During his second blood transfusion

 Wire free and almost ready to go home

 The survivors

 Grateful to be going home (and happy to have a nurse who made us pose!)

We're so glad to be home.  Understatement.