Cooper Update

Today Cooper had to have the barium test at Katy Memorial. It was an outpatient procedure that lasted about 2 hours. Cooper has been crying through his feedings and throwing up quite a bit lately. During the day he has been fine but after 5:00 Pm or so he becomes very agitated and cries quite a bit. We called the doctor and she said that it was evident that he was in pain and she suspected reflux. She wanted to do the barium test to insure that he didn't have an obstruction to his anatomy before diagnosing him with acid reflux. So, today Cooper was unable to eat anything past 9:00 Am and the procedure was scheduled for 1:00 PM. I was extremely worried about this because our little guy eats every three hours on the dot! So, last night I truly prayed to our Heavenly Father that he would help Cooper feel like he had a full tummy so that he wasn't hungry. This morning, I bathed him in lavender body wash, washed his hair in the lavender shampoo and covered him with the lavender lotion to see if it would help him stay a little sleepy and calm. I think with the prayers and the lavender we made it through the procedure quite nicely. Cooper only got fussy about the last 15 min. or so of our waiting time. Once he was given the bottle with the barium liquid he was fine. He sucked it right up! He seemed in awe of all the fluorescent lights around him and he just kind of looked around through the whole procedure. He did much better than his Mommy did! Thankfully, Cooper does not have anything wrong with his digestive track and he does indeed have reflux which is treatable with medicine. He will take the same medicine that Chloe takes and it should eventually go away. The medicine has definitely helped Chloe. She is a very happy baby now days so we are looking forward to seeing the same change in Cooper. We didn't have our camera so these pictures were taken by Todd's phone. He did so good!