Monday Jan 8, 2007 10:37 pm

Well there is good news and not so good news... However I trust the One Who is the Good News to guide Cooper (and all of us through).

Good News.... Cooper's echocardiogram shows marked improvement of the 4 major defects in this heart's anatomy. The cardiologist has reported that his heart has been growing and changing in great and unexpected ways.The prospect of any need for surgical intervention is greatly reduced! ( remember we trust the One Who is the Good News!)

The not so good news... a scope was done of his airways to determine why he stops breathing and then his (recently much more healthy) heart stops beating has provided some challenging answers.

1) The small jaw line caused by Cooper's syndrome caused this tongue to completely close this throat. The surgeon offered no known treatment other than ventilation or a tracheotomy. He successfully and with much difficult placed Cooper on a ventilator.

2)The scope also revealed that Cooper's left bronchial tube is nearly completely closed. C-scans will be preformed soon to attempt to determine specific cause (other than the generalized knowledge that it is syndrome related).

( Remember we trust the One Who is the Good News!) Donna