For those who have not heard yet, Cooper Ryan was born Tuesday June 24th at 7:48 pm, weighing 7 lbs 8 oz. He took one breath and cried once before his heart stopped. He had lost a lot of blood in the womb. They think that a blood vessel might have burst with the sack. The doctors worked hard and got him revived and at times stabilized. They gave him several blood transfusions and hooked him up to machines to help him b reathe. They fought hard for him and several times he improved giving us much hope, but he appeared to be bleeding internally. Wednesday morning they transferred him to Children's Hospital where they hoped to perform surgery to stop the bleeding. Unfortunately Cooper's little body, taxed by the ordeal, was unable to clot his blood. They feared surgery was impossible without that. He was given more transfusions to keep his blood pressure up, but the bleeding inside put too much pressure on his lungs and eventually it made it too difficult to keep giving him oxygen. At 5:15 pm they took him off life support and let Kristen and I hold him. He passed away in our arms a beautiful little boy with the blue eyes his mother wanted him to have.
We will get through this. Ty is helping to keep us grounded. We are very thankful for all the support and prayers we have received over the past several days. We will have a graveside service for Cooper Wednesday July 2nd. For further details about the service please post a comment and we will contact you.
19 comments:
He is beautiful.
We love you guys.
Austin, Margaret and Amelia
Our prayers are with you constantly. He is beautiful. Thanks for sharing with us. Let us know what time Wednesday so we can be there.
Thank you for letting me come vist. He is Beautiful! You are in my prayers and thoughts constantly. I will be there in less then a second if you need me.
Love, Laura Jex
What a precious little baby - he is darling. We think about you everyday and you are in our prayers. Love, Bruce and Zanda
You have been in my thoughts constantly. Please let me know the details and I will be there.
What a sweet baby! You are in our prayers.
What a beautiful little son. You are all in our prayers.
Whitefords
He is so perfectly beatiful. Matt and I will both be there on Wednesday, so please include us on the details. Love you guys.
He looks peaceful, despite his difficult time on earth. He will always be a beautiful part of your family. We hope to come on Wednesday, but depending on the time we may not be able to. Please let us know the time of the service so we can try to be there--I want nothing more than to show our love and honor and support.
Cooper is such a handsome boy. Your family is in our prayers. If there is anything that we can do for you please let us know. I will do my best to be there on Wednesday.
What a neat little boy! God bless all of you - you're in our prayers.
Dale, Denise and Carey
Oh what a precious little boy. I am saddened to hear the news about Cooper. Please know that our prayers and thoughts are with you guys during this difficult time.
If you need anything please let me know
Maureen, Paul, Lyssa & Michael
What a perfect looking baby. You are in our prayers.
He's such a handsome boy. We are praying for you all, we love you guys.
Chris, Jen & Katy
Your family has been in my thoughts and prayers constantly. I am so sorry for your loss. He looks so peaceful in the picture, despite his fight here on earth. We will continue to pray for you guys, and find comfort in knowing where he is and how happy he must be that he was able to meet his parents. XO~ Lisa Call
He's so precious. Thank you for sharing with us. We're thinking about you guys a lot.
Love, the Durtschi's
Oh dear family - how saddened I was to hear of Cooper's difficult time here. Is is so beautiful, and how sweet that he has blue eyes! We wish the distance was not so great - but it's not far at all for our hearts to reach out to you. We ache for you, but are so grateful for the gospel and the knowledge it affords us. You are all in our prayers. May the service on Wed give you a measure of comfort as well as the family and friends that will be able to attend.
With love - Maureen & Don Porter
Thank you for sharing with all of us. I'm sure it is difficult. Cooper is a sweet little guy and we have been thinking about him and the three of you since Brian called. We wish badly to be there but know that we are in thought. We love you and will keep you in our thoughts and prayers.
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