The cooling therapy session will last around 2 to 3 days. Following the cooling therapy, the baby will need to be assessed further and continue to be monitored. Monitoring will ensure that your baby is able to eat, digest, and function as a healthy infant. The medical staff may want to administer multiple tests and monitor various aspects of the baby’s development. They may run MRIs, EEGs, and monitor the baby’s heart rate as standard procedure. This is to ensure that the baby has no abnormal activity in their brain, body, or heart. The amount of time that the baby will spend in the hospital following cooling therapy will depend on their overall prognosis and health. Most babies who begin to feed and digest their food properly and who have regular bowel movements and urinate correctly can be discharged if no other complications are present. If doctors suspect a secondary condition or complication of some kind, they should communicate that with the parents and have the baby kept longer in the NICU to ensure that they are healthy and prepared when the parents take the baby home.