How can I make my character be larger through a script even when he turns to his -x value?

I can make my character bigger but i have ran into a problem. When he turns left it changes his x value to -x which causes the addition to go the opposite way.

heres the code, i have a few other things going on but d_NewPosition is the scale of the character and the last if and else statement is what i tried. Im new to c# so I need alot of help with this

 using System.Collections; 
 using System.Collections.Generic; 
 using UnityEngine; 
 using UnityEngine.UI;
 
 public class cat : MonoBehaviour 
 {
     public AudioSource someSound; public GameObject Player; Vector3 d_NewPosition;
 
     Rigidbody2D rb;
     float dirX, moveSpeed = 5f;
     [SerializeField]
     Text coinCounter;
     [SerializeField]
     GameObject coinMagnet;
     int coinsNumber;
 
     // Use this for initialization
     void Start()
     {
         rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
         d_NewPosition = Player.transform.localScale;
     }
 
     // Update is called once per frame
     void Update()
     {
         dirX = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal") * moveSpeed;
         coinCounter.text = coinsNumber.ToString();
         coinMagnet.transform.position = new Vector2(transform.position.x, transform.position.y);
        
         if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump") && rb.velocity.y == 0)
         {
             rb.AddForce(Vector2.up * 700f);
         }
     }
 
     void FixedUpdate()
     {
         rb.velocity = new Vector2(dirX, rb.velocity.y);
     }
 
     void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D col)
     {
         if (col.gameObject.tag.Equals("Coin"))
         {
             Destroy(col.gameObject);
             coinsNumber += 1;
             someSound.Play();
 
             if (d_NewPosition.x >= 0)
             {
                 d_NewPosition += new Vector3(.1f, .1f, 0);
             }
             else 
             {
                 d_NewPosition -= new Vector3(.1f, 0, 0);
             }
         }
     }
 }