I was hoping that Sherry would get a chance to write this, but she did not have time this past weekend. You see there is more to the story of Caden’s return home from the hospital. The surgery he had did not relieve us from carrying any equipment that we were issued to help take care of Caden, but things did change rather significantly. The surgery did was take away the more emergent aspiration risks caused by the severe reflux, but that is still not the whole story.
The real story is that Caden has been a new child since returning home. It is noticeable by everyone in our family. Caden has been so much happier. He smiles more. He plays more. Our best guess is that Caden must have been having more reflux than we realized. He is not having the regular fussy spells that were happening multiple times per day before the surgery. We now realize that there must have been many more times per day where the reflux was happening but could not be seen. We could outwardly see the severe reflux episodes where stuff came shooting out of his nose and mouth. I already thought Caden had a great temperament, but now he has stepped it up a notch.
If you ahve a high speed connection and can watch video on you PC then I have a little clip of Caden playing in the floor last night. Here it is:
Video of Caden Playing – approx. 45 Sec long – 13.5 MB File
Have a Great Day!