Caden is scheduled to get his next Synagis shot tomorrow, but I am not sure it will happen. He has been having a fever on and off throughout our trip to Georgia this weekend and he has also been very congested. He has been so congested at times that he has actually gagged himself into a full blown retch. Retching is where you go through the motions of vomiting but nothing comes up. Caden does this from time to time during his feedings, but I can not remember the last time he retched when not associated with eating.
Sherry and I slept in the same room with Caden for the first time in a long time this weekend. We have taken turns manning the monitor in the past few months when Caden was sick, but sleeping in the same room with him for four nights in a row is a whole different ballgame. It put us both into a sense of awareness that does not allow for sound sleeping. I can not even begin to explain the noises this boy makes in the middle of the night. It is almost like the sounds you hear when underwater in a swimming pool, but much crisper crackling and popping sounds.
Anyway, I am not sure if the pediatrician will give the Synagis shot with all this congestion and random fever. Otherwise Caden is doing great. He and his brother loved the four day trip to Atlanta with a brief stop in Clinton, SC to visit Nana, Aunt Becke, and Kurt.
Praise Report and Fun Stuff
Praise God!!! All went well with Darla’s surgery and the results of the tests run on the spot showed no signs of cancer. The surgery went off with a much less invasive incision compared to the explanations of the worse case scenario. We went down to Atlanta last Wednesday night so that Sherry could be at the hospital with her dad while Darla was in surgery on Thursday.
Sherry and I along with the boys were in the van headed back up to the hospital on Friday to visit Darla when Joe called to say that the doctor had just left Darla’s room and had told them that she could go home. That was just barely 24 hours after the surgery was completed. With the news that Darla was headed home, Sherry and I decided to convert our hospital visit into a trip to the Georgia Aquarium so that Grandma could get settled in at home without the noise of our two little bundles of energy running around the house. We have been looking for an opportunity to visit the Georgia Aquarium since it opened. We have found ourselves making excuses about how hard it is to do stuff with Caden and all his medical gear (i.e., feeding pump and suction machine), but we finally just bit the bullet. We proved that these kind of things are not that hard after all.
The GA Aquarium was a great stop for our family and a much needed R&R stop. Caden and Riley both had a blast. I have added a few pictures and a video below to help give you and idea of what it was like for us. Our little miracle boy Caden showed a particular interest in the angelfish after seeing some much larger and more colorful fish in other exhibits. Go figure. We moved on to the next exhibit, but he was not interested. He wanted to go back to the angelfish and headed in that direction every time is feet hit the floor.
You can click on any of the pictures below to see a larger copy. The video at the bottom is just over 3 minutes long.
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Riley, Daddy, and Caden at the GA Aquarium |
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Riley and Daddy are kneeling at the bottom of the tank |
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Riley and Daddy with the African penguins |
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Riley and his turtle friend at the GA Aquarium |
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