A room came available and we were moved to 7C just before lunch time today (Thursday). We are on the 7th floor of the Children’s Hospital, room 784. We are blessed with our favorite nurse that has known Caden from birth. She even remembered Riley’s name!
We are enjoying the freedoms of being out of the ICU. Riley has been able to see Caden for the first time today and you can tell it lifted both boys’ spirits. I’m sure Josiah will visit soon too!
Caden still has the one chest drain tube and the pacing leads. We expect them to come out today. His pain has been managed well with Oxicodone, Tylenol, and Toridol. I don’t believe he’s had any heavy stuff-Morphine- for the past 24 hours.
Please cover Caden in prayer specifically in the area of infection and fever. He ran a 101.8 fever this morning and currently feels like he’s warming up. The cardiologists do not believe the fever has anything to do with his heart but rather his sinuses. He was discharged Sept. 4th with a 21 day supply of Vantin (an antibiotic that he’s never received before). They suspended giving that to him over the last few days and gave him instead IV antibiotics of some type. He received the last dose of the IV antibiotics yesterday afternoon and the decision was made to put him back on the Vantin to finish out that 21 day course. We just gave him the Vantin at noon today. Perhaps the fever is because of the lapse between antibiotics… but he can’t live on antibiotics forever! We plan on working with an allergist/immunologist to figure out the best way to manage all this sinus stuff.
Thank you all for your prayers! They have been felt and answered in an amazing way! I am reminded yet again, that God works everything for good. He has placed us in several places to communicate His truth and hope to those who are just beginning on the road we started 4 years ago. I am convinced that our extra day stay in the PCICU was for this very reason. May God be glorified!
Love,
Sherry