Today was the big day. Caden had a surgery called a cricopharyngeal myotomy. This surgery was preformed to divide (cut) the muscle that causes the UES (Upper Esophageal Sphincter) to squeeze closed. In Caden’s case the muscle has never relaxed enough to allow for him to pass food, drink, or even his own saliva into […]
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Friday, March 5th, 2010We took Caden in for a visit with the MUSC orthopedics surgeon on Monday. The official word on the MRI is that Caden’s spine is healthy. They did order an x-ray on Monday that revealed a slight progression in the scoliosis curve. The new measurement is basically about 59 degrees which is up from 54 […]
Great News from Cardiology Caden went for his 6 week post op check up with cardiology this week. The result was great. The nurse practitioner for Caden’s cardiologist said that Caden looked better than ever. The cardiologist said that he could not hear a murmur at all anymore. Caden was released to an unrestricted physical […]
Caden went in for a post op appointment today just nine days after open-heart surgery. He was given two thumbs up by the cardiologist. They looked him over pretty carefully including performing an echo cardiogram. The echo looked great and all of Caden’s numbers O2 sats, blood pressure, and heart rate were all good. The […]
Caden continues to do great. His activity level continues to increase and as well as the frequency of smiles. The following picture was captured today while Caden was entertaining himself with a little musical instrument. The above picture does show some indications of one of Caden’s largest problems which is a very itchy rash that […]
Caden arrived home at approximately 1:00pm this afternoon (Friday 9/26). PRAISE GOD! So how does a kid go from the picture on the left (taken Monday 9/22) just after leaving the operating room where he received a major open heart surgery to the picture on the right (taken Friday 9/26) in just four days? I […]
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 […]
Caden is doing really good today. He is still requiring some pain management and has had a little difficulty with his tube feeds. Nothing surprising at all. Please pray for his continued healing, rest, and overall comfort. The Problem MUSC Children’s Hospital is overloaded with kids right now so we have been told to expect […]
I tried to get back into the PCICU after shift and was DENIED access. Caden’s nurse sent a messenger out to tell me that they were removing lines. I am assuming that means both the arterial and central lines mentioned yesterday. This will give Caden great joy. He has been asking to be held since […]