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Caden has been admitted to the hospital for the third time in as many months.  This time for dehydration.  All but one person who has been in our home in the past four days has come down with some form of a nasty stomach bug that lasted 12-24 hours.  JJ, Riley and I had nausea, […]

Caden will remain on oxygen at home until at least Thursday.  Sherry took him to the pediatrician today and his saturation levels were in the low 90s.  His saturation levels generally run a few points lower when sleeping. The oxygen was ordered when Caden was discharged from the hospital on Thursday after spending six nights […]

If you have been following me on Facebook or Twitter then you know that Caden has been hospitalized since Friday.  He has never completely kicked the pneumonia from his last hospitalization in August that was initially caused by H1N1 (Swine Flu). Caden’s condition is improving and I expect he may get off oxygen sometime tomorrow.  […]

In my last post I talked about the ER visit that we did due to fever and noise in Caden’s left lung.  That visit ultimately led to a follow up with a pulmonologist last Thursday October 8th.  The pediatrician was concerned with this lingering fluid on Caden’s lung that appears to have never cleared up […]

The past 24 hours have been quite a ride for Caden.  He had a rough night last night.  He ran a fever of about 103.5 and required an above normal amount of suctioning.  Caden has had an increasing amount of greenish secretions this week and the full fever (above 101.5) justified Sherry taking Caden in […]

This will be a status update and it will include the story behind events that happened earlier in the week that I mentioned on Facebook concerning Caden’s treatment. First the status.  Caden was put on room air for most of the day today.  He is still dipping into the low 90s and high 80s on […]

We got word today that the strain of flu that Caden has is H1N1 (Swine Flu).  We do not know where he got it from as he does not get out much.  Maybe it was his visit to the immunologist last Monday but that is pure speculation.  The treatment does not change as a result […]

I think I mentioned last night that I initially resisted when the ER doctor said he wanted to admit Caden and put him on IV antibiotics.  My initial reaction had more to do with protocol than anything else.  Oh by the way…the protocol changes depending on where you are in the hospital and who your […]

The flu has caused pneumonia for Caden.  We are being admitted to MUSC Children’s Hospital.  I resisted at first but I am not 100% due to my tooth ache.  He looks good and seems to feel good.  However pneumonia is not something you want to play with when you are already fighting 104 plus fevers […]