We got to bring Caden home today. He was so happy that he was given all the nurses two thumbs up and grinning from ear to ear. The doctors were looking for Caden to go 24 hours without fever and be able to sustain his O2 saturation levels in the mid 90s on room air. […]
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Wednesday, March 12th, 2008Caden was admitted to MUSC for observation late Monday night due to low O2 sat levels caused by pneumonia. He is being given Rocephin shots. These are high powered antibiotic shots used to fight life-threatening bacterial infections. Caden has been on these Rocephin shots before. You may remember back in November 2006 when is fever […]
I took a few minutes last night to catch up on our little friend Callie from Atlanta. She has been at Stanford since last July where she has endured numerous surgeries and spent a majority of her time in the ICU. This week Callie was moved back to an Atlanta Children’s Hospital via a care […]
The UES dilation went of without a hitch. We won’t know the extent of swallowing functionality improvement until Monday. Caden is doing fine and playing here at home as normal this evening. Thank you for keeping this little guy in your prayers.
It looks like we are finally on for an upper esophagus sphincter (UES) dilation. Caden is scheduled to report to the main MUSC operating room area at 9:10 am Friday morning. The procedure is scheduled to begin at approximately 11AM tomorrow. This is really an outpatient procedure, but the cardiologist want Caden in the main […]
Happy Birthday Caden Today Caden turns three years old. By the grace of God, Caden lives up to the meaning of his name. Caden – fighter Gabriel – God is my strength Caden and our family continue to fight fueled by strength given from God. This week has shown us some great fun times mixed […]
Answered Prayer Caden had his six month cardiology check up today. The appointment came complete with an EKG and an echo cardiogram. The results of the visit seemed to surprise the cardiologist and it lifted a huge weight off of our shoulders. Sherry and I both had trouble sleeping last night. The past few weeks […]
One of Caden’s big appointments for the month is behind us. The results were mixed from my perspective. The good news is that we misunderstood the severity of Caden’s diagnosis last year. It seems that the severity of the curvature was less than we had thought. The bad news is that the curvature has progressed […]
Sherry is much better. The antibiotic did the trick. I am not sure the last post did justice to the amount of pain that Sherry was experiencing. The mastitis led to a very in depth conversation about nursing. After a long and very emotional discussion we decided to move to formula. I can not emphasize […]