The Land of Ozz

My big boy Caden was hospitalized yesterday.  He was admitted for a “fever of unknown origin”.  The 104 degree fever popped up while Caden was already on a pretty strong antibiotic for a sinus infection.  A major concern is that this illness could jeopardize the scheduled heart surgery that could take place as early as 9/22.  I am keeping my twitter pretty current if you want to follow more real-time progress.  I will be also be updating Caden’s Page with major changes.

The doctors are trying to identify the source of the fever so they can treat it.  We also have to consider potential evacuations with Hurricane Hanna if we do not get discharged before the storm arrives here in chucktown.  The latest predictions have it headed this way (Charleston is in the center of the five day forecast track). Apple pick’n in NC is looking better by the minute.  I just hope we can blow this Popsicle stand in time to beat this storm to the county line.

The good news is that Caden has O2 sats of 96-100.  The bad news is that it is taking 10 liters of blow-by oxygen to get the sats up.  Please keep Caden in your prayers.

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