We wanted to let you know that Caden needs your prayers. He has some pretty nasty symptoms of something – a persistent hacking cough causing heaving/gagging and massive amounts of snot that heÂ’s pretty good at blowing out his nose on his own. The Dr. heard wheezing today. He was given a breathing treatment and that didnÂ’t clear it up. He gave Caden some antibiotics and steroids to help the breathing treatments be more effective. These medications also help with inflammation. He also has diarrhea that may not be related to this recent illness (the gastrointestinal and endocrinologist are working on that). We spent hours trying to find somewhere to do a RSV culture of the snot but couldnÂ’t get it done (long frustrating story). Caden didnÂ’t see his normal Dr today because he wasnÂ’t in but we have a scheduled “well check” with him tomorrow. We will thus see Caden’s regular Dr tomorrow at 10 something and he will re-listen to him and determine if he needs the RSV culture done or a more aggressive path of treatment. The Dr we saw today scared me when he told Hank over the phone that he considered admitting Caden to the hospital tonight for observation. He assures us that itÂ’s not because he thinks that Caden is that sick but because this is a first time for Caden having this wheezing and with all CadenÂ’s been throughÂ… The doctor was comforted by the knowledge that we have a LPN in our home tonight looking after Caden in addition to an apnea monitor. The doctor has already called this evening to check on Caden. Yes, we did finally get the insurance to approve in-home nursing care for 8 hours per night.

Oh, Caden got a renal ultrasound and has 2 working kidneys. They do have some calcium deposits on them but the endo. Dr is not too worried. He is investigating the cause and thinks it is from the formula. ItÂ’s a complicated explanation.

I think this is everything. Next week is a busy one. An ENT (Ear, Nose, and Throat) appt on Tues. as a follow up to the one he had in the hospital (b/c of vocal cords) and Cardiology on Wed. including an echocardiogram, chest x-ray, and EKG.

He weighed in at 9 pounds 12 ounces on Monday at the endocrinologist.

Sherry and Hank