Caden continues to improve. He is still in the Children’s Hospital at MUSC in his own room. Caden was taken off oxygen for the first time on Sunday morning. He has been on and off the oxygen since then. He is doing pretty good without the oxygen tonight and should get to go home on Monday if he still looks good to the doctors without oxygen. Caden is back to eating pretty much a normal diet for him via the g-tube. He is tolerating the food fine and is at about 90% of the amount he was eating a week ago. He is still on a 50/50 mix of mom’s milk/formula that is fortified to 24 calories.
I am staying with Caden at night and Sherry is here during the day. Sherry’s mom is in town to help take care of Riley. My mom and sister left on Sunday afternoon. My mom has been in town since Caden was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday.
There was never a specific diagnosis of what caused Caden’s respiratory problems. It has basically be attributed to an unknown virus. There was really nothing the doctors could do but treat the symptoms and help make Caden as comfortable as possible until the virus ran its course.
We thank you for your thoughts and prayers. I hope you enjoy the new pictures for weeks 17 and 18.
Hank O