Archive for August, 2005

Friday, August 5th, 2005

Caden got home in record time. He was home well before noon on Thursday. I am sorry I missed doing and update last night due to plain old exhaustion on my part. I will keep you posted as things progress with Caden’s swallowing. DrakesAmy has been transferred to MUSC. Her water broke last night. She […]

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Caden is in his own room in the MUSC children’s hospital. Well, his own shared room. This placed is packed. Caden had to wait for several extra hours in the recovery room until they discharged someone to free up a bed. This is Caden’s first stay at MUSC where he did not get put in […]

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Caden is doing great! Off breating machine. No complications. More later. Hank

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005

We were notified late this afternoon that Caden is the first case tomorrow morning. We have to be at MUSC at 6am. They will begin with him around 7am and the botox procedure should take approximately two hours. I will try to get a posting up when he is in his room and settled in. […]

Monday, August 1st, 2005

It appears that Caden’s g-tube was malfunctioning and causing him some discomfort. I got home today and Sherry asked me to look at it because it just did not look right. Per the instruction manual I tried deflating the balloon that holds the tube in place. This would tell me if the balloon had the […]

Monday, August 1st, 2005

Caden may have caught the bug that has been going around our house. He has been fussy, congested, and running a low-grade fever. We are keeping an eye on him and will keep you posted. We pray that the fever goes away quickly so it does not impact the botox treatment on Wednesday. The botox […]