Archive for October, 2009

Monday, October 26th, 2009

Caden will remain on oxygen at home until at least Thursday.  Sherry took him to the pediatrician today and his saturation levels were in the low 90s.  His saturation levels generally run a few points lower when sleeping. The oxygen was ordered when Caden was discharged from the hospital on Thursday after spending six nights […]

Monday, October 19th, 2009

If you have been following me on Facebook or Twitter then you know that Caden has been hospitalized since Friday.  He has never completely kicked the pneumonia from his last hospitalization in August that was initially caused by H1N1 (Swine Flu). Caden’s condition is improving and I expect he may get off oxygen sometime tomorrow.  […]

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

In my last post I talked about the ER visit that we did due to fever and noise in Caden’s left lung.  That visit ultimately led to a follow up with a pulmonologist last Thursday October 8th.  The pediatrician was concerned with this lingering fluid on Caden’s lung that appears to have never cleared up […]

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

The past 24 hours have been quite a ride for Caden.  He had a rough night last night.  He ran a fever of about 103.5 and required an above normal amount of suctioning.  Caden has had an increasing amount of greenish secretions this week and the full fever (above 101.5) justified Sherry taking Caden in […]