Caden’s Page

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.  […]

We saw one of our favorite doctors today at MUSC. This is Caden’s ENT (Ear Nose & Throat) doctor. We talked about swallowing mostly. We are still facing a recommendation of a myotomy which is a surgical procedure to cut the muscle tissue of the upper esophageal sphincter (UES). The ENT says that this physical […]

The ENT procedures went extremely well for Caden on Tuesday.  Caden recovered well and did not even crash for an afternoon nap.  As a matter of fact, his physical therapist forgot that Sherry had canceled for Tuesday afternoon and she showed up on our doorstep at about 4PM.  Caden seemed to be wired for speed […]

We recently had visits with two of Caden’s doctors. The ENT visit was to discuss getting an ear tube replaced and potentially removing Caden’s adenoids. They will also get a culture of Caden’s sinuses and maybe even clean them out while he is under anesthesia. The ENT is waiting on us to schedule this one. […]

Caden continues to do great. His activity level continues to increase and as well as the frequency of smiles. The following picture was captured today while Caden was entertaining himself with a little musical instrument. The above picture does show some indications of one of Caden’s largest problems which is a very itchy rash that […]

Caden was discharged this evening. The surgery was cancelled for a couple of reasons. The first reason is that all surgeries at MUSC are cancelled for Friday 9/5/2008 due to potential tropical storm conditions along the SC coast. The second reason Caden will not have this ENT and general peds surgery is that the cardiologist […]

We are still here and may be here up into the weekend based on events of today. Sherry had a bunch of doctors come by today. We finally got to see some familiar faces with Caden’s ENT doctor, general surgeon, and endocrinologist stopping by. Rough Night Last night (Monday night) was very rough for Caden. […]

We will see Caden’s cardiologist on the 20th of August. We have many outstanding questions and the list of procedures that Caden needs is increasing. Sherry and I felt that it might be best to just let you read the emails that passed between me and the cardiologist in the past two weeks. That should […]

We just confirmed an ENT appointment at 12:30. Prayer and persistance works.