Caden’s Page

It is not often that we can say it has been a really good day in the hospital, but this one ranks well above average for sure…even though we are in the ICU. Caden’s surgery was completed in record time and he is doing very well with the recovery process. Praise God! Thank you for interceding on […]

Caden’s back surgery has been rescheduled for this coming Thursday, September 22, 2011. This will be an adjustment of the VEPTR rods were placed in Caden’s back during a surgery performed a year ago next week to treat scoliosis. The surgery this week is a major surgery performed in the MUSC adult hospital 4th floor […]

Caden is on the mend. The Pneumonia is on the run. Caden has been free from fever for two days and has been able to go without oxygen for a few hours yesterday and today. The plan it to give Caden one more day of IV antibiotics and then switch him to oral antibiotics (via […]

Caden was scheduled for back surgery tomorrow morning. We cancelled the surgery due to Caden being sick. He was diagnosed with pneumonia last Monday August 15th and was actually on the mend until Wednesday of this week.  He had gotten to the point over the weekend where he could be without oxygen during the day with his SATS holding […]

Caden was diagnosed with pneumonia again on Monday. He had only been off oxygen during the day for a few weeks after recovering from the June 21st diagnosis of pneumonia. The photo of the x-ray on the right was taken after the fall he and Sherry had at the aquarium during the week of the […]

Caden has been home from the hospital for a few days now. Just before discharge we had a visit from a very strange looking doctor from the MUSC Pediatric Neurology department. At first glance you might think someone from the psych ward stole a lab coat and was playing pranks.  This guy had glasses as […]

Caden was diagnosed with pneumonia during and ER visit yesterday. Caden took a turn for the worse this morning after he got up. Caden got to a point where he was requiring the maximum oxygen that our home concentrator equipment could provide which is 5 liters.  We have oxygen tanks and that can provide higher […]

Caden was taken to the MUSC emergency room today due to low oxygen saturation (SAT), high fever, high heart rate, and increased secretions.  We had to put him on oxygen last night and ended up increasing the amount to 3 liters of oxygen by morning.  We called the pulmonary doctor on call before taking him […]

Caden was discharged from the hospital this evening. He is still on about 2.0 liters of oxygen.  The oxygen is not related to the surgical procedure at all.  We had Caden on oxygen before the surgery.  Caden will see the infectious disease department again next week to see what might be the next step in […]