We have received some inquiries on the results of the visit to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. We did visit Cincinnati Children’s as planned during our recent vacation. We saw two clinics. We didn’t really hear anything new in terms of ideas to get Caden to swallow from the first clinic (ENT). Caden’s local ENT doc had [...]
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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010Caden has been referred to the Aerodigestive and Sleep Center at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. Caden’s local ENT (Otolaryngology / Head and Neck Surgery) specialist has reached the end of his tool belt in terms of treating the swallowing challenges that Caden has battled since birth. Caden will be six years old in just a few [...]
Snow tubing was the plan for the day. We were working on a trip to the western North Carolina mountains this weekend. I promised Riley some snow this winter and I was planning to deliver on my promise this weekend. Our day went horrible yesterday when I was woke up at about 4am with a [...]
Today we celebrate five years of Caden’s life. What a blessing we got on Election Day 2004. We had no idea where the journey would take us on that day, but now we know that God had a plan to do a wonderful work in our lives as well as many others. God has taught [...]
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 [...]
The following video is of Caden speaking with his voice and sign language. This was filmed Sunday night as we were about to get Caden ready for bed. You can download a version of Caden Speaking (7mb) for Windows Movie player if you are unable to view Youtube videos. I know some companies and government [...]
Sherry just reminded me that I have not posted to let everyone know we made it home safe. The ENT visit ended with the above picture. This is what a 3 1/2 year old says after 36 hours of non-stop travel and doctor’s appointments 658 miles away from home. “Can we go now? I have [...]
We just confirmed an ENT appointment at 12:30. Prayer and persistance works.
We had a pretty good night. As I said yesterday we did not get into the Ronald McDonald House. They were full, but helped make a reservation that was MUCH cheaper than anything I could find on my own within a $10 cab ride distance of the hospital. As you can see from the picture [...]