Caden is a big brother to two little brothers now. His baby brother Levi was born Friday morning. Mommy and Levi are both doing great. Levi went in for a little check-up today with the pediatrician to confirm all is well. However it did not take long for attention to turn to our big boy […]
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Thursday, June 3rd, 2010Please remember our little Caden in your prayers today. Caden will visit with the orthopedic surgeon in the early morning for a six-month follow up on the scoliosis diagnosis. Then Caden will have a Modified Barium Swallow (MBS) to test is swallowing ability. We will then have a visit with Caden’s ENT (Ear Nose and […]
Today was the big day. Caden had a surgery called a cricopharyngeal myotomy. This surgery was preformed to divide (cut) the muscle that causes the UES (Upper Esophageal Sphincter) to squeeze closed. In Caden’s case the muscle has never relaxed enough to allow for him to pass food, drink, or even his own saliva into […]
Caden has been slowly improving since the New Year’ Eve emergency room visit. He’s been going all day without using any oxygen during wake hours for nearly two weeks. However he still needs oxygen while sleeping to keep his SATs in the 90s. He is tugging at both ears and they are both draining via […]
We avoided a hospitalization by the skin of our teeth last night. We actually went to the MUSC Emergency Room and walked in just as the new year was being celebrated on the east coast of the US. It was exactly 11:59 when the nurse took Caden back for triage. The week began with most […]
Didn’t we bust out of here in less than 5 days after a full open chest heart surgery last year? Thursday we will complete a 10 day stretch in the hospital on this round. I am so tired I can’t see straight. Oh wait, I don’t have my glasses on. Caden should get out of […]
Caden has been admitted to the hospital for the third time in as many months. This time for dehydration. All but one person who has been in our home in the past four days has come down with some form of a nasty stomach bug that lasted 12-24 hours. JJ, Riley and I had nausea, […]
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 […]
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. […]