July 22, 2010 - We are home!

We wanted to let everyone know we are home and Caden is doing great. The docs increased his heart medication which seem to stablize his blood pressure and his oxygen sats are now back more in Caden's normal range. We never really found out what happened and why it affected his breathing like it did but they speculate it was probably an upper respiratory virus that caused some swelling in his throat. That coupled with his vocal cord damage caused the respiratory distress and difficulties breathing. Whatever it was it came on sudden, and hit him hard but he is doing well now.

I asked one of the doctors why this happened now and it hasn't happened before when he has had colds in the past but his explaination is that viral infections lodge in different areas of the body and this one was in an area that Caden's body couldn't fight himself without oxygen support etc....I think what is more scary for David and I is how something that seems so small can land these kids in the hospital. Thank goodness for our team of doctors and nurses up in Milwaukee who once again took great care of Caden (and us)!

Thanks for all the love and prayers ~
Melissa