Caden is Home!
Posted by admin on Thursday Nov 29, 2007 Under CadenAfter officially 120 days in the NICU Caden is home! Genevieve and Adessa are absolutely IN LOVE with their baby brother. They don’t want to leave him and all they want to do is hold him the entire day. They love to give him hugs and kisses.
We have his first doctor appointment today as well as Home Health coming out to give us supplies for his NG tube. We have to make an appointment with Dr. Y (can’t spell his last name) sometime next week to get Caden’s palate prosthesis done. He’ll wear this until he’s about 3-4 years old and they can do the bone graft and hard palate repair. Next Thursday he’s also scheduled for another ROP test up at Primary Children’s Hospital.
Caden finally has a surgery date for his lip, and what a mess that was. Between a 1/2 dozen phone calls we finally got it settled and it will be January 14th. They had set a date for Dec. 5th but there just wasn’t enough time to get that ready and Caden’s eyes still have ROP so we don’t want to risk him on oxygen just yet.
I also get to be sneaky and can “claim” Caden sleeps through the night. The nurses told us that unless he’s fully awake and eager we can use the NG tube until Caden gets a bit bigger and won’t tire himself out so much bottle feeding. So I just pop on his feeding syringe at midnight, 3am and 6am and he doesn’t have to wake up at all. We are going to try to increase his feedings more during the day and start tapering off the ones at night to also help with this. Caden still only takes about 30-40 ml’s out of 70 ml’s right now.
- Caden getting ready for his overnight stay w/ mommy and daddy
- Caden’s primary nurse Jeanette
- Caden getting ready to come home
- Caden in his carseat
- Genevieve holding Caden
- Adessa holding Caden
- Adessa, Caden and Daddy
November 29th, 2007 at 3:34 pm
Wow, Caden really knows who his daddy is based on that last picture! We are so happy for you to have him home. Wish we could be there to give him a hug in person. We hope everything continues to go well! Love to all! Uncle Roger, Auntie Debbie, Angel and Jacob
November 29th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
WOW!!! To finally have him home. Adessa and Gena are so cute holding him. He looks like such a big boy in his clothes!
November 29th, 2007 at 10:57 pm
You do not know me personally. I am a friend of Dennis. I have known him for about 4 years now and I just wanted to let you know that I am so excited to hear that Baby Caden has made it home and is in the loving arms of his entire family. I have been praying for him and all of you! God continue to give you strength! He is so beautiful and so are the girls!
November 30th, 2007 at 10:41 am
I’m so glad Caden is finally home and I can tell everyone in his family is over joyed; from his very first picture he’s grown into a very handsome big boy can’t wait to come and see everyone. Love Mom and Gram
November 30th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
YAY!! That’s wonderful, how nice it must be to have your whole family home with you! He looks great! Good luck with everything you will be doing now! Happy Holidays!
May 22nd, 2010 at 1:11 am
Hello,
My name is Cassie. I don’t really know where to start. Your story is a great one and I am so glad that you have decided to share it for it is the only thing that I have come accross that seems to relate to my situation and gives me hope. I am 27 weeks pregnant with my first child, a baby boy who has a cleft lip (unknown yet if he has a cleft palete as well or not) and is currently estimated to weigh 1 lb and 5 oz. My amniotic fluid levels are borderline to low and if they drop any more they want to go ahead and deliver me. They dont know what is cuasing any of this. I didnt have the amniocintesis done so we dont know if it is due to abnormal chromosomes, which the doctors are suggesting becuase he has the cleft lip. I am very nervous. I am also very happy for you that things have turned out so well. Like I said your story gives me hope. Thank you for sharing it.