Still on Track

On Wednesday, Caden was taken completely off the oxygen and handled it really wel. His saturation continued to be right around 100% or slightly less. Great news! We also worked with the OT to give him a feeding by mouth. The breast milk had to be thickened but he was able to drink 20 mls by bottle and the rest of the feeding, 40 mls, was given through the g-tube. We are only to do three bottle feedings a day and only 20 mls at a time. But it's a start. It will be several weeks or months before we are able to feed him exclusively by mouth.

Wednesday night, I drove home to spend the night there and take Kyler to a couple appointments on Thursday. It was great to sleep in my own bed again. And, even more great to know that by Saturday night we will be back here for good. I will drive back tonight so I can be there when Caden is discharged from the hospital! What a day that will be!

I believe there was no conclusion on whether or not to do a CT on Caden to look at his lungs and pulmonary system. So, that being said, he probably will not have one since they haven't done it by now.

This morning, he passed his car seat test. Before they let him leave the hospital to drive home, he had to do a car seat test which just means he had to sit in his car seat for two and a half hours, the length of the ride home. This allowed them to monitor his vitals in the position to see if he could tolerate it. He did great and didn't have any trouble at all.

The only thing we've had difficulty with is getting the prescriptions taken care of. It has been frustrating to deal with our prescription plan and try to get the prescriptions filled in the least expensive way possible. We're still trying to resolve it so hopefully that will happen soon. And, our home medical supplies are being delivered today to the hospital so we will be set to go home.

Otherwise, everything is set for us to be discharged tomorrow. Yippee!