Camping in Tahoe

Last Friday, September 4, we decided to try one night of camping at Lake Tahoe. Until the last month, our cardiologist had told us we were not allowed to take Caden to elevation due to his concern for him going into respiratory distress. However, following the heart cath in July, he told us he would like us to try a couple days in Tahoe to see how Caden responded. And, if he struggled, we should immediately drive back down the hill.

We really enjoy camping and were sad we hadn't been able to do any this year due to Caden's restrictions. So we thought we would take the opportunity and do one night in Tahoe to see how he did. We left in the morning and drove to North Lake to see if we could find a campsite as a first-come-first-serve since we didn't have a reservation. We were able to find a nice spot in a campground we have been to a couple times before. It's really close to Squaw Valley. We put up our tent and set everything up inside and then headed over to Squaw to hang out with some good friends who were staying there for the week.

We spent the afternoon with them. The men took the boys on a little geocaching adventure and had a nice time while the women stayed at the condo with Caden while he napped. We ate dinner together and then everyone but me and Caden went hot-tubbing. It was a wonderful, relaxing way to spend the afternoon/evening. Later that night we headed back to our tent to put the boys to bed. We all went to sleep fairly quickly only for Greg & I to get woken up a little after midnight by Caden screaming. This is not like him at all. He's been sleeping through the night for quite some time now, so this was pretty strange. Nothing we could do could calm him down but eventually he stopped and settled back down. Thankfully Kyler slept through that whole episode. However, he woke up around 4 am and was awake for a couple hours, eventually going back to sleep. We all woke up a little after 8 and headed back to our friend's condo for breakfast. Rough camping trip, right?! :)

We ended up spending the morning with them. The men taking the boys on another hike while the ladies stayed at the condo. It was really nice and relaxing. Then around noon, we headed back to our campsite to break camp and drive home. Caden did really well overall. I closely monitored his respiration rate while we were up there as that is what our cardiologist wanted us to do. On Friday afternoon, it was pretty high but it never went over 100 and by that evening it was down in the 70's which is normal for him. So, when we see the cardiologist next I will let him know how it went and hopefully he will clear Caden for air travel. It would make life easier if he was able to fly places. But we want to make sure he is healthy so we will follow the doctor's advice.

Overall, we had a great time and look forward to doing more camping next year. It was a nice trial run for a longer camping trip next time. It will be even more fun as Caden gets bigger and more mobile. Enjoy the pictures of trip.

Arrival at the campsite

Our tent is all set up

Me and my big boy, Ky

Caden all bundled up for bed. He seems a little confused as to why he has 500 layers on!

Kyler all ready for bed in his sleeping bag

Kyler and Greg on a hike

Caden sitting in Kyler's camping chair

Kyler wanted to hold Caden in his chair. They were so adorable!

My three boys :)

My and my babies