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Lawyer Medicine and Pink Paint

Hank — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 22:22:21 PST

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...

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Happy Birthday Caden

Hank — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:31:50 PST

Today we celebrate five years of Caden’s life. What a blessing we got on Election Day 2004. We had no idea where the journey would take us on that day, but now we know that God had a plan to...

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Home Oxygen Continues

Hank — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:34:04 PDT

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...

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MUSC Night 3 – Strange Medicine

Hank — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:55:09 PDT

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...

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Health Insurance Problems

Hank — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:05:29 PDT

In my last post I talked about the ER visit that we did due to fever and noise in Caden’s left lung. That visit ultimately led to a follow up with a pulmonologist last Thursday October 8th. ...

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Fever leads to ER Visit

Hank — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:19:18 PDT

The past 24 hours have been quite a ride for Caden. He had a rough night last night. He ran a fever of about 103.5 and required an above normal amount of suctioning. Caden has had an increasing...

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Swine Flu – Hospital Day 6

Hank — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:46:26 PDT

This will be a status update and it will include the story behind events that happened earlier in the week that I mentioned on Facebook concerning Caden’s treatment. First the status. Caden...

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H1N1 -Swine Flu Positive

Hank — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:10:21 PDT

We got word today that the strain of flu that Caden has is H1N1 (Swine Flu). We do not know where he got it from as he does not get out much. Maybe it was his visit to the immunologist last Monday...

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Protocol and Dr. Whipper Snapper

Hank — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 23:58:23 PDT

I think I mentioned last night that I initially resisted when the ER doctor said he wanted to admit Caden and put him on IV antibiotics. My initial reaction had more to do with protocol than...

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Hospitalized – pneumonia

Hank — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 18:59:20 PDT

The flu has caused pneumonia for Caden. We are being admitted to MUSC Children’s Hospital. I resisted at first but I am not 100% due to my tooth ache. He looks good and seems to feel good. ...

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