Hi Everyone, 

As many of you already know, after 61 days in the hospital Cade is now officially home (finally!!!) We are so incredibly happy that we are all under one roof and we are absolutely loving every single second with him! He is such a happy baby and he never has a shortage of smiles! His big brother is also loving having Cade home, he’s completely smitten with him and loves to help out with anything related to “baby.” 

Cade’s surgery for his G-tube placement went smoothly and he is now getting fed via bottle with breastmilk and high calorie formula mixed due to his inability to gain weight on breastmilk alone and whatever he is unable to finish via bottle he is fed through his G-tube. Cade’s breathing has been improving slowly and his diaphragm is no longer fully paralyzed, but rather moving in an “uncoordinated fashion,” which is also an improvement. We will be continuing to go to Children’s for appointments with both the pulmonologist and gastroenterologist. 

The past two months have been by far the most challenging times of our lives. There really is no way to describe the impact it has had on us, we have learned so much about life and about ourselves. We are so thankful for our families, they have been incredibly supportive and shown us nothing but love during this time in our lives. We specifically want to thank both of our parents and Chris’s sister and her husband for watching Eli on multiple occasions, we can’t imagine going through this without their help. We want to thank anyone who sent us cards, money, gifts, well wishes and prayers while Cade was in the hospital. There are not enough thanks in the world to give all of you. We are so grateful to have been shown so much kindness and compassion. We have high hopes that everything with Cade’s health will continue to improve as he grows and it all will be smooth sailing from here on out! 

With Love, 
Katie & Chris