Two steps forward, one step back...

Hi All,

Wednesday evening Caden went back onto the c-pap because he was getting a bit tired breathing all on his own. He's also back in the open incubator because they can't put the c-pap on in the closed one. I must admit, it was actually a relief because we could see he was really fighting hard, and now he can relax a bit. A cardiologist came to see him yesterday to check out the hole in his heart valve, and luckily he said that the hole is very tiny, 1mm to be exact, so they are going to try and close it with neurofen again. He also said that it is not necessary to restrict his diet anymore (yay), so now they are increasing little Caden's feeds. He's already back up to 18mls from the 16mls that they kept him on. Dr. Vermaak said that the restricted diet is probably why Caden wasn't coping so well on his own, because of the restricted energy. He also said that the infection seems to be gone because they can't pick anything up in his blood. They'll finish the anti-biotics, but so far he seems out of the woods (yay again!). Dr. Vermaak also said that once we've conquered this heart thing and his feeds are increasing, we'll basically just be waiting for him to grow, so unless something jumps up, like another infection or kidneys or something, we should have lighter days ahead! We are so extremely grateful to our Heavenly Father for making this such a smooth ride so far. We know that without Him, nothing is possible and that He has our little boy safe in His hands. Thank you so much for all the comments, from the regular ones, to the new ones, from our friends, family and even strangers (friends we haven't met yet). Everyday it gives us inspiration when we read them. Please know that each and every message carries a very special place in our hearts, and that every day you guys give us hope, faith and strength! I also want to thank Samm for the beautiful Kiddy Bible and journal. We will read to Caden every day! I have received a couple of e-mails "demanding daily updates", and I promise we will do our best to do so as often as possible, even if it's just to say: "Caden is still fighting hard". It brings such joy to our hearts knowing that we have so many people caring enough to check the blog everyday, or every other day, or every week for that matter. Once again thank you, thank you, thank you! But before I start sounding like a broken record, let me go and register our warrior at internal affairs (I know, it's a bit late).

Hope everybody has a fantastic weekend, and please, try to behave!!!

Lots of Love,
Elriza and Wes