January 29th

When I took Casen to the doctor on Friday morning, we noticed some mild swelling & redness on the back of his neck. When he woke up this morning, that swelling had significantly worsened and spread along his jawline.


Concerned about the possibility of an infection, one of Casen's doctors immediately ordered a CT scan. While the results were pending, they also added 2 more antibiotics to his medication regimen. Luckily, the CT scan did not show an abscess - just swelling. The localized neck swelling is strange, but not overly concerning at this point.
Casen's doctor would like to take out his breathing tube as soon as possible. Because they think Case is close to being able to breathe on his own, they have not allowed him to eat (if they remove the breathing tube, he cannot have anything in his tummy in case they had to replace the tube - he might throw up & aspirate). Bryan & I are not excited about the fact that our baby hasn't eaten in over 30 hours, but the doctor did agree to feed him tomorrow morning regardless of whether or not he can be extubated.