Another "GOOD FRIDAY"

Kaden continues to have excellent stats last night and all day today. He is still making good pee pee. We can really notice that his swelling is going down. Don't get me wrong, he is still very swollen, but it has gone down quite a bit. I can actually see some wrinkles in some parts of his skin from where it was stretched out. So all is good for his stats and he's still doing what he's supposed to.

We had another meeting with the doctors today. They told us that Kaden needs to keep on going with his progress, and Easter Sunday, they will be doing a trial to see if he is ready to come off ECMO. If he's not ready on Sunday, then Monday will be the day. I really can't wait to get him off the ECMO. They were telling us today that they want him off as soon as possible just in case they have anymore problems with the ECMO circuit. They think that if he stays on track with the same progression as the last two days, he should have a great chance getting off the ECMO.

We were kicked out of our room at the hospital today. Our social worker told us that she was going to try and get us into one of the local hotels and that we would split the bill with the hospital. Well, she did get us into the Carl Hotel which is located .4 miles from UCSF. They picked up the bill for a three night stay. We checked in today and it's really not bad at all. It's a small room with a bed, toilet, shower, and a small 12 inch TV. Perfect for Kristi and I...plus, it's within walking distance. We will be spending most of the day at the hospital with Kaden anyways.....the room is just a place to lay our heads and take a shower.

This evening, Uncle Jose, Auntie Megan, and brother Christopher came to visit Kaden. Auntie Megan bought us dinner at BurgerMeister. It was really good and it was nice to step away from the hospital for the first time in over a week. After dinner, we went back to the hospital to check on Kaden. His numbers were still up and he was making good pee. We told him that we loved him and we would be back in the morning. We walked back to our hotel, and are now trying to relax a little bit. Of course, I know that Kaden is on both of our minds constantly....but it's nice to be away from the hospital setting.

We got a really nice gift from Marion, Jason and Angel Addison for Kaden today. It's a CDH Cross for Kaden's Isolet, and a beautiful ceramic cross that says, "For this Child I prayed". We will place them both on Kaden isolet in the morning when we get back to the hospital.

Thank you all so much for everything you are doing for us. More to come tomorrow.