After surgery, Cade spent 3 days in the Intensive Care Unit at HCMC where he was cared for by an endless number of people that monitored and treated him. Friends and family would come and visit him and his parents would stay in the room keeping a constant eye on their favorite Goalie. The highlight for Cade was having his Bantam AA teammates come and visit. Even though Cade was pretty much out of it, his spirits lifted immensely when the Laker Bantams walked into the room wearing rubber gloves and doctor masks. The Laker boys were not use to seeing Cade in this injured and blurred state as one of them said, "that is not Kujo!"

Prior to to going home, Cade began his  Physical therapy (PT) to make sure completely ordinary physical tasks. As he completed his therapy it was hard to imagine that four days earlier, Kujawski was playing Goalie against Edina. 

After 2 days of PT with his therapist, Sam, Sam looked at Cade, shook his hand and said, "have a nice life my friend," suggesting Cade was okay to go home. After a grueling surgery on Friday night, Cade would be released on Tuesday afternoon, February 3. LIke any hockey player, Cade wanted to get to the rink and see his buddies, this time in a much better state of mind. Twenty minutes prior to the Lakers game against Chaska Chan, Cade appeared in the locker room to greet the squad. Surprising them and reuniting with his team meant so much to Cade (and his teammates).

Cade and his family would like to send out their heartfelt thanks to all of their friends, family, hospital and emergency team that helped Cade in his time of need. They know that God was watching over him to put this many people in his path during those five days. It has long been believed that Goalies are a bit crazy to face a frozen vulcanized piece of rubber shot at them at high speed. But what often gets ignored is how tough they can be. Prior to his accident in January, no one questioned if Cade was tough or not. Now he will have some scars to prove it.