Welcome to our site about our son Brodie Dick who will join our family on August 8, 2011 at 8:00. At 22 weeks we went in to find out if we were having a boy or a girl and we found out that we were having a boy but that he may have a birth defect. After an agonizing week we found out that our son had CDH (Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia). CDH occurs when the diaphragm fails to fully form, allowing the abdominal organs into the chest cavity and preventing lung growth. CDH occurs in 1 of every 2500 births and a baby with CDH is born every 10 minutes. 50% of babies diagnosed with CDH do not survive. The cause is not known. This will be a journal of our journey and will allow our family and friends to keep up to date on what is happening with us and our son Brodie. Thanks for your prayers and support!


Thursday, August 25, 2011

Another Tough Day Ahead

Last night we called at 1:30 and they said he was not doing well and that his numbers were down. You probably know how well we slept after that. We decided we would call again at 4 and if he was not doing better we would go in. When we called at 4 they told us he was doing better. When we got in he was not doing well and we can see that we have a rough road ahead of us today. This is not what we needed today but we are willing to do anything to support Brodie and let him know that we are here to fight the fight with him. They are going to try a few different things to try get his stats up but some of them take days so we are probably looking at a pretty difficult rest of the week and weekend. This is getting tougher by the minute but we know that he has already overcome so much and he is going to fight as hard as he possibly can. We were having a low point yesterday and struggling with if we should leave Brodie or stay and not get to see Bradie. LaVona opened up her Bible and saw these words, "You may go, your son will live". It is just amazing how that happens. Please continue to pray for us. It is getting harder to just watch him lay there and get beat up by the oscillator. We can remember earlier this week holding him and seeing how far he had come and now he is just fighting for his life.

4 comments:

Lindsey said...

We pray for Brodie to keep up the fight. Keep fighting there with him. He's such a strong boy. We pray he will fight through this. Please let us know if there is anything we can do. We will continue to pray.

Chelsea said...

Greetings from College Station!!!! I am praying for strength for all of you!!!! Please know that Brodie has a crew of medical students following his progress and rooting for him (not to mention the majority of us are also lifting him up in prayer).

Sonny and Bernadette said...

We are praying for Brodie and for his amazing parents. May God continue to give you strength and peace. Brodie is a fighter and he will continue to do so. We love you guys and will continue to pray.

myriahrose said...

what a tough little fighter!! sending hugs and prayers from college station!!
-myriah