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!


Sunday, August 7, 2011

Aug 8 Night Before Brodie is Born

Well, we have made it and we are just hours away.  We can't describe to you the emotions we are feeling.  Excitment, scared, eager, sad and happy are just a few.  From day 1 we have been able to go about our normal lives and be our normal happy selves.  I think all of the emotion that we have surpressed over the last 6 months has hit us all at once.  Today has had its ups and downs (especially when Bradie said he wanted to see his baby brother) but overall we are excited and ready too bring our baby home.  We look forward to giving everybody great news tomorrow and will try to post as soon as we know something.  I guess we will try to go to bed a little early but I am not sure how much sleep we will get.
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3 comments:

johnathan said...

We love you guys and all our prayers are with y'all

August 7, 2011 at 9:26 PM
Diane said...

May God Bless and keep you today in His loving care and give you His PEACE

August 8, 2011 at 6:33 AM
Sonny and Bernadette said...

Lifting you all up in prayer this morning. May God give you comfort and strength. Love you guys!

August 8, 2011 at 7:50 AM

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