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!


Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Couple of Minor Setbacks

Brodie was stable most of the day. The biggest problem is he is so sensitive to everything and when anyone messes with him he has a mild setback. Around noon the nurse changed his diaper and readjusted him and his stats went way down. They ended up increasing his oxygen to 81% and he stayed on that all afternoon. The doctors told the nurses that they were to keep their hands off of him. The nurses have to touch him for some stuff so when the night nurse came on and did her assessment his numbers went down again and they had to increase his oxygen to 84%. He worked real hard to get down to 73% but with two assessments he was set back quite a bit. Hopefully he will do well overnight and will not be so sensitive tomorrow. He does seem to like us by the bed holding his hand so that makes us feel good. It is going to get tougher in the next couple of days if he does not start to strenghten. Tomorrow is another day and we can't wait to see how well he does.
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Diane said...

This is the day the Lord has made, we will rejoice and be glad in it. Prayers for strengh and healing. Keep fighting precious Brodie.

August 31, 2011 at 7:22 AM
Anonymous said...

Hello, I was directed here by Leslie. I don't know if she has been passing messages to you over the past weeks but, Brodie touches my heart and I pray for him often. I've been in this situation (Not the exact, we had the ecmo treatments for a virus in her lungs)and spent 109 days in the NICU. If you ever need to talk, vent, cry, scream(via typing) You can contact me. I've been praying for Brodie since before birth. He is such a strong little boy. There is light at the end of this tunnel. My daughter(Born at 1lb, 1oz) is living proof. She will be 2 next month. I pray for 4 things for you 1) Brodie is in no pain. 2) the Dr.'s and nurses and their magical hands. 3) for you to stay strong and 4) Brodie to stay strong and heal in the process. Every word you are typing takes me back to the NICU like it was yesterday. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you think it will help. nelizab747@aol.com
Love and light to you and your family, Liz

August 31, 2011 at 8:10 AM

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