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!


Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Seizures

The doctor came in and told us that each time that his legs and arms shook that his brain showed seizure activity. They are going to give him medicine and he may need it for the rest of his life. Hopefully this is not caused by an abnormality or bleeding due to ECMO. They are going to do tests this afternoon so we just pray that all of those tests come out ok. This is just another bump in the road and we know that it is going to be up and down. We need your continued prayers and will let you know as soon as we find something out.
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2 comments:

Tori said...

You guys have our continued prayers & support. Please let us know if there is anything at all we can do for you.

Brian & Tori

August 17, 2011 at 4:07 PM
Linda LaRoque said...

Continuing with prayers for you all.

August 17, 2011 at 9:54 PM

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