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!


Saturday, August 6, 2011

Last Ultrasound Aug 5th

We had our last ulstrasound and it went great.  Bradie went with us and was excited that his baby brother was on tv.  He seems so excited about being a big brother but we know he has no clue what that means.  We can't believe that we are finally done with all of our appts.  Looking back it was very draining and we can remember getting the long sheet of all our appts and thinking how tough it was going to be to make it through them all.  We would not have been able to make it had we both not worked for such amazing people.  Everyone has been so understanding and helpful which has helped us more than we could ever say.  Finally got all the plans for Monday done last night and now we are just on cruise control.  Now it is just time to enjoy a relaxing weekend before we set out on this journey.  We can't say enough about all the support and are humbled by the amount of people that are willing to do "anything" for us.  Hope everyone has a great weekend!   
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