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!


Friday, August 19, 2011

Quiet Morning

Today has been a very uneventful morning. We both got some good sleep but are really dragging. Just can't seem to get caught up on our rest. We are now on day 12 and it feels like we have been on this journey for quite some time. We can't even remember our normal lives. Brodie is doing well and they were doing rounds this morning when we arrived. He is still doing good with the feedings and responded well to the lowering of the nitric. The doctor said that they will lower it one more time tomorrow and hopefully then he can come off. They have scheduled the MRI for Monday at 6. Hopefully things will go well and he will be able to keep that appt. His seizures have decreased dramatically but he is still having them and he is still on the EEG machine. Hopefully we will lose that soon and maybe one day next week we might get to hold him. He has had his eyes opened most of the day. He just looks around and takes it all in. He is not getting that much attention from the doctors today which makes us very happy. LaVona and I are doing good today but we still have some unanswered questions that make things difficult. Please pray that there is not much damage and that he will be able to live a normal happy life.
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