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

Roller Coaster Continues

Last night things were going great and they took his chest tube out. We were expecting to come up here and get to hold him. Unfortunately when we got here things were different. The doctors and nurses noticed that there was abnormal eye movement and his arms and legs were moving like he was having small seizures. They are doing an EEG right now and will do a head ultrasound later to see what is going on. They are hoping that it is the medication that they had him on to paralyze him or it could be complications from ECMO. This is obviously very scary to us right now so we need all the prayers we can get. We will let you know as soon as we find out which hopefully be soon.
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Unknown said...

You have our continued prayers. We love you all and are in our hearts and minds constantly.

August 17, 2011 at 1:54 PM

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