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!


Monday, August 15, 2011

Trial Off Succesful Now ECMO Surgery

They got his pic line in and and then they did the trial off ECMO.  The trial off went well and now he is in surgery.  This has been a whirlwind of a day.  We were at our lowest this morning and we came back from lunch and it has been fast paced and moving in a good direction.  His oxygen saturation has been good but his blood gas off ECMO showed a little too much CO2.  This is good but we still have a long way to go.  Right now he is strictly on the ventilator and they have a little more room to increase his settings.  The goal is to stay off the oscillator.  We will let you know when he is out of surgery.  Thanks for all of your prayers.  If you could have seen how things went from bad to good you would know that the prayers have worked. I was not able to give blood because I needed some more paperwork so that it would go to Brodie and when we got back it has been crazy.  I will do it in the morning and then I will be able to get everyone the info of how they can do it.  Thanks so much for the interest in giving blood for him.
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