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 31, 2011

Ugh!!!

We came in today and he was back up to 100% oxygen support. His last few blood gas numbers were good but he just can't seem to hold steady on the lower settings. They came in and did an echo on him this morning and that made him very unhappy and it dropped his oxygen saturation down. Again, he did not recover so they had to bump him up to 100% support. He does look really good today and maybe today we can get some good pictures. His breathing tube has been pulling on his upper lip but today he looks comfortable. At this point we look for the smallest positives to hang on to. Today they will do a changing of the doctors and fellows. This is going to be tough because we feel they know our baby best and we just want them here for the duration. LaVona really likes our fellow and the fellow really loves Brodie. The day we got the news of the severity of the brain damage she saw LaVona in the hall and gave her a hug. She said that Brodie meant as much to her as he did to us. We will miss her and are thankful that she was put in our life. I just know that if we could hold Brodie that he would be calm and his numbers would improve but that just isn't reality right now. We are going to continue to fight this battle with Brodie no matter how tired or emotionally drained we get. Please take some time today to pray for Brodie. He is on the edge right now and we need him to start making some progress so we can get him out of here.

4 comments:

Sonny and Bernadette said...

Prayers said! And I will continue to lift him up. I know it must be so hard not to be able to hold him and comfort him. Be assured he is being held in the arms of our Heavenly Father right now. Keep fighting Brodie...you are so loved and you have so many people praying for you!

Anonymous said...

Dear Heavenly Father,
I lift up my new friends to You right now, let them hear Your reports and know that it is You that have the final say. Give Brodie strength today Father, let him make small steps forward today and each day, measurable steps that Todd and LaVona will see. Through this time of doctor change Father I ask for extra peace for my friends Father it is hard, but give them peace and Your extra measure of love, wrap them in Your arms. AMEN.

Leslie Steward said...

Come on little guy, we want you home! Aunt Leslie wants to hold you. I pray that you can recover from this and move forward.

Lindsey said...

We will continue to pray for Brodie. Stay strong, to Brodie and you all.