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!


Thursday, August 18, 2011

We've Reached a New Low

First I would like to apologize for all of the incorrect words in some of my posts. I read the ones I have done from my phone and sometimes I don't even know what I am saying. Autocorrect is not my best friend. Well we have reached a new low today. I woke up tired and just deflated because of the recent news. LaVona is doing worse than me and it seems that we are having a tough time comforting each other. Usually one of us is up and can pick the other one up but that is not happening right now. I guess it is all just catching up with us and beating us into the ground. The doctors act like he is doing good from a breathing aspect but there are pic line issues, urine output and the big neurological issue. The seizures have continued and they said that they seem to be coming from the same part of the brain which would lead them to believe that he may have had a stroke. You can imagine the blow this was to us. They probably won't be able to do an MRI until Monday so this is going to be a difficult next few days. The MRI will show them what has happened but we will not know his prognosis for some time. Please pray for Brodie and our family. This is tough but we know that he was given to us for a reason and can't wait to bring him home and give him the love and care that he needs.

3 comments:

Lindsey said...

We are praying for Brodie and you all.

Anonymous said...

Praying for you and little cutie Brodie.

Diane said...

Praying for healing and strength for precious Brodie and his Mommy and Daddy.