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!


Sunday, September 11, 2011

Brodie had an ok night and he is having a good morning. Last night they had to go back up on his oxygen to 70% but this morning he has come back down to 56%. There have really not been too many other changes. He is handling his feeds that they started and the nurse said that there was not alot of residual left in his stomach. Overall it seems like things are at a bit of a standstill. It seems like during the day they are able to wean his oxygen and then at night he goes back up. Hopefully soon he will snap out of this trend. Today is the first day since Brodie has been born that we are going to venture out for a few hours of fun. We are going to take Bradie to the Texans game and he is very excited. He has been talking about this for weeks. Luckily the stadium is just a few miles from the hospital so we can come back after the game. It will be good for us to have a little fun but also going to be very difficult because we will miss him and feel guilty for having fun while he just lays in his hospital bed. Hope everyone has a great Sunday and thanks for all of the kind words and prayers.

2 comments:

Lindsey said...

I hope you enjoyed the game and were able to have a little fun with Bradie and give yourself a boost of positive energy being out of the hospital. I pray that Brodie gets out of the trend and continues to head on the right path. Thinking of you all.

mandymorena said...

Hi hope you had a good time at them game. It's good to go out and distract yourself a bit. I too have been in your shoes and even in that same room. God is watching over your baby while your take your other son to have some fun. Hope everything goes well with getting down his O2. May God watch over you and your family always.