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, September 7, 2011

Good Numbers but it is Bittersweet

Today was a good day for Brodie's numbers.  Most of today he did really well with the exception of a couple of brief moments.  The head ultrasound came back and there were no problems other than they didn't see an increase in the brain size.  They also ended up doing the EEG because he started to have jerking movements just like when he was having seizures.  We did not get the results back on that but probably will tomorrow.  We just pray that there are no other issues with his brain and that those movements are not seizures.  The team got together and decided to keep him on the oscillator and not put him back on the ventilator.  They feel like we are making progress at this point and do not want to take any chances.  The nurse stopped giving him the paralyzing medication and the team decided to keep giving it to him when he starts to wake up.  Brodie is at 60% oxygen and has stayed there most of the day and they have decreased the other settings on the oscillator as well.  Tomorrow is going to be a tough day if anything comes back abnormal on the EEG.  Hope everyone had a wonderful day and has an even better tomorrow!

3 comments:

Lindsey said...

We will be praying the results of the EEG are positive. Continue to pray. We are here for you all in prayer.

Michelle Kerman said...

We are praying for you. We love you! Bill, Michelle and Nicholas Kerman

Sonny and Bernadette said...

Praying for positive EEG results today!! Hang in there Brodie!