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!


Friday, September 23, 2011

Good Test Results Today

Overall today has been a good day. His oxygen has gone up and down but at one point he was at 54% oxygen. Right now his oxygen is hanging out in the 70's but we don't consider that a huge step back. The good news is that the EEG showed no evidence of seizures but it did show some abnormal activity due to the stroke which they said is common. We also got the results of the BNP and it went down significantly. This is good because it means that the flolan could be working and that we are making progress on his pulmonary hypertension. We wish that he would stabilize and continue decreasing his oxygen but we are definitely in a much better place than we were a week ago. We believe that our prayers are being answered and we just pray that he continues to get better. We hope that everyone has a great weekend and thanks again for all that everyone is doing. We hope to bring more good news to you soon.
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Lindsey said...

I'm so glad to hear that the test results were good. We are thinking and praying for you all (and wearing our wristbands!!) Keeping you in our prayers. Brodie, keep fighting. You are making mommy, daddy, and all of us rooting for you proud.

September 23, 2011 at 8:24 PM

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