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, September 8, 2011

Happy Birthday Brodie

Today is Brodie's 1 month birthday. It is hard to believe that he has already been here for an entire month. This is a big day because there have been some days along the way that we didn't think that he would ever make it a month. Thanks to all of everyone's prayers we have managed to not only reach 1 month but at least be moving in the right direction. He is an amazing little boy and it tears our hearts apart to see him just lying there with a tube in his mouth and us not being able to hold him. I feel like things will get even better soon and we will be able to hold him again. We have still not received the results of the EEG and they have not rounded on him yet. We will post the results when we get them. Overall he has stayed the same from last night to this morning. Hope everyone is have a great day.

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Brodie!! You are soo loved!

-Alicia

Michelle Kerman said...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRODIE!!! We love you!

The Kerman Family

Kim DuBose said...

Happy Birthday Precious Little Brodie! :)

Sonny and Bernadette said...

Happy Birthday Brodie!! Love u!

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday, Brodie!!!

Fran said...

Happy Birthday Brodie! Praying for your family to be able to hold you and whisper in your ear how much they love you! Oh, yeah, you already know that--xxoo Fran

Lindsey said...

Wow, one month already!! Happy One Month Birthday. You all must be so proud.

michellefieldswhite said...

one month is a big number for this little boy, love you guys!!!