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

Keep it up Brodie

Brodie is still making progress.  He had a little bit of a setback this morning and they had to turn his oxygen up to 88% but he has since come back down to 60%.  This is great news because we never would have thought that he would be able to tolerate going down on his oxygen that fast.  He is getting the paralyzing medicine a little less often now so that is encouraging also.  He had his head ultrasound this morning and we have not received the results but they are going to wait on his EEG until tomorrow so that they don't mess with him too much today.  The entire team of doctors has a meeting today at 2:00 to discuss our little guy.  Some people think that they should switch him to the conventional ventilator and some think that they should keep him on the oscillator.  They will put their heads together and come up with a plan for what they want to do moving forward.  We are so happy that things are moving in the right direction and are so proud of the fight that Brodie has put up so far.  Thanks for all of the prayers and continue to pray for him.  As I type this his oxygen saturation went down to 85% from 95%.  He sure keeps us on our toes and stresses us out. 

5 comments:

Diane said...

Keep up the fight Brodie, with your Heavenly Father and the parents God has blessed you with in your corner, you can't lose.

Lindsey said...

Keep it up, Brodie. Anxious to hear what the doctors say after their meeting. Our prayers are with you all. How is LaVona?

Kathie said...

God and Brodie are quite the team!!! Keep cheering them on LaVona and Todd.....We will keep praying!!!!

Fran said...

Hey, Brodie--Exodus 14:14: The Lord will fight for you; you need only to be still.
Trusting G-d to continue to help Brodie fight for life--trusting
G-d to give the doctors the wisdom they need to follow G-d's plan for Brodie--trusting G-d to refresh you, Todd and you, LaVona. Continuing to pray and asking the Ladies Bible Study Class to pray tonight. xxoo Fran

liberatingfreedom said...

Glad to hear that you guys have had some positive news. We are still praying continuously for Brodie! Keep going Brodie!!