Our Little Sunshine's CDH Journey: my favourite ever scan picture

CDH

Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH) is a birth defect that occurs when the diaphragm does not fully form, allowing organs to enter the chest cavity preventing lung growth. CDH strikes 1 in every 2500 babies. The cause is not known.

Every CDH baby is different, there is no way to predict the outcome of any patient. Some babies with no diaphragm and little lung growth have survived, while some babies with full lungs do not. These children are very different, requiring different treatments, and varying amounts of medical support.

50% of babies born with CDH do not survive and sometimes the remaining 50% have to overcome very difficult medical complications. Many CDH babies have minor lasting health problems such as feeding aversions, asthma, scoliosis, or short-term oxygen dependency. A small number have major lasting health problems such as ventilator dependency, brain damage, or hearing problems. Many patients have no long-lasting medical problems at all other than a scar from the CDH repair. CDH can occur alone or with other birth defects, and rarely, it occurs as part of a syndrome.

Thursday 3 June 2010

my favourite ever scan picture

just been looking through lewis's pictures from before he was born (and there's a LOT lol) anyway came across my favourite scan picture and wanted to share it, it's always been said it looks as though there's 2 babies in it, 1 is obviously Lewis but just above him looks like another and looks like Lewis is really looking at it amazed anyway, anyway i'll post it the way it is with lewis lookin up at it and then i'll turn it round maybe easier to see that way xx (i'll be uploading some other pictures later, there's a few i want to share so i think i'd be better making them into a slideshow rather than just filling the whole page(s) with loads of pictures lol)

i think it may just be Nathan watching over his brother :)

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: I think its Nathan too hun, saying "shhh little brother I'm here" :) xxx

Leigh xxxxxxx; 3 June 2010 at 13:17
Anonymous said...: exactly Leigh it's the sshhh eh :) that pic always gets me when i see it, may just be the only 'real' pic of both my boys together, i know i 'photoshopped' 1 to get them together and to make it 'real ish' but ykwim :); 3 June 2010 at 14:45
Jaime's World said...: Wow, what an AMAZING picture! Nathan is telling him it will all be OK....and it is! :) Super cute!
Hope all is well with you guys! Lewis is so handsome!; 4 June 2010 at 13:56
With Out My Punkin said...: wow! Nathan defiantly is and has been watching over his little brother! ((hugs)); 8 June 2010 at 20:08