Brody Update

Hello Everyone,

Thank you all so much for praying. The VCUG went ok today. It was not as bad as I had built it up to be. It was bad, but not that bad. The x-rays did not show any bladder anomalies which is wonderful. It also did not show reflux back into the urachus. He still has a urachal remnant, but it does not appear to be as bad as they once thought. Praise God. He will still need surgery, but they are going to wait until he is three months old for that. Dr. Williams does not want to do it now. He feels that he will do better with the anethesia if is a little older. The surgery will only require one day in the hospital too. Thank you again for praying. We truly felt all of the prayers going up.

Brody update

Hello Everyone,

I first want to thank everyone for your prayers. I know that during the doctors appointment today many prayers were going up because I was calm. And, Brody did not cry at all while the doctor was doing the exam and the ultrasound. He is such a good baby.
The doctor stated that Brody could have one of the three things: 1. an urachal cyst, 2. Urachal sinus or a 3. Patent urachus. After the ultrasound he feels that it is a patent urachus. From what I understand the urachus (tube going from umbilical cord to bladder) fails to close at birth. Apparently we all have one. I had no idea. We are going back next Monday the 31st for a VCUG xray. This is where they run a catheter to the bladder; fill the bladder with liquid and take xrays. Brody will not be sedated during this test. It should take about 30 minutes. Thankfully, Bryan and I can be with him during the test to keep him as calm as possible. After the xray, we will then see Dr. Williams again. He will see if in fact Brody does have a patent urachus or one of the other things. They are fixable, but with surgery. There are no adverse side effects from this. From what I understand once it fixed it is fixed. I am not sure how long or if he will have to stay in the hospital.
I will keep everyone updated. Again, I thank you so much for the prayers that are being lifted up for us. I can feel the power of prayer surrounding us.

By His Grace,
Sarah

Easter

My family loves Easter. It is kind of like our time to chill and relax and just be with family. It is mine and my mom's favorite holiday. I love that Brody's first major holiday was Easter. The Nana and Grandaddy bunny came to see Brody a couple of days early. They gave him his basket with his name on it and other goodies. The Mema and Poppy bunny showed up Easter morning. They gave him a baby praise dvd and money. His basket they used was my first basket. The Easter bunny brought Brody a barn, books, money eggs and clothes. Here are a few pictures from the day.

Revised info on Brody

Hello,
I have the actual name of what they think Brody has. It is called a persistent urachal remnant. I was still a little shell shocked yesterday when I wrote the first post. Sorry about that. From what I have read this is also called a urachal cyst. They are rare and usually asymptomatic until they become infected. They can be corrected with surgery. Hopefully, this is not what it is, but the doctor Friday kept leaning towards this. Thank you again for your prayers. By His Grace, Sarah

Brody Smiles/Prayers

I finally was able to get a pictur of Brody smiling. He has been smiling for about a week now, but I was only able to get it in a picture yesterday.
Please pray for the little guy. Monday we meet with a pediatric urologist (sp). The pediatrician thinks that he possibly has a persistent ureteral remnant. We will know more on Monday. Monday will be a crazy day of tests. Thank you so much for your prayers.

A Couple of Firsts

We experienced a couple of firsts this past week. Bryan's girls basketball team made it the state tournament, so Brody and I headed to Mema and Poppy's house. The girls made it all the way to the final four. We are so proud of them and what the accomplised this year. Go Lady Red Devils!!! We missed Bryan very much. That was the longest that Bryan and I much less Bryan and Brody have been apart.
While at my mom and dads, Brody took his first tub bath. His umbilical cord fell off when he was 4 weeks old. I thought he was going to go to school with that thing. But, thankfully it fell off. As you can see from the pictures, he did not like it at first, but then he warmed up to it. He now likes it so much that when you take him out, he crys.
Then Brody saw his first snow. He really didn't know what was going on, but I know that by this time next year, he will love it.

Nashville Trip and First Sunday at Church

Hello everyone. I have not posted this much ever. Crazy. This past week Brody and I joined Bryan in Nashville where he was attending a conference. It was so good to get away, and it was really great to spend that time with Bryan. Brody was of awesome during the whole trip. We went to Jen Jen's house (Bryan's sister), and went to the mall.
This Sunday was our first Sunday to go to church. I didn't even attempt Sunday school. :)
We are going to my mom and dad's this week, because Bryan's team made it to the state championship. They are so excited, and I am really proud of them.

Brody's Eyes

I realized that non of the pictures on the blog are of Brody awake. He was really awake today. He usually wakes up around 8:30 or 9:00 in the morning, and stays awake until around 12:30 or 1:00, so we get to play. :)

Random

Just wanted to post a couple of random pics.

Trip to Mema and Poppy's

Here a couple of pictures from our trip to my mom and dad's house last weekend. Some of my cousins had not seen him yet, so it was really great to see them while we were down there.

Brody is Three Weeks old

Ok, so I can not believe that just three weeks ago they were preparing me mentally for possibly having to have a C-section. Crazy how the time goes by. I thought that I would share Brody's birth story. Bright and early at 5am, we were at Methodist Germantown. Well, I guess you could say it was early. No sun yet at 5am. It was just icy and snowy. They started the pitocin around 6:30am, and around 6:50 I started feeling contractions in my low back. These were not bad, just uncomfortable. Then around 7:30 or 8 Dr. Tinker came in to break my water. Ok, for all of those that have to have this done, I feel your pain. He could not completely break my water because Brody was still so high, but he was able to puncture it. Anyway, and thankfully he did not have to come back in to break my water anymore. I kicked everyone out around 10, and it was just Bryan and me. At 11:30, I had had enough and wanted the wonderful drugs. They came in around 12 and by 12:30 I was feeling no pain. Then my wonderful weird body had all of the side effects that one can have from the epidural. Throw-up check, almost passing out and blood pressure going to 90/40 check, heart rate staying at 130 check. Around 3 I started running a fever. I never run fever, so this was pretty shocking to me. They checked me and I was still at 4 1/2cm. I had not dilated anymore in hours. This wonderful nurse started preparing me for what could possibly happen. She was really great. All of my nurses were, but she was very good. They started to administer antibiotics around 4:30. They checked about an hour later and still no progress and my fever had gone up. Dr. Tinker called me around 6 or 6:30 to explain that it was the safest thing to go ahead and do the c-section. How many doctors call their patients when they are at their sons basketball game?. He is wonderful. Anyway, one of his partners Dr. Bannister came in around 7:30, and said that it was just not healthy and that the baby nor I could take it anymore. By this time my heartrate had been in the 130s for about 8 hours and Brody's had been in the upper 100s spiking to 225 on occasion. So, they prepped me and whisked me away to have the C-section. Thankfully, Brody was born healthy and everyone was fine. They did have to take him to the NICU because he was running a fever and his color did not look so good. He also wasnt giving them strong enough crys. For precaution, they kept him on antibiotics until the day that we got to come home. They had to administer these by IV. Poor little guy. I'm glad he won't remember any of that.
He is a very healthy bouncing baby. He has been starting to give me little smiles, and he is starting to really recognize voices other than mine. He loves music. One of his favorite songs is "I go out walking after midnight" by Patsy Cline. He could be crying up a storm, but when I start to sing that song, he stops. Crazy Kid.
Ok, so after a very long blog, I will wrap this up. Thanks for being patient with me. I really wanted to get this down somewhere before I forgot. I hope that you all have a great week.

Brody's First Doctors Visit

Here is a picture of Brody going to the doctor for the first time. This was last week when he went for his weigh in. He weighed 8lbs 8ozs at this weigh in. We go back Thursday for his first official doctors appointment. Things have been going really well. Just getting used to everything. It is a wonderful journey.

My first superbowl

Brody came home just in time to watch his first superbowl.

35 seconds left..I can't watch


Touchdown...Giants Win!!!!!!!!!

I'm Here

Brody Andrew was born on January 31, 2008 at 8:09pm. He weighed in at 9lbs 3ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Thank you all so much for your prayers. I will post more later when I can think straight. :) I hope that you enjoy the pictures.

Brody's Room is Finished!!!

I can't believe it but, Brody's room is finished. I guess that is a good thing since he is coming in 5 days. I can't wait!!!