congenital diaphragmatic hernia

Wow.

And so as this process went along with more specialty doctors, we found out she had CDH, which is congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

And that's- Oh, goodness ... yeah, that's in utero is your diaphragm doesn't fully close, so it left a small hole, and her small intestines came through that, and it was covering her lungs.

And, you know, the reason why I bring that up is, is I knew that I needed help with my drinking during that period, but my disease would tell me that you can go get help now and put all of the stress on your wife.

The goal of feto is to get fluid to stay in the lungs and allow the lungs to expand and grow.

This helps prevent pulmonary hypoplasia, which is a big factor in poor outcomes for CDH babies.

Now let's get an inside look into real-life feto.

We're looking at the tip of the baby's nose there.

she started telling me about how she had a congenital diaphragmatic hernia.

And I was like, what in the heck is that? Cause I had never even heard of this.

Turns out CDH is just as common as cystic fibrosis and no one, no one knows about it.

I think about 25 to 3,500 kids a year in the U S are diagnosed with CDH.

So it's pretty common, even though it's considered one of the rare diseases or birth defects.

So she told me about how her stomach was in her chest and how we live in Hawaii.

So I looked into it.

I found Johns Hopkins and Dr. K's.