Oliver

I have two great-nieces -- Poppy and Sidney -- and five great-nephews -- Benjamin, James, David, Harrison and Oliver.  The youngest, Oliver, was born just over one week ago.  Poppy is his big (two year old) sister.  He was born with serious health issues that were revealed in an ultrasound last winter.  In my simplistic explanation, it's a condition where the baby's diaphragm has a hole that allows the organs to move up into the chest cavity.  The most serious consequence is undeveloped lungs.  Oliver was safe inside his mother and then passed a first big hurdle when he was born.  When his condition is stable, in the next days, he will have surgery to fix the hole -- "hernia."  The condition is called CDH, "Congenital diaphragmatic hernia."  His mother is writing a wonderful blog about the whole thing.

http://tawesson.wordpress.com/