Cody's story is going nation wide !!!!! With help from Blue
Hi Everyone,
Blue Cross BlueAdvantage HMO. Has asked us if we wanted Cody's story told. After Cody was born last December . We had to call them to ask
Questions about Cody and getting him on our plan A.S.A.P.
WE told them everything that was told to us about getting his C.D.H fixed. We later called them saying he was going to be in Children's for a while and the lady we talked to at Blue Cross BlueAdvantage HMO seemed very concerned about Cody, so we gave her his web site info. Last week we got a call from the branch in Texas, She said everyone has been following Cody's journey at now 4 branches
(Blue Cross BlueAdvantage HMO) They want to spread the word about Cody and C.D.H.
His story is going to
Be sent out nation wide. In there Blue Cross BlueAdvantage HMO news letter.
Story below and pictures I sent to them, they wrote the letter, we just had to email 3 pictures..
When BlueAdvantage HMO members Beverly and Sherdell Cawvey were told by
Their physicians that the child Beverly was carrying had a fetal
Diaphragmatic hernia and would have a slim chance of surviving birth, the
Cawveys were devastated.
“The doctors said our son would only have a 4 percent chance of living and
Would likely suffer heart failure immediately after birth,” says Sherdell
Cawvey. “They recommended we terminate the pregnancy, but that was not an
Option for us.” The Cawveys were not going to give up on their son and Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois didn't give up either.
Their son, Dakota, "Cody" was born last December and spent the next nine months in
The hospital. He was stabilized after birth, placed on E.C.M.O. (extra corporeal membrane oxygenation).
Before they corrected the Fetal diaphragmatic hernia. Later to find out he also had Tracheomalacia and Bronchomalacia ( floppy airways) Cody had to get a trach with vent support to help him breath, while his air ways get stronger.
A diaphragmatic hernia is a congenital defect that develops during the
Formation of the diaphragm, a muscle that separates the chest cavity from
The abdominal cavity. In a diaphragmatic hernia, the diaphragm does not
Completely form, and a gap is created between the chest and the abdominal
Cavities. Due to the gap, the intestines, spleen, liver and stomach may
Move up into the chest cavity preventing the lungs from developing
Properly, which makes breathing difficult or impossible.
Dakota has been at home for three months now and is thriving and
Feisty, even though he breathes with the help of a Trach and ventilator, say
His parents.
“Cody has now had care costing more than $2.5 million, and we are so
Grateful for our BlueAdvantage HMO coverage,” says Sherdell. “He will
Continue to need procedures and physical therapy, but the doctors tell us
That he has a great chance to live a normal life.
“The HMO customer service has been so helpful and nice to us. They've
Really helped us get access to the physicians, equipment and care we needed
To help Cody survive. Thank God we have such good insurance. Cody’s really
Beat the odds.” www.dakota-cody.com.
