My Spleen Is Where My Lungs Should Be | CDH
Sickboy
CBC
4.8 • 524 Ratings
🗓️ 4 February 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
What happens when your abdomen decides it's tired of the basement and wants to move into the penthouse suite? This week, we sit down with Jude, who was born with a rare birth defect called Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia (CDH). In plain English: they had a hole in their diaphragm (the dinner-plate-sized muscle that keeps your "upstairs" and "downstairs" separate) and their organs decided to throw a housewarming party in their chest cavity. We're talking a spleen, liver, and bowels all fighting for real estate where their lungs were supposed to grow. Jude is living proof that even if you start life with your organs in the wrong room, you can still build a hell of a house.
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| 0:39.9 | Hello, everyone. |
| 0:44.8 | Welcome back another episode of Sick Boy, and we're very excited about this one. |
| 0:47.2 | We get to sit down with our new friend Jude. |
| 0:52.8 | Now, Jude was born with something called congenital diaphragmatic hernia. |
| 0:57.2 | So basically, their diaphragm didn't finish loading. |
| 1:04.1 | And their abdominal organs decided that they wanted a better view. So they all moved upstairs into Jude's chest cavity. And I'm talking like spleen, liver, bowels, just all up in there hanging out where the lungs |
| 1:14.6 | are supposed to grow. |
| 1:16.7 | This is a wild and fascinating conversation about curiosity, about resilience, and what happens |
| 1:25.5 | when all of your guts decide to play Tetris? |
| 1:29.4 | We had so much fun with this conversation, and Jude is an absolute rock star. |
| 1:34.7 | I know you're going to enjoy it. |
| 1:36.4 | But listen, before we get into it, I just want to ask you, do us a huge favor. |
| 1:41.0 | We couldn't do this show without you, the listener. |
| 1:42.8 | We truly appreciate every single one of |
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