Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Meet the soon to be Wyatt Koger

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Meet the soon to be Wyatt Koger

This is Wyatt, my soon to be new baby. It was shocking to hear at first, but I am happy to know ahead of time. My baby has a diaphragmatic hernia, meaning there is a hole in his diaphragm and the stomach and intestines are growing in his chest
cavity, which leaves little room for the lungs to develop. It's a very serious birth defect, but we are hoping for the best case which is a normal healthy baby boy.

Our signs point in a positive direction- the liver is down (which is very good) and their are no visible heart defects. He will have to undergo surgery when he is about 1 week old to put the organs back in place and will remain in NICU for about one
month.

Please keep him in your prayers. I am his mom, so I am only thinking positive thoughts. I am his biggest cheerleader!! I feel that I know him already, I get to see his 3-D picture almost everyday -- he is very cute-- and he moves around constantly!!

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Hurdles that I faced and achieved!

After birth, I was placed on ECMO at Johns Hopkins Hospital for 13 days. On day 13, I had a surgery to repair my hernia and was removed from ECMO, but my organs would not fit in my abdomen. I had a silo for a week and then surgery to place the organs back in the abdomen. Then, part of my intestines re-herniated into my chest cavity two months later and I had another surgery to repair that. After my first surgery, I experienced an intraventricular hemorrhage in my brain and at four months old I received a VP shunt. After I was extubated, I learned that I have right vocal cord paralysis. Then I had g-tube surgery and after I finally got to go home after 5 longs months at Johns Hopkins and Mt. Washington Hospital! Only for a few weeks, though. In mid-April my intestines reherniated again and sent me into surgery. I came home, and had a long run before my THIRD reherniation in the beginning of September on Labor Day weekend in 2008. Then I was hospitalized for twice during the winter 2009 for two respiratory infections. Well, I almost lasted a year until my next surgery! Just this past June, in 2009, I had surgery to wrap my stomach around the esophagus, a nissen. This has helped with my reflux and my hiatal hernia. I will be 2 in October, I love scooting around but refuse to stand up and walk. I am a little miracle and thank God, my doctors, my nurses, family, and friends for my strength, my fight and a happy life.