Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Slow and Steady

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Slow and Steady

Hello Everybody! Wyatt is progressing. His fluid level is looking good and the doctor said that slow and steady wins the race. Today, we had a minor set
back. Wyatt has blood in his stool and the doctors will not operate until it stops (they are thinking it is coming from the intestines). He is on medication
that clots blood so we are hoping this works. If you are praying for him, please pray that he continues to progress and NO blood in the stool!! He is in a very
critical time now and we appreciate all your thoughts and prayers.
thanks, gina

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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.