Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Let's try an experiment...

Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Let's try an experiment...

Today the doctors tried a little experiment. They removed the oxygen cannulas from Wyatt completely to see how he would do. He was off oxygen for about 3 hours and did fairly well. However, his oxygen saturation kept de-stating to the low/mid 80% Ideally, his oxygen saturation should be between 96%-100%, so the decision was made to put him back on oxygen at a very low setting. As far as feeding, Wyatt took about 9 ml from the bottle for me today. Wyatt was not a happy camper... our nurse Cheryl seems to think it's withdrawal from the medications. He was just a little fussy. Hopefully in another day or two, he will feel more comfortable. Our schedule with Wyatt is now more structured since he is learning to feed from a bottle. I am giving him a bottle from 12-3pm and Benji tries to give him a bottle from 7-10pm. We are like two passing ships, but it's important that Wyatt has a parent with him during to feel secure about taking a bottle. Also, with all the traffic, my ride home takes about 1 1/2 hours. To spend a little time with Chloe, I took her to see Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer tonight at the Carrol Arts Center. It was fun! Also, I wanted to thank everyone again for their support. In just the past few days, I have heard from co-workers from North Harford (where I worked 7 years ago), New Windsor, Central Office, and neighbors. Wyatt has received adorable art work from Dan and Grace,prayer cards and special wishes. Thank you... as much as I would like Wyatt not to go through all this, it is a blessing to know how kind everyone can be. thanks :)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: sounds like an overall good day. He is getting better and better each day.; November 29, 2007 at 12:24 AM
The Beatty's said...: Has it really been 7 years? I am so bad about staying in touch with all of you guys...especially being out here in TN. I do think of all of you often and miss the fun times we had together!; November 29, 2007 at 3:35 PM
Anonymous said...: It sounds like it's still certainly not easy, but maybe getting better? We think of you often and wish you continued strength and positive energy. We've got a new little one coming in June, and when I think back to when Iain was Chloe's age, I just don't know how you are keeping things together. What a fighter that little Wyatt is!

Julia Jasken; December 1, 2007 at 12:30 PM

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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.