Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Good Bye Hopkins...

Friday, December 7, 2007

Good Bye Hopkins...

We learned today that Wyatt will probably be getting transferred to Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital. It's a step down from Hopkins and it's focus is rehabilitation. We'll miss everyone at Hopkins. He has received EXCELLENT care from all the doctors and nurses. The surgeons are not in a hurry to put in the G-tube because they want Wyatt to grow stronger and heal from his other two surgeries. He will remain on the NG tube until further notice. In a month, we will have another assessment of this vocal cords and take it from there. I am hoping to have him home soon, but it looks like he may remain at Mt. Washington for about a month. We are able to give Wyatt 10ml of milk a day and the rest through the NG tube. Two good things about being transferred... free parking and it's a little closer to our house. Every step we make is scary... I remember the feeling moving from the PICU to the NICU and now we are leaving Hopkins. Wyatt will be receiving his 2 month immunizations along with the RSV vaccine before we leave and I also requested another head sonogram to ensure that everything is stable. It's scary to leave... but I am so proud of Wyatt for being so brave and strong to be at this point.

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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.