Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Frog Legs

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Frog Legs

Wyatt was so alert and happy today. Since he was moving around so much, the oxygen buzzer kept going off because of movement!! He was okay. Wyatt's visitors included Aunt Carole and Uncle Pat, my parents, and grandmother. Thank you!!! My friend Amalia gave Wyatt a really cute outfit that looks like frog legs!!! See picture above. The only change today is increasing his calories to 30. It's probably the highest he will go and then it's likely his feeds will increase to 30 ml. Hopefully he will gain weight after this since he has not gained in the last few days. Chloe only weighs 19 lbs and Wyatt weighs around 11 lbs so it's in the Koger genes not the gain weight... not the Marconi's!! Chloe had the opportunity to eat in the Hopkins cafeteria during the switch this evening and she loved it!! She walked around everywhere just exploring. Tomorrow we go to Mt. Washington for about a week then back to Hopkins for shunt surgery. To top the day off... I got a parking ticket because I parked in the shuttle zone!!! $42.00!! I thought I was saving money on a Sunday to park in the street for free. I took pictures because I really don't think I was in the shuttle zone.... another court date I will have to attend... just like when I parked in the bus zone at the Metro station!!

Do you see this sign in front of my car... I don't!!!

My car was the only car out of all these cars with a ticket on it's windshield!!

But it's worth it :)))

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: was there a sign behind your car?? like shuttle zone from here to there??

geez... you need "parking insurance" just like you have "health insurance."

pics are ultra cute!! Wyatt looks like he's enjoying life!; January 28, 2008 at 1:45 AM
Gillian Brown said...: Wow Wyatt looks great!I'll be thinking of him next Tuseday as well as Kaden as they'll both be in surgery on the same day. Best wishes Gil & Co; January 29, 2008 at 2:19 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.