Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Saturday's Pics

Saturday, January 19, 2008

Saturday's Pics

Wyatt enjoyed his vistors today. He was wide awake and happy. I spent the afternoon with him and Benji is spending the night. His feeds are 20ml/hr and his goal is 27ml/hr, so he is almost there and he is tolerating them well. Dr. Ahn,neurosurgeon, came by to visit and said that Wyatt's head is looking good so far and we can wait a little longer for surgery. He will look at him again on Tuesday. I would love for Wyatt to hang out where he is and get healthier and stronger until Feb. 5th and then have surgery to place a shunt in his brain that will drain to his abdomen, then recover, then home!!! Wyatt's oxygen is slowly getting weaned and he is now on 1/8th liter. All that is left is 1/16th and then no oxygen. I like taking the slow steady course for weaning the oxygen. I don't think he is completely ready to come off yet.

2 comments:

Vicki Jensen said...: Wyatt buddy! You look fantastic in these photos! You're getting so big! What great news that you're almost off the oxygen too! You've come so far. Just a little longer then you'll be home with mommy, daddy & Chloe!

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Vicki; January 20, 2008 at 1:40 PM
Gillian Brown said...: Wyatt looks great in the photo's,heres hoping it wont be to long before Wyatt comes home.Our 2 boys seem to get the same days for surgery!!

Gil(Kadens mum)x; January 20, 2008 at 4:59 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.