Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Surgery on Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, January 3, 2008

Surgery on Thursday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Surprise!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was an eventful day for Wyatt's mom! It was her first day back to work. Wyatt's mom really enjoys her job and works with a great bunch of people! But when she called Wyatt's nurse to see how he was doing, she said he was crying!! Now, you don't tell a mom on her first day back to work that her baby is crying!!!!!!!!!!! But all is well, she picked him up and everything was fine. THEN.... Wyatt's surgeon called and said surgery is scheduled for tomorrow!! Wyatt will be an add-on and that we have to be there in the morning and he will have surgery when their is space. The surgery will be to repair his reherination since part of the intestines is in his chest. It reherinated in the middle of the patch near the heart. The surgeons will enter through the chest above the diaphraphm to repair the hernia. The feeding tube will be a seperate surgery if needed. Surgery is a BIG deal so please, please, please pray. Wyatt is our little miracle and this is just one more hurdle. Tonight I took Chloe and Abby to my parent's house, one hour away, then drove to the hospital, 45 minutes, then back to my house, another hour. It's 1am and I am ready for bed!!! Wyatt was great tonight. His color looks fanstatic, he is getting a blood transfusion to prepare him for surgery and he was wide awake watching TV. Yes... I said TV!!! I know we avoid Chloe from watching TV, but Wyatt discovered this nature channel that shows flower, cloudes, grass, etc... and music plays along with it. He loves it!! He was happy this evening and very alert. See the above pics.

5 comments:

Gillian Brown said...: Hi Gina,I see it's a big day tommorrow for both our fighters,Kaden is having his surgery in the morning also!He's having his g-tube fitted and a fundo ant the same time.I will be praying for both boys.Good Luck xx
Gil (Kadens Mum); January 3, 2008 at 6:44 PM
Anonymous said...: Benji and Gina - Our thoughts and prayers are with you, Wyatt and Chloe. Megan and I enjoyed reading your blog and seeing Wyatt's pictures. He's a beautiful boy and we loved Chloe's Christmas dress - what a cutie. Know we are praying for you all.
Chuck, Sue and Megan; January 3, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Vicki Jensen said...: Holy Smokes! This boy is giving me gray hair! Did Jack taunt him that reherniation is what all the cool kids are doing these days? I have to find your phone # so I can give you a call and find out how Wyatt did. I can't get this little guy off my mind! I pray that everything went well during his surgery!
Love
Vicki; January 3, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Anonymous said...: Benji and Gina - My heart is with you all. Wyatt has been in my prayers since before he was born, and I'm surely not going to give up now! Warm hugs to all of you! Anita; January 3, 2008 at 9:03 PM
Anonymous said...: I pray for Wyatt all time, even when I'm in the car. I'll turn the radio off and talk to God about him. God has been so wonderful to us, and I'm sure he will continue to watch over Wyatt. Wyatt is always in my thoughts.; January 3, 2008 at 9:25 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.