Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: TGIF

Friday, January 25, 2008

TGIF

Wyatt had a great day today!! He only spit up once and it was white/clear which is a good sign. The abdominal x-ray was normal too. He was awake for much of the day and I even got a few smiles from him today. Dr. Chandler plans on increasing his calories so that he will gain more weight since he has not gained much in the past few days. If he gains weight, then we will go to Mt. Washington at 12:30pm on Monday and stay there until Feb.5th at 5:30am. Then we will come back to Hopkins for shunt surgery. I talked to Dr. Carson's secretary today and she said that we had to be at Hopkins at 6am on Feb 5th for surgery with Dr. Carson at 7:30am. I like that Wyatt is the first to get surgery. I just want to make sure that Dr. Carson gets a good night rest the day before and eats breakfast!!! Heather, our neighbor was Wyatt's nurse today, so that was fun!! She takes very good care of him. I'll miss Hopkins... besides the excellent care, I can access the Internet in his room and watch TV, and not wear mask, gown, gloves and look like an alien to my child!!

2 comments:

The Beatty's said...: Hooray! We're continuing to pray! I admire your bravery and strength!; January 26, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Anonymous said...: Sounds like a great plan!! Make sure Dr. Carson eats his Wheaties that morning for breakfast! We are praying and cheering for Wyatt!

Chuck, Sue and Megan; January 26, 2008 at 12:05 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.