Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Wyatt was extubated!

Saturday, January 5, 2008

Wyatt was extubated!

Wyatt seemed to enjoy his day today. He was calm and sleepy (they increased his meds since he was mad yesterday). All his blood gases looked good so around 5pm, he was extubated and connected back up to oxygen and it went smoothly. So now, he just has to recover from his operation and then we can work out the feeding issues. Benji and I took shifts at the hospital to spend time with Chloe... because she is not feeling well. Overall, it was a good day for Wyatt.

2 comments:

Vicki Jensen said...: Yippie!! So glad to hear that Wyatt is rid of the vent! Here's hoping smooth sailing the rest of his recovery!
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Vicki, James & Jack; January 5, 2008 at 9:08 PM
Anonymous said...: Great news! We hope things continue to move this quickly. We continue to pray!!
Chuck, Sue and Megan; January 5, 2008 at 10:08 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.