Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Back on oxygen....

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Back on oxygen....

When I heard Wyatt was off oxygen yesterday completely, I was a little surprised.... I wanted to take things slow and let his body heal from his surgery without adding any stress to him. He is currently on 1/8th liter which is the lowest setting and I am ok with that. Maybe before he gets home, we can wean him off slowly. Last night when I called the nurse before I went to bed, they had to put Wyatt back on oxygen, because when he feel into a deep sleep, he kept falling below his 94 oxygen limit. I am glad the nurse made that decesion! Thank you!!!

1 comment:

Vicki Jensen said...: 1/8th liter is practically nothing. That was a good first trial off if you ask me. I agree with you, why push it. Wyatt will tell you when he's ready.

I'm glad to hear you guys are getting a plan together. I can't wait for the day I open the blog and see Wyatt in his car seat and going home! I can feel that day is on the horizon!

Keep being a good boy and getting strong Wyatt!
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Vic, James & your friend Jack; February 9, 2008 at 10:39 AM

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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.