Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Fun in the playroom!

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Fun in the playroom!

I decided to flip my schedule around today and see Wyatt in the morning. When I arrived he was wide awake. I held him and he feel asleep in my arms. When he awoke, we read a few books and then it was time for him to go to the playroom. It was the first time I saw Wyatt inside the playroom and he loved it! His big eyes were looking all around and he just seemed so excited. I can't wait to see his expression when he comes home. I left for work and Wyatt stayed in the playroom for the next hour and half. Afterwards, PT worked with him and a volunteer held him for two and half hours. Benji will spend the day with him tomorrow during the day and I will go in the evening. Thursday will be Wyatt's big day- g-tube surgery.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Hi Wyatt!!!
I am so glad you had a fun day...one more day little buddy and then you get that nasty tube out of your nose and that cute little face will be tube free!!! HOORAY!!!!!!!!!!!
We will ALL be thinking and praying tomorrow for a quick, easy last hurdle....then you come HOME!!!! How wonderful does that sound??? I look at your "smiley" picture all the time and no matter what the day has brought, your face brings a smile...can't wait to see you again and this time I told Mom Mom I'm gonna have to steal you from her!!!!!
Sending love and big hugs,
Karen :); February 27, 2008 at 7:19 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.