Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: The Happiest Ever!!

Friday, February 29, 2008

The Happiest Ever!!

Today Wyatt was the happiest that I EVER seen him. He was smiling all day long. Every time I showed him pictures of Chloe, Abby, and Sputnik, he would smile. It's so nice to see him have fun and be a kid! Today his feeds were started back up again 5 ml at a time. I just called and he is up to 10 ml. His goal is 32 ml/ 27 calories. I talked to the nutritionist and she recalculated his feeds to match his current age. Also, Wyatt had a cat scan and an exam by Dr. Carson today and everything looks fine. His soft spot looks great! The decided against decreasing the number of the shunt. He is currently 2.5 which is a slow flow and it seems to be working, so they are keeping it as is. I learned that he was suppose to go back to Mt. Washington tomorrow (Saturday) but the surgeon decided to change it to Monday. He would like to wait until Wyatt gets to his goal feeds. We were also talking about the central line. Wyatt will need to get that removed before he comes home. It has to be done at Hopkins in the OR under sedation. So it was recommended that he come back to Hopkins for clinic to get it removed before he comes home. I would rather err on the safe side and have it removed before we go home rather than on Monday. Overall, it was a good day!

1 comment:

Gillian Brown said...: Hi - So glad Wyatts been so happy it just goes to show he must be feeling alot better!
Gil and family x; March 1, 2008 at 3:37 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.