Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: The night before surgery

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

The night before surgery

Today Benji spent the day with Wyatt while I worked. After work, I picked up my friend Whitney and we spent the evening with him. Tomorrow is a big day and if all goes well, getting a g-tube will be his ticket home. Our shift nursing was approved today, which is another step home. Dr. Abudallah, our surgeon told me that usually the GI doctors will put in a g-tube, but because Wyatt is high risk, he will be doing it. Dr. Abduallah and Dr. Chandler know Wyatt's anatomy the best. He is only going to try the peg method because it's not as invasive. For the peg method to work, Wyatt's stomach needs to be in the correct place and their should not be scar tissue in the way. If the peg method does not work, then the ng tube will stay in place and Wyatt will go home on the ng tube. Please keep Wyatt in your prayers and hope the peg method will work. Thank you.

2 comments:

Vicki Jensen said...: Hey big guy. Good luck tomorrow. Jack and I are rooting for you and pray this is the last surgery forever and that you get to go home real soon!
Love
Vic & Jack (and James too!); February 28, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Anonymous said...: Hi cutie patootie....thinking and praying that you sail over this last hurdle just as smoothly as you have all the others....the *race* is in it's last leg...the finish line is in sight...go budddy go!!!!!
Love and hugs,
Karen :) xoxoxoxox; February 28, 2008 at 7:06 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.