Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Thank goodness for friends and family

Monday, February 11, 2008

Thank goodness for friends and family

Today I worked all day, so thanks to my wonderful friends, Pam and Paula who spent the entire day with Wyatt. I appreciate it so much!!! Benji is with Wyatt tonight. Wyatt's feeds are back to normal and he was happy today. No major changes. My mom took Chloe to the doctor today for a runny nose that she has had for a while. I didn't really think she needed to go...but moms are always right... Chloe has an ear infection!!! She is on antibiotics and seems to feel better. Thank goodness for my friends and family... they really helped out today while I was working. Thank you!!! I really missed my little guy today.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Good Morning Wyatt!!!! I hope you had a wonderful, peaceful night and slept great!!!!
Keep those beautiful smiles coming....looking forward to more pictures.
Hope Chloe is feeling better.
Hugs and prayers,
Karen :); February 12, 2008 at 6:43 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.