Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Neurosurg check up

Friday, March 21, 2008

Neurosurg check up

Today we saw Dr. Carson and his PA Judy for a post-op neurosurg check up. It was great! They were very pleased how Wyatt is progressing and Wyatt was also showing off how he rolls over half way. They decided to increase the flow of the shunt by moving it from 2.0 to 1.5. This is done by putting a magnet on Wyatt's head (like a compass). Dr. Carson said in years back, you would need surgery to change the setting, but now it's so easy to do with a magnet. Also, our awesome pediatrician got us an appointment with the GI docs on Tuesday. We originally had an appt. in May, but our pediatrician thought it would be better to get in sooner, so he e-mailed them and we are in!! Wyatt enjoyed his visit to Hopkins today... he looked all around and was all smiles! Tomorrow is Chloe day... we are taking her to an Easter Egg hunt and then to the Circus!!!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: Good job Wyatt!!! Mommy should have been a nurse!!
I hope Chloe has a fun day as I know you are spending the day with Mom-Mom!! Don't tucker her out too much!!!
Happy Easter!!
Karen :); March 22, 2008 at 1:08 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.