Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: A Day on the Farm!

Sunday, July 27, 2008

A Day on the Farm!

My friend Whitney has a 30 acre farm with two horses and four cows. Today we ventured out to the farm with Chloe and Wyatt for their first encounter with her animals. Wyatt fell asleep in the car on the way... but I woke him up so that he could meet a REAL cow and horse and not just see them in his storybooks! Chloe had a great weekend in Virginia with her grandparents (Benji's parents). Last night, Chloe returned and at the same time our cat decided to be in great pain... .and it was bed time for the kids!! So our cat went to the Animal ER and it was determined he had crystals in his urine. He is still not fully recovered and has not eaten or gone to the bathroom in a few days.... so off to the vet I will be going with him tomorrow:)) It's been a busy weekend! Thank goodness for help from my mother and Whitney or I would not be able to do it all!

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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.