Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: More pics from the weekend....

Sunday, July 6, 2008

More pics from the weekend....

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Our friend, Susan who I worked with in Harford County's father was an industrial arts teacher at North Harford Middle School (I worked with her Dad too). Jim is very talented and made a small wooden chair for Wyatt with his name engraved. He also made an additional chair to auction off at the benefit. Well... my parents purchased the small chair so that Chloe could also have a chair. The chairs are Chloe's FAVORITE thing to play with. She moves them around the house for "story time" and she uses it to stand on to look at Wyatt in his crib. She insists that Wyatt sits in one chair as she sits in the other. Sometimes her favorite stuffed animal- PIG sits in the chair too and I have to read books to all her "friends" Thank you Susan and Jim.... the chairs are getting a lot of use!!

3 comments:

Vicki Jensen said...: Chloe looks so big with her stylish new haircut! I love the new photos of Wyatt with his towel. He's so handsome!!!

Vic; July 6, 2008 at 10:29 PM
Anonymous said...: Yes Gina, me too. You should frame some of the pics with Wyatt and the towel.; July 7, 2008 at 8:59 AM
Erika said...: 9 months has flown by! My micro is turning 9 months on July 11th. I am just in awe of her and all these baby's and their strong will to live. You have an adorable family. Enjoy.; July 7, 2008 at 2:56 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.