Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Chloe turns 2!

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Chloe turns 2!

On August 15th, our little girl turned two years old. On her actual birthday, we celebrated with just us and she got to eat her favorite meal... a McDonald's Happy Meal. We finished by making a sundae and she blew out her candles. Two years ago, our life changed dramatically for the BEST! Having Chloe and Wyatt in our lives is awesome and we are so lucky. Chloe is growing to be such a young lady and we are very proud of her. We have a small party planned on Sunday with just her friends around town... more pics to come after Sunday!!

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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.