Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: miracle

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

miracle

Vicki, Jack's mom wrote this on Jack's blog and it also gave me chills. Her blog post reminds me of how lucky I am to be Wyatt's mother and that I had an opportunity in my lifetime to experience a miracle...... the birth of Wyatt.

One day when Jack was having a really bad day the Catholic priest that baptized Jack, Father Gilberto, came by to visit us. He looked at Jack then at my Uncle Len (who was visiting) and I. He said, "You may ask how our God could allow such suffering of the innocent. God chose you to be Jack's mother. You're strong enough. Maybe God has allowed this experience so that you can experience a miracle in your lifetime."

1 comment:

Unknown said...: Gina,

This is true for you and Benji. I've always thought this to be true.

Laura H.; August 29, 2008 at 8:56 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.