Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Update

Monday, August 11, 2008

Update

It's been a little while since I blogged... it's because it has been an uneventful summer and I am very thankful for that. The summer is coming to a close and overall it's been relaxing compared to the winter. I am a mentor teacher so things will start becoming busy at work and it will be fun to get to know all the new teachers. They came back on Friday. It was a beautiful weekend so we celebrated by taking the kids to the zoo! After Wyatt napped a little, he enjoyed watching the monkeys, which was his favorite. Chloe is at the perfect age for the zoo. She knew every animal and enjoyed feeding the giraffes, watching people take camel rides, watching the polar bear kick off from the rocks, and her favorite animal ---- get ready for this it's exciting- a GOAT!! Yes...my daughter loved the goat... why did I pay $30.00 to see a goat when we could of just went to a local farm to see a goat!! oh well! Going to the zoo was our first time taking a day trip with both kids and I think it took us three times as long as the average family to tour the zoo... but it was all worth it. Tomorrow, Benji and Wyatt are hanging out together while Chloe and I go to the beach... one last fling before school starts! I am looking forward to taking Wyatt to the beach next year.

My life is becoming more balanced now that we are not going to the hospital everyday. I love reading the Simple Mom blog. She has all kinds of tips of simplying your life. This mom seems like a super hero! This is going to be a busy week ahead... Thursday- Tastefully Simple Party (if you know me and what to attend- send me an e-mail), Friday- Neighborhood Girls Night, Saturday- Cook-out with old friends, co-workers, Sunday- CHLOE's 2nd Birthday Party (just a few little girls/boys), Monday- Dutch Wonderland and possibly on Tuesday the Wiggles!!!

The Zoo:

1 comment:

Amy AKA "Baba" said...: Glad to see you are doing well. I bookmarked "Simple Mom". I so need that :)
Amy
Liviana's Mom; August 11, 2008 at 11:38 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.