Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Feeling a little better:)

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Feeling a little better:)

I can do this medical stuff myself!!

Charla, Wyatt's nurse from the NICU and present during his birth and Wyatt... he wasn't too happy today:(

I love my feet!

Wyatt had a few visitors from the past today... the nurse who helped deliver him and was his primary nurse in the NICU, Charla came by today. She was so sweet to visit him because she has been with him from the very beginning .... during his birth at 4am on Oct. 9th. Dr. C... his wonderful surgeon who moved far far away :) called today to see how he was doing. We are so lucky to have excellent care, but also people that care about him too. The pulmonologist just stopped by and shared that his chest x-ray is worse than yesterday... partially collapsed left lung and more fluid.... so his diuretics were started back, and chest PT. Wyatt seems back to his old self... grabbing his feet and happy so we will see what tomorrow brings:)

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: You just look so perfect and happy to have anything in your body wrong with you. I'm praying for sweet air to replace that fluid in your lungs!; September 4, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Stacy K said...: Hang in there Wyatt, you're such a tough little boy and I know you will bounce back soon! We can't wait to celebrate your birthday with you, so get better soon. Connor wants to visit so that you can teach him all the fun things that you can do with feet :)
--Stacy; September 4, 2008 at 9:12 PM
Paula said...: I love the fascination with the feet. Wyatt looks great...sending prayers his way for the inside of his body to start looking as happy as the outside.

Paula and Wyatt; September 4, 2008 at 11:25 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.