Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: The Gingerbread Man

Saturday, September 6, 2008

The Gingerbread Man

The book that inspired a day of baking...

Chloe loves to listen to us read the story the Gingerbread Man... so Benji had an idea to make and decorate Gingerbread People on this nice rainy day. Well... we realized we did not have a cookie cutter of a gingerbread man, so he hand-carved them to make a family- a mommy, daddy, baby, and a little girl. Chloe then decorated the little girl. We also made chocolate chip cookies today with sprinkles on top. Wyatt had a great time helping to stir the dough and Chloe had fun sprinkling the sprinkles on top! Finally, I decided to cook tonight... being in the hospital for the entire week... you don't really get a home cooked meal. So I made Rachael Ray's Chicken Piccata Pasta Toss and it turned out to be really good... I surprised myself! Overall, it was a great rainy day inside cozy with the family.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Sounds like a wonderful day! I'm so glad that Wyatt is home, feeling better and looking great! Can Chloe help me with my holiday baking?

Thinking of you all often,
Pam; September 6, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Paula said...: It is great to see Wyatt at home and loving life again. You must be so pleased to have your family together again. We're praying that this latest surgery 'did the trick' and Wyatt continues thriving on his road to recovery.

Paula and Wyatt; September 7, 2008 at 10:30 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.