Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Does This Make You Smile?

Sunday, November 30, 2008

Does This Make You Smile?

Gina,

It's Danielle. All good news so far, it seems like he is in the best care. Do you know what you and this blog need at the moment? You guys need some smiles. I think this is one of the cutest shots from Wyatt's photo shoot with Gino the other week:

Since our return to The States after living in Japan, Gino has really focused on his professional photography. Look at what he captured at Thanksgiving, this will surely make you smile.

What a face! Gina, you are a lucky mama!

1 comment:

Gina said...: Danielle,

I am so lucky to have a sister like you. Thank you for making me smile:)) I love you.

Your sis,
Gina; November 30, 2008 at 9:26 AM

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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.