Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Family Christmas Party

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Family Christmas Party

My mom has four other siblings and this year all the families, plus good friends got together at my parent's house. This year, everyone attended... all my cousins and their kids. Kids were everywhere, running around, playing hide and go seek. It was so fun!! Chloe had a great time playing with her cousins and Wyatt was in the best mood. My BFF's from high school even came... thanks Nicole and Teaette! My neighbor, Ligia even came with her daughter Amanda! We are so lucky to have a wonderful group of friends and family!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: What a wonderful Christmas! The kids are so cute. How happy you and Benji must feel having both your children at home at Christmas for the first time!; December 30, 2008 at 6:30 PM
Anonymous said...: What a wonderful Christmas! The kids are so cute. How happy you and Benji must feel having both your children at home at Christmas for the first time!; December 30, 2008 at 6:30 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.