Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Home Sweet Home

Monday, December 1, 2008

Home Sweet Home

We arrived home around 2pm today. It was one of the smoothest discharges we had. Wyatt was so happy to come home and see Chloe. Chloe was sleeping and woke up early from her nap because she heard Wyatt. Wyatt only slept about 30 minutes today and was so hyper before finally going to sleep. I think he was just super excited to be home. Thank you everyone for your thoughts and prayers. Keep your fingers crossed for a healthy winter:)) We have two therapy sessions this week and an appointment with the ENT doctor on Thursday. Next week we have a syngis shot appt., the ECMO Christmas Party, appt. with Dr. Carson and a meeting for a surprise that Wyatt's friend Jack's Mom is organizing:)) I think we will be at Hopkins almost every third day!

3 comments:

Maria said...: Good to hear you are home :); December 2, 2008 at 6:44 AM
Anonymous said...: I am so glad to know all is well...Wyatt sure seems to have a record of the "holiday blues" ?? Gina, hope you can get caught up on YOUR rest, especially post-flu, and that everyone stays well for the next holiday!
PatV.; December 2, 2008 at 10:46 AM
Gillian Brown said...: Glad to see your home,
Hope you are all well
Gil; December 3, 2008 at 8:03 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.