Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Ravens or Steelers?

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Ravens or Steelers?

We turn into football fans when the games near the Super Bowl. Since our hometown Baltimore Ravens are in the playoffs, we will be watching the game tomorrow. Wyatt, Chloe and their friends Lily and Molly are big football fans but for the opposite teams!!! So will it be the RAVENS....

OR will it be the Steelers?

Wyatt and Chloe preparing for the game!

Ring Around the Rosy....

All Fall Down!!

Gran and Grandad (Benji's parents) are visiting for the weekend to celebrate his birthday. We had an enjoyable weekend so far just lounging around and playing with the kids. Today Benji smoked baby back ribs or the grill for hours and they were delicious!! We did have a small adventure today. When I was putting Wyatt in his crib, his ENTIRE g-tube pulled out of his body.... not just the connector, but the balloon and everything. This never happened. Each time his g-tube needed to be replaced, we were either in the hospital or in a doctor's office. So being a weekend, with no nursing, we remained calm, (Wyatt was in a little bit of pain since the entire balloon squeezed through the little hole, but he calmed down quickly). I retrieved our spare kit, washed the area, put on my gloves, filled 5 cc's of sterile water in the syringe, put the g-tube in his stomach, filled the balloon, and then tested it by drawing out the water again and putting it back in. Then I grabbed my stethoscope, pushed a little air in his tummy through a syringe and checked for placement by hearing a small gush of air enter his stomach. This was the first time I ever did any of this. I was always the observer. So...a year ago, I knew very little about medical stuff... and today I saved us a trip to the emergency room! (the hole closes if the g-tube is not replaced). Go Ravens!!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Gina,
You are amazing!
-Jordana; January 18, 2009 at 7:36 AM
Anonymous said...: Wow, I am impressed! Ditto the above comment, Gina, you ARE amazing! and an amazing mom!
PatV.; January 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Anonymous said...: wow... it sounds like you performed surgery. You should post step-by-step instructions just in case that happens to any of your blog friends with similar situations.

The images are really tiny.; January 18, 2009 at 12:38 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.