Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: A Special Day for Daddy and Chloe

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

A Special Day for Daddy and Chloe

All ready for lunch and waiting for Daddy to arrive home to pick me up!
(my mom watched the kids today while I was working... so she took some pics!)

Today Benji celebrated his 10 year anniversary with his work. The president hosted a lunch with included all the honorees, their bosses, and a guest. Benji's special guest was Chloe. Chloe was very excited to visit her Daddy's office and have a special lunch. I heard that she was on her very best behavior and had good manners. The food sounded delicious, but Chloe choose to just eat a roll and then skip to dessert:) She even dressed up for the occasion.

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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.