Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Where the Wild Things Are

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Where the Wild Things Are

GRR!! My house was invaded by a four eyed purple monster!!! (who wanted milk before getting tucked in:)

Surprise Mommy! It's Chloe!!

Chloe loves reading Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I had to take a double take when she came downstairs from her bath this evening. She thought she was a four-eyed purple monster and her Daddy even taught her how to say "GRR!" Maybe one day she will marry Max:)) and then how lucky would I be:))

1 comment:

Unknown said...: One of the best books ever! Was Eric's all time favorite as a child...and still is. "We'll eat you up, we love you so". Classic. I'm a little surprised one of my sons is not named Max.

Encourage and enjoy your wild things! :)

Laura; January 15, 2009 at 7:26 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.