Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: A relaxing Sunday

Sunday, February 8, 2009

A relaxing Sunday

Today Chloe attended a birthday party at Gym Jam and she loved it. Here are a few pics.

Also, thank you for everyone who has donated to the Johns Hopkins Children's Center. I have the best friends in the world who have supported our family from the very beginning and still continue to. Thank you and it's still not too late to donate. Our team, CDH moms is one of the leading teams!!!

It was almost 60 degrees today, so we took Chloe and Wyatt for a walk outside and then both kids drew on the sidewalk with chalk. (well kind of... Wyatt threw the chalk!)

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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.