Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Go away fever!!!

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Go away fever!!!

Since last Wednesday, Wyatt has not been himself. He has been running a low grade fever every day. We took him to the doctor on Thursday and was told it's a virus. Since Benji had the stomach bug at the same time, we thought it is a virus. However, every morning and night and after a nap Wyatt will have a fever of 100 or 101. We give him Motrin and he is fine, back to his old self. This evening he fell asleep at 6:30pm which is earlier than his normal 8pm bedtime. Around 7:30pm, he awoke with a heart rate of 180 (normal awake is 140/ asleep is 110) and a fever, but his oxygen was fine. I just don't know what to do?? Our next step will be the ER, but I would like to avoid it, if this is just a virus. I guess we will wait and see how he is tomorrow. I just want Wyatt to feel better so that he can enjoy the same things that Chloe enjoys like going to music programs, playing outside, etc... After tonight's episode occurred, I checked my e-mail and my friend, Maria sent me the picture below... so I take this as a sign that everything will be ok since she has been by Wyatt's side from the very beginning:)) Please pray for Wyatt to feel better.

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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.