Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Mepiform

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Mepiform

We finally have the Mepiform Strips!!!!!! They were prescribed to Wyatt Feb. 3rd for his ECMO Scar and they finally arrived in the mail. They are so hard to find, especially a pharmacy that accepts our insurance. We finally found a place in New Jersey and after a few calls to the insurance company and doctor's orders we got them. Wyatt's scar never fully healed. In fact a Keloid or Hypertrophic scar has formed and is very itchy for Wyatt. He may need plastic surgery in the future, but for now, we have the best possible solution. Mepiform is a bandage with silicon which has been proven to help reduce the scar significantly with it's special Saftec Silicone Technology. It does not hurt the epidermis when pulled off. We have a 6 month supply, so Wyatt will have a bandage on his neck for a long time... but hopefully in the long run we can avoid plastic surgery.

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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.