Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: I have a great role model!

Monday, June 29, 2009

I have a great role model!

My mom is truly the greatest person I have ever met. Not only does she love me unconditional and is the most selfless person I ever met, she is a wonderful grandmother. She loves Chloe and Wyatt like they are her own children. She spends hours babysitting any time of the day/night (even after a long day of work) for us and drives an hour to my house at a drop of the hat. Some how all our laundry and bathrooms get cleaned too??? She is a super hero!! I want to thank her with all my heart for all the endless hours she spends with us. We would not be able to do half the things we do, it it wasn't for her!! Thanks for babysitting today Mom!!

Not another picture Mom!!

1 comment:

Jen said...: Yay for moms (and moms-in-law)! I couldn't have made it without mine.; June 29, 2009 at 11:41 PM

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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.