Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Our little guy.....

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Our little guy.....

We are sitting in the PICU. I am glad he is spending his first night in the PICU. Wyatt arrived in the PICU in a lot of pain. He is restrained down with a mask on and was crying just looking at me:((( very sad... but then the wonderful nurses gave him a fentanyl drip and he fell fast asleep (see above). The team of docs during his ECMO days are on service here in the PICU and we feel really good about that.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: So glad for you that it is recovery time...it has been a long day...I love the little legs crossed up in the air!
PatV.; June 18, 2009 at 4:39 PM
Anonymous said...: We'll be praying for a speedy recovery.

John, Nicole, Jack and Drew; June 18, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Cindy Eckenrode said...: Been with you all day! Will continue to keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers!; June 18, 2009 at 8:13 PM
Vicki Jensen said...: I was really happy to see that Wyatt's not on a vent post-op. I hope the pain team does a good job and keeps everything managed well. I'll keep Wyatt in my prayers tonight for a speedy recovery.

Love
Vic; June 18, 2009 at 9:34 PM
Maria said...: Thought about you and Wyatt tonight at the BWC Training. Keeping you in my prayers. Hang in there little guy and have a restful night :)
Take care,
Maria; June 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Stacy K said...: Hate to see your little man in pain. Hopefully he is having a better day resting on pain meds. Wishing you a speedy recovery Wyatt!!!

Love, Stacy; June 19, 2009 at 10:40 AM
Sabrina said...: Wyatt looks like a little baby Jesus in this picture! I am so glad he is home now. He's such a strong boy and he has a strong family to support him! Love you.; June 28, 2009 at 12:11 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.