Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Summer Fun!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Summer Fun!

Since Wyatt will be getting surgery June 25th and will be missing about a week of our summer... we decided to start summer fun early!! In the past couple of days we have attended two cookouts, a carnival, a circus, and a princess tea party. The carnival was fun because Chloe rode on three rides for the first time all by herself and enjoyed every minute. At one point I spotted her dancing on the wiggly worm ride. Wyatt loved the lights, music, and all the people and I spotted him clapping and laughing. Tonight we attended the coolest circus. It was at the local fair grounds under a big top tent just like the old days. We saw elephants, tigers, clowns, etc... everything a big circus would have but we got to sit up close to the performers and experience a true big top experience! Wyatt was in a great mood and kept saying "elephant." Chloe had a good time too!! Also, Wyatt was a guest speaker at our local high school in the child development class. Susan and I had a chance to talk about CDH, therapy for Wyatt, and Wyatt showed his personality by putting on my sunglasses and saying, "cool!!" to the students and waving and saying good bye. Unfortunately... my camera battery needs to be recharged so I got no photos of the past few days... but we had a good time!!

No comments:

Post a Comment

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.