Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Update

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Update

Dr. A, Wyatt's surgeon just came in for an update and said Wyatt is doing fine. He tried doing operation laparoscopic but after a minute he gave up. When he opened Wyatt up it took 2 hours just to "dig" through all the scar tissue to get to his stomach. The hepatic vein was tangled in the past repairs and was accidentally cut. Blood was ordered for a transfusion because their was a potential of a lot of loss. However, Dr. A repaired it with just 100 cc of blood lost (which is apparently good). Wyatt's stomach is very little and very beaten up from being repaired so many times. He is still in surgery (working on part 2) and I will update more later. Dr. A removed Wyatt's g-tube button and placed a new one in. I really liked the button, but this one will have to stay in for 3 months before a cute little button replaces it. Maybe it will keep his stomach down!!! Overall, it is going smoothly.

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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.