Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: In the News....

Thursday, July 9, 2009

In the News....

Happy 87th Birthday to my grandmother!!

Wyatt now weighs 25lbs!!!!!!! Yipee!!!!!! Wyatt and Chloe can now both pass for twins!!

Chloe is trying really hard in swim lessons and has such a great attitude even though the water is super cold!!

Our favorite Child Life Specialist from Hopkins is leaving the 6th floor to go to grad school in August. She was so thoughtful to send us a card and we wish her the very best.... we will miss you Christine (but hopefully we won't be back in the hospital anymore!!)

1 comment:

Vicki Jensen said...: How was the NICU reunion? Did you guys go? You'll have to post photos if you guys went.

I can't believe Wyatt is 25 pounds! That's awesome.

How long were you on bedrest at Hopkins? Did you go nuts?

Vic; July 10, 2009 at 4:11 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.