Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Being a tourist in Baltimore!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Being a tourist in Baltimore!

Usually when I go to Baltimore we are attending a doctor's appointment or Wyatt is at Hopkins. This time, my Dad, Chloe, and myself decided to explore the Inner Harbor one afternoon. A big ship from WWII was visiting and my Dad wanted to tour it. However, tours ended at 2pm and we arrived for our tour at 2:10pm. We were out of luck!! So we decided to take a paddle boat out on the Harbor. Chloe loved it because it looked like a dragon. We also got to see a total electric car at the Maryland Science Center. It will be on the market next year! Overall, a great day with my Dad and Chloe.

Chloe on the paddle boat.

Inside the electric car. It can be plugged in a 110 volt outlet and will remained charged all day. It will be able to travel up to 120 miles... makes a great commuter car!

My Dad looking at the electric car

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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.