Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Fall Fest Parade.

Friday, September 25, 2009

Fall Fest Parade.

I love our town! It's Fall Fest Time and that means in our town we celebrate with a parade. There are about 18 parades a year to celebrate everything!! Well.... maybe not 18, probably half that number, but hopefully you get my point... we have a lot of parades! AND they are all the same! Chloe and Wyatt love to see the fire trucks, school bands, senior center van, and every other business you can think of:)) Since our friends live in walking distance to the parade route, we always meet at their house first for pizza and walk to the parade. No need to arrive early or even save your spot with chairs. We always seems to get a spot at the curb no matter if we arrive early, on time, or late:)) Here are a few pictures of the kids with their best friends- Lily, Molly, Jack, and Cate. (I forgot my camera, so thank you Christina for the pictures!!) Since it's Fall Fest time, on Friday Main Street is blocked off for Midnight Madness. I took both kids to listen to the live music and Chloe danced the night away. Then we bumped into Chloe's friends Jack and Cate and played in the "Kids Zone" for a little bit before going home. Tomorrow if it doesn't rain, we will be going to the carnival so that Chloe will have an opportunity to ride the kiddie rides.

Hanging out at the parade with friends....

Walking to the parade... can you spot Chloe?

Just a random picture of the kids at Christina's house!!

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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.