Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Good Times!

Monday, December 28, 2009

Good Times!

Today was a fun day of get togethers with good friends and family that we have not seen in a while. Nanny has not been home from Portland in 5 months so Chloe was super happy to see her and so were we! So happy that they pushed her to the ground and climbed on top of her!

I love my family!! My mother is one of five siblings and the cousins are very close with each other. We grew up going to many family parties. So when my cousin called last night for an impromptu gathering, we were sure to be there! Now, most of us have kids so it was fun for our kids to play together and for all the cousins (the ones that live locally) to get together to catch up. Tomorrow... I get to see my college friends!

Below are some pics of Nanny visiting us and pics of the cousin party!

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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.