Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Strawberry Picking 2010

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Strawberry Picking 2010

Last year, Chloe and I started a tradition of strawberry picking. It was a very memorable day. It was the first time I really got to spend time with Chloe other than her attending medical appointments and we were on no schedule. So this year Chloe asked if we could bring her brother along. I thought it would be a challenge to carry a 35 pound kid who can not walk or stand or eat in the middle of the strawberry field for a couple of hours and carrying all his food and emergency supplies with me. But I was totally wrong. It was one of the best days that the three of us spent together. Besides it being absolutely beautiful outside, the kids love spending time together. As I was rocking Wyatt to sleep tonight he said, "Mommy, can we go strawberry picking again?" Chloe said on the car ride home, "Mommy, can you stay home with me every day?" We only picked a hand-ful of strawberries since Chloe was eating them and
Wyatt was throwing them. It was a very memorable day and I can't wait to do it again. Then we drove an hour to KKI for Wyatt's PT but realized our therapist left early:((

1 comment:

Danielle said...: same photos of chloe as last year! She hasn't changed so much, looks more like a little girl this year. I know Chloe, I'm sure she asked if her brother could come along :); June 9, 2010 at 10:20 AM

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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.