Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Birthdays

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Birthdays

June and July are busy months in our household! Not only is it Father's Day, we also celebrate my birthday, Benji's Mothers, my Grandmothers, my Mothers, and my Father's birthday! I had a wonderful day for my birthday. My family took me to the Oregon Grill for lunch and then I had my training program for the 5K, and then got had to get "hydrated" after the training, so we went out to the local bar! I had a great 36th birthday!

Training for the 5K

Staying hydrated after the training:)

Lunch at the Oregon Grill

True Italian talking with his hands

My Mom and sister at the Oregon Grill

Grandmom's Birthday too!

Stay tuned for more birthday to come!

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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.