Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: That's my story and I am sticking to it!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

That's my story and I am sticking to it!

Wyatt was accidentally locked inside a car on a very chilly afternoon. He tried to reach for the lock but his little arms were not long enough. Luckily, two volunteer firefighters were walking by. They climbed through the trunk and saved Wyatt!!! He was only in the car for about 5 minutes and he thought the entire thing was funny. Hearing him re-tell the story is funny because he said he "freaked out" when a man climbed from the back of the car. My sister tried to capture his story on video, but only got a portion of it. If you come by and visit, I am sure Wyatt will tell you the entire story:)

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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.