Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Halo Traction Installation Procedure

Friday, May 26, 2023

Halo Traction Installation Procedure

Wyatt successfully got his halo installed today. Seven screws installed in his skull and 11 lbs. of weights attached to the pulley system with about a one-pound weight added each day until June 13th. Pain management is keeping him comfortable. We waited most of the day in recovery until a room came available on the adolescent floor at 5pm. He ordered his lunch at noon, and it arrived at 4pm. Other than those two hiccups, the pulley system is already working stretching out his spine so that his spinal fusion surgery on June 13th can be safe and effective. Wyatt was in great spirits and even walked. Tomorrow, he will start PT. If you know Wyatt, he will welcome an email or text message. He has all the tech with him to communicate with friends and family. Chloe was trooper all day, when I came home, she cleaned the house and left a sweet

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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.