Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Surgery Day

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

Surgery Day

Calling all prayer warriors! Wyatt began surgery at 7:30am and it’s planned for 8 hours. I was told that it’s a major surgery. It’s a very complex case because of the severe scoliosis curve and his diaphragm reherniatation surgeries. When I walked in this morning, the anesthesiologist was talking to Dr. Kay’s in Florida at All Children’s who did his reherniation surgery in 2021. There is a risk of reherniation because the repair was done on the left side and the curve is in the left side and his body will be stretched. Wyatt may have some temporary nerve damage too because of all the moving and stretching. He already has tingling in his right arm and two fingers from the halo and since his esophagus will be getting moved, there will be a period of adjustment. Also, his surgeon shared there is a probability that he may need two surgeries. Wyatt is a complex case but nothing that he hasn’t handled before!

His spirits were high this morning. Wyatt is such a great advocate for himself. He asks great questions to the medical team and makes recommendations. He requested his IV get put in two days ago so the blood draws from the last two days and anesthesia medication can go through that. So rather than getting sticked with a needle several times, it was just one stick. He’s a hard stick too! It takes an ultrasound machine to find his vein. I am proud and impressed by his medical knowledge, how he advocates for himself and the conversations he carries with the medical team. Actually I’m in awe ❤️❤️

Last night Wyatt ordered Chinese food (his favorite). This morning he seemed relaxed. We are ready for this and hope all goes well and smoothly.

Night before surgery

Morning of surgery

Pop Pop is still doing great! He is in the adult side, about a 5 minute walk from Wyatt so I have been going back and forth.

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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.