Wyatt James Koger, A Fighter from Birth: Updates

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

Updates

Wyatt is moving into a healing routine. He is going to PT, we are weaning down meds, and he is sleeping better. He still requires some oxygen at night and needs assistance walking. He also feels less pain reclined in a chair. The healing process is about a year long, but we are focused on PT and nutrition to get him ready for sophomore year by August 30th.

Today Wyatt had a visit by his school counselor Mrs. Fitzsimmons, who has been a constant support helping Wyatt prepare for surgery and checking in along the way. Our home is not close to Wyatt’s high school- about 45 min away, so her visit was very special!

My friend Laura made us dinner and delivered to us driving over an hour away. My friend Whitney made a special visit and Wyatt’s buddies checking in make his healing time so much better! ❤️❤️. My friends, coworkers, and family have been a constant support. Times like this, you are reminded of all your blessings in life.

Another celebration, Wyatt’s Pop Pop who also had back surgery at the same time and same hospital came home today after 20 days in hospital/rehab. Tonight we celebrated Father’s Day and his 75th Birthday!

We are also starting to cross things off Chloe’s summer fun list. She’s been a trooper through all this- so independent, doing everything on her own and by herself. So we went cherry picking, and attended a rodeo!

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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.