My Lens On Life: My First Post

Our son, Tyson Hugh Hooper, was born with coarctation of the aorta, hypoplastic arch, and a transitional avsd. His first open heart surgery reconstructed his aorta and was on day 9 of life. His second open heart repair was not anticipated to be needed until two or three years of age. Ty had other plans. We spent the vast majority of his first 3 months of life at Vanderbilt as he went into heart failure and was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension. As a result, the medical team concluded that he needed the repair much sooner than usually recommended, and at just shy of 3 months old Ty underwent his second life saving open heart surgery. God has already worked so many miracles in Ty's life and the life of our family and we know he is using our story. Because of this, we are grateful for Ty's special heart and feel beyond blessed that God chose us to travel this road. We ask for prayers as Ty continues to heal. We are praying for a full recovery and life without restrictions for Ty. We are praying for God to use our family and Ty for His glory.

Thank you to each and every person who supports us through prayer, giving, or just by loving on our family! We are humbled and blessed by all of the ways the Lord is providing for us and know that he is using Ty and his story to do great things!

Thursday, March 27, 2008

My First Post

After being very much inspired by my friend Megan Hutchings and her blog, and very much encouraged by her to start my own... here I am... blogging for the first time. So, today's will be short and sweet... this is just me, learning the ropes!

Have a blessed day!

2 comments:

Megan L Hutchings said...: I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT! I AM SO HAPPY YOU HAVE JOINED THE CRAZY, ADDICTIVE, INSPIRING WORLD OF BLOGGING!

I LOVE YOU BEST FRIEND!

"She doesn't have a bottle!"; March 27, 2008 at 2:06 PM
Kelly said...: Welcome to blogging! You will love it! I love reading Megan's blog - she is so sweet!
Cute that ya'll are best friends and have the same name. I'm sure that's NOT confusing at all! :-); March 28, 2008 at 8:38 AM