Tyson Hugh Hooper

Tyson Hugh Hooper
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!

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

The filling is missing!

Yesterday was a fun day, but there was just something missing! Me, Moo, Betsy, and Lena all loaded up and headed to the Country Club for the JLM Annual Dinner. Did you notice a missing name? That's right, our poor La is not well and was unable to attend. As Moo said, we were like an Oreo with no filling! Despite missing La we had a wonderful evening of drinks, dining, socializing, guest speakers, awards, grants, scholarships, and door prizes (the best part!). I didn't get a door prize, but we all got a goodie bag of course. I most enjoyed the company and conversation!

This picture shows Lena, Megan (Moo), Me, and Betsey! We really did have a good time!

Total change of subject... one of my favorite subjects... FOOD! A couple of nights ago I tried a new recipe I wanted to share! I made stuffed pork chops. They were stuffed with a mixture of spinach, creme cheese, gorgonzola (I substituted this for goat cheese that the recipe called for) and sun dried tomatoes! They were absolutely wonderful! It is a recipe from Giada De Laurentiis on Food Network. Here is a link to the recipe... I encourage you all to give it a try!

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4 comments:

Leigh Ann said...

What a pretty picture of you and Megan (and your other friends too). I will definitely have to try that recipe. It sounds divine!

Lauren said...

You all looked so pretty! I love all your dresses. I hate that I missed it. Most of all, I hate I missed all of the laughs. Off to go cough up a lung (again).

LOVE YOU A GOOGLE... said...

That sounds like fun! You guys all look so pretty. :) And that recipe sounds delicious! :) I may have to try that out on my family. I kept reading middle tennessee and wasn't putting it together.. My sis-in-law lives in Murfreesboro and my husband is from Nashville! So who knows I may run into you guys out shopping one day while I am visiting. :) Thanks for sharing.

Megan L Hutchings said...

My beautiful Julia Roberts I mean Meag! I had so, so, so much fun with you at the dinner =)!

Okay, so that recipe sounds DELICIOUS!