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!

Monday, May 5, 2008

Prayer Warriors...

It is time to call on my prayer warriors! If you recall, I posted recently about two dear friends of mine whose dad recently discovered a brain tumor. Tomorrow is the surgery to remove as much of the tumor as possible. Please pray for the doctors as they operate beginning around 7:30 tomorrow morning. Please pray that the Hooper family will find strength and peace in the waiting. And most of all, please pray for strength and healing for Mr. Hooper. I thank you all for your fervent prayers; I know they will be felt and appreciated.

On a note of praise, my friend Donnie's mom has been recovering from open heart surgery and she is returning to work this week! She wasn't expected to return to her school (she is a principal) until after the summer, but she returned this morning to start working 1/2 days until the end of the year! Praise God for his healing touch and for his strength!

Thank you for joining me in lifting my friends and their father up in your prayers! Have a blessed day.

5 comments:

Leigh Ann said...

I hope everything goes well, Meagan. Keep us posted.

Rosie said...

That darling little girl in your last post is just beautiful.

You are always so encouraging with your prayers. It is so easy to only talk about the ones that need prayers (as we very well should) but it is also nice to hear the happy endings, too. I will keep Mr. Hooper in my prayers. Keep us updated.

Megan L Hutchings said...

I said a prayer this morning on my way to work and I will continue to pray throughout the day.

I hope they like their goodie bags =)!

Lauren said...

We are praying fervently!

Lauren said...

Um, yeah...I DISTINCTLY remember someone else being in that picture...what the????