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!

Friday, June 6, 2008

Summer Lovin'

Ah.... that's right ladies and gentlemen! Yesterday was a day of Summer Lovin'! First I "loved" on myself when I went to Bacara to get an hour long, full body, massage! It was incredible!!!!

Then I met up with this handsome young fellow for our "date!"


As you can see... he was as happy to see me as I was to see him! (For those of you who may not know, this is my best friend Lauren's little boy Dawson). We had such a great time!


Those ceiling fans are pretty cool, ya know! So we watched it for a while! After that we had some dinner of cereal with applesauce, bananas, and juice (this boy can eat! He is only 5 months old and he already has love handles and little man-boobs! SO CUTE!) lol.

And then... because Crazy Aunt Meag can't resist a naked baby and we had to change clothes anyway (had a little blowout - Dawson thought that was pretty hilarious), we had a little naked baby time and Dawson showed me how he Rolls.... literally!


I couldn't have asked for a better night! Gotta love the mega-word, and the woman he calls Mommy!

4 comments:

Lauren said...

I LOVE THESE PICTURES!!!!! You rock, Aunt Meag! Thank you for keeping him.

Megan L Hutchings said...

These pics are priceless! You definitely captured mega word perfectly!!!!

Valerie said...

Did you read my email?!? I knew this is what you were doing last night! He is adorable. I know you had a wonderful time.

Leigh Ann said...

I wish I could get my mitts on him and Vance! They are both SO cute! That's so sweet of you to watch him for La. I love it when friends help each other that way. Oh, and I LOVE the action shot of D in mid-roll. Priceless.