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, February 6, 2009

sort of...

I had a slow week, sort of!

A couple ball games.

A birthday...

This was what my kids left on my board for me. They are not allowed to write on my board unless they have asked. Typically I only let them write on the board during a lesson, but this was a special day! The sweet thing is, even with the board like this, most of them still asked, "Ms. Stiner, can I write on the board too?" So sweet!

I got sick, sort of, too! So I, sort of, took two days off work! :-) I mean sick "sort of" because I fight a fever at night and therefore don't sleep, and I have a slight cough, but during the day I seem okay... just a little head-achy and body-achy every now and then! All I can figure is that I am fighting something off. So it doesn't seem I am sick sick... just sort of sick.

So that was pretty much the recap of my sort of slow week!

7 comments:

Megan L Hutchings said...

Slow weeks are always good for the soul :)! I think you need a cherry coke from Sonic or perhaps a blizzard!!!

I hope you feel better love!

Allyson said...

Oh, how sweet of your kids! Aren't they just precious!? Wow, I'm jealous of your humongous white board!!

Betsy said...

How sweet of your kids!!! Awww! Hope you feel better soon!

ariel said...

sorry you havent been feeling well.. esp on your birthweek! Love the decorated board, thats so sweet of your kids!

Sarah said...

Well it stinks that you were sick, but its nice that you felt so so during the day so you could sort of enjoy the two days off!

Leigh Ann said...

That is so sweet. I know your students must adore you! Hope you are feeling better now. I'm so behind on blogging!

Rachel Wheat said...

How sweet is that? Kids love a board, don't they?