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My parents and two of my brothers came of to Folsom for Ty's blessing. We had gotten Guitar Hero World Tour recently so my brothers and I played into the night. We even got my Dad on drums for a couple of songs.

Four of the boys in my troop had their Eagle Court of Honor last Sunday. I was really proud of them. They all did a great job and I was glad I could be a part of it.

I thought this was important enough that I should put this on my blog. I think we are gaining support. One thing I think is very important is that a child deserves the right to be raised by both a mother and a father.

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I broke my camera last week, so I redeemed some gift certificates I got at work for Best Buy and got a new one. At least I got this great picture of Jack while I was there.

Well, after extensive testing and thoughtful prayer, we decided that Ty needed surgery. He has severe reflux which contributes to him stopping breathing. His esophagus doesn't move the food done his throat very well either. The best course of action is to give him a trach and a GJ tube. The trach will protect his airway from collapse and should prevent him from stopping breathing. The GJ tube will allow us to feed him directly from the tube, but it will bypass the stomach and go right into the intestines. Bypassing the stomach will keep down the reflux since there will be nothing in the stomach to spit up. The surgeon who did the trach and the other surgeon who did the G-tube for Ben did the trach an GJ tube for Ty. Ty had surgery on October 2, and is recovering very well. Here is the pre and post op pictures.
 

While Beth and I trade off who is at the hospital, the other four kids are doing great. They don't seem to mind having to go to a friend's house everyday after school, or having to eat other people's cooking. I am sure they miss having both of us around at the same time, but they have great attitudes. Here is a couple shots of them.
  

After having to be revived twice at our house, and spending another 7 days at the hospital, Ty was once again all set to come home. I left the hospital at about 7 am to go to some soccer games for the other kids. The plan was to bring him home later that afternoon. At about 10 am we got a call from the hospital and Ty had stopped breathing again. We hurried back and over the next 24 hours he stopped another 6 times. Obviously, Ty has some underlying problem that needs to be taken care of before it is safe to bring him home. Looks like more tests and more nights at the hospital.