Day 85.... God is so wonderful, awesome, and true. Tyler is gearing up for the big move on Thursday. This past weekend he was actually making sound when he was laughing. He was making more sounds today! This is very encouraging. He was drinking out of a straw. He continues to work on his walking and upper body strength. He is using his hands more talk. This is good because it will get us closer to being able to have him evaluated by a neuro opthamologist, this is a doctor that specializes in eye, and the nerves to the eye. Once he is to the point where he can communicate enough, the dr will be able to tell what he sees, how much he can see, and where he might have blind spots, but this is still down the road. We are all anxiously counting down to Thursday. Bobby is getting his house ready, and Kara continues to look for a house. When he comes home, he will continue with therapy at home then progress to outpatient therapy. He has a long way to go but, OH MY what progress he has made since that July 6th evening. We will continue to pray, He will continue to fight and work, and God will continue to heal and answer our prayers. Thank you to everyone for being by Ty and the family through this journey.

Day 82.... Tyler is just amazing as we all know. He is really excited, for the plan is that Ty will be going home this coming Thursday!!!!!! He is working on moving and using his fingers and hands more. He is able to use his call light to contact the nurses, for when he needs something. He continues to work on his eating and walking. When Ty goes home he will continue with outpatient therapy. This miracle that Tyler is experiencing; continues to amaze us everyday. We need to continue to Thank God and pray for is continued, progressive recovery!!!!

Day 80.... Ty has been doing very well this week. His hand and finger movements are getting stronger. He has been using one finger for yes and two fingers for no and anyone who talks about the University of Michigan get a special finger followed by a smile. He continues to work on his walking and eating, he had some of his mom's special pumpkin pie. He might get to go swimming again on Friday if the therapist have enough time in their schedule. Thank you so much for everyone's prayers and support. He is getting closer to coming home.

Day 77.... Tyler was really excited about swimming. They put him in the pool by lifting him in a chair on a hydraulic lift. That made him a little nervous. But once he was in the pool he did really well. He is going to get to go some more this week. Kara tried to feed him some oatmeal, he did ok but didn't like the texture too much, and struggle with a red pop float. He ate his pudding real well today. We are going to keep trying to feed soft foods so his mouth muscles continue to strengthen. Overall he had a real good weekend.

Day 74.... Tyler had his swallowing study today. It went very well. The therapist was VERY pleased, she he was stronger than what she had thought. Very littlo pooling of food in the back of his mouth and throat and no aspirations. This is good so they can start giving him more food, as he moves his tongue and mouth muscles more this will help him in starting to use his vocal chords and forming sounds and eventually hopefully speaking. He gets to go swimming tomorrow!! This should be really fun for him, and to get in the pool should feel really good, for all the tired muscles from therapy. He was working this evening on moving his tongue in and out of his mouth and side to side, and turning his head side to side. We took a nice long walk and evaluated all of the pictures on the first floor of the hospital and we stopped to look at the beautiful sunset out of the big windows. He continues to get stronger and work hard, and with God and all the prayers he moves forward each day. Thanks!!

Day 72..... Tyler continues his journey. He has been working hard in his therapy, with his standing and walking a few steps with assistance. He even made some sounds today with his speech therapist!!!! He continues to work hard on his swallowing and his swallowing study might be later this week. This test will let the Doctors know what types of food he can safely swallow without any of it going down his trachea or wind pipe. This would be aspiration if this occurs and would be unsafe. So this study lets them know if it occurs with liquid and or certain solids. Once they know this they can decide if it is safe to try different types of liquids and food. So hopefully when he gets this study it will be good and he can start to have more of a diet. Keep praying it is working.

Day 70... Tyler had a full weekend with visitors, and hanging out with his sisters. He was up working on his walking again today. He also to three bites of applesauce. The therapist feels he is ready to have a swallowing study. This is exciting news. Thanks to all of the visits and as always the wonderful support and prayers.

Day 67.... Tyler had another awesome day. Today the therapists, along with Bob and Grandpa Bill, got Ty up and he took some steps with assistance on two different occasions!!!!!! He also worked hard with his swallowing and actually took 3 bites of a popsicle and swallowed!!!! This is some exciting stuff. He is gaining weight, and slowly gaining strength. We have to work more on his upper body and hands but he is doing Wonderful. We are so PROUD of him and the hard effort he puts into every single day. He also continues to work on that beautiful smile, and of course his pucker. With Ty's efforts and our prayers there is no limit to this wonderful miracle, WOW what a blessing he is to our lives.!!!

Thanks for the great visit on Sunday. It was really fun. I even played video games with the guys!!!

Day 66.... Hello Everyone. Tyler is doing great!!! As you can see he really loves his football, we got a big smill with this one!!! He is having another great day. Yesterday he swallowed 10 bites of sherbert icecream and today he swallowed 15 bites!! This is so great, he is moving his tongue more and his lips more, this gets us closer and closer to enabling him to eat. He continues to improve with standing and holding his weight. Now they are going to try to focus some more on his upper body, which is still weak. Each prayer brings us blessings each day, and this young man is so worth it. We thank GOD for every answered prayer!! Thank you for sending the prayers up!!!

Day 65..... Tyler has been doing very well this week. He has been working with the computer on his communication. Last evening he was able to use his fingers to trigger the computer and move a train, it was great! He has been working hard in all of his therapies. He really enjoyed his visit with the guys on Sunday. I will try to put some pictures up or set up a link.

Day 63..... This is a special blog to THANK EVERYONE who organized, volunteered, donated all the wonderful items, and of course the Blazer, participated in; and who support the the WONDERFUL Tourney for Ty yesterday!!!!!!! It was AWESOME!!!! Wonderful weather, Wonderful day, with Wonderful people. Also THANK YOU to everyone who have also organized and participated in the car washes in Van Wert, and Archibold, the people who have designed and have been selling the arm bands and shirts. The caring and support of everyone is overwhelmingly wonderful and SO APPRECIATED!!!!!! Ty continues to listen to the Fair Video a little at a time. He conitnues to make small steps forward, and his winning fight. This is with God and everyone out there. THANK YOU AGAIN AND MAY GOD BLESS EVERYONE WHO HAS TOUCHED OUR LIVES THRU THIS!!

Day 61..... Tyler had a very good day today in therapy.. He was working on his facial muscles. He was puckering his lips so well his therapist got a kiss, so he has been puckering up all eve! He also has been smiling today, and of course making his frown face when it comes to getting cleaned up. He stood for five minutes today at a time. That is really good. So he continues to make improvements in several areas. He is really enjoying his video from the fair. Thanks for the help on that Tracy!! It is days like today that reaffirm that God is Awesome and your prayers are being answered!!

Day 60..... Ty continues to work hard. He stood up and held his wait for about three minutes at a time. He got his C collar off today so he worked hard on holding his head up on his own. So today was a really big day for him. We would like to give special thanks to the Van Wert County Foundation for purchasing Tyler's calf and to Everyone else who donated more money to him. That was so wonderful! I have one correction to the information for this weekend. They are raffling off a 96 red blazer. The tickets are $20 for one ticket and $50 for three tickets. It sounds like another special event for a VERY SPECIAL YOUNG MAN WHOM WE ALL LOVE!! SO again THANK YOU!!!

Day 59.... Another hard day in therapy. Insurance gave him another week. We will take all the days we can get. He continues to improve small step by small step. The information for the Tourney for Ty. It is being held in Ohio City at the Fireman's Park on 118. It is from 8:00am til 6:00pm on Saturday September 6th. There will be great food all day. The activities include Auto Auction @ 2:00; Silent Auction 9 to 6; Hourly door prize drawings; Duck races 11-3; Dare Water Balloon Cage, Clowns for God, a DJ. There will be a Co-Ed softball Tourney, Co-Ed Adult Volleyball Tourney, Cornhole tourney, Whiffel ball tourney. There is something for the whole family WOW!!! People to contact include for the silent auction, donations, softball tourneY, and cornhole tourney are Regi Phillips 419-238-6412, Stacey Lautzenheiser 419-605-8612, and Jeneane Krugh 419-605-6274. For the Volleyball Tourney contact Shana Evans 419-863-9106. For the whiffle ball tourney contact Jeff Krugh 419-605-6272. THANK YOU to everyone for the support and different fund raisors that you have taken the time to put on for TY.!!!!!! We can not say thank you enough and let eveyone know just how grateful we are for the ongoing support. Tyler's ongoing strength and healing is thru GOD and everyone's support and prayers!!!!!

Day 58..... Wow what a hot weekend. Tyler spent the weekend working on his physical therapy, working on his stomach... to continue to try to improve his strength. He also still continues to work with his communication. He was tried this weekend. We sometimes don't realize how much energy it takes out of him to do this simple things like hold up his head and his legs. So he will work hard then will just have a day where he is down. But he does give it all he has. There is a Tourney for Ty next weekend in Ohio City. I forgot to bring home the details from the fair. So toningt I will try to remember to bring them home so I can post all the specifics. I do know that there is a whiffle ball tourney, co ed volleyball tourney, co ed softball tourney. Lots of great food and I do believe a car to auction off!!! So I will try to post the specifics tonight. THANKS TO EVERYONE!!!!!!