As you may know, I'm walking and fundraising for the American Heart Association's Heart Walk on May 28th. The funds I raise are needed for heart disease research and education.

So far I've raised $0, but I need your help to reach some of my fundraising goal. Will you support me and my efforts to fight the nation's No. 1 disease killer?

By clicking on the link below, you can visit my personal fundraising page to make a secure, tax-deductible online donation. Please click "Give Now," when you visit my page. If you prefer, you can also mail me a donation directly.

Here's how you can help fight heart disease:

-$25 gives 50 people educational materials that teach them how to personally reduce their risk of heart diseases and stroke.

-$50 delivers the message of healthy nutrition to elementary school students through lesson plans and activity guides.

-$100 allows one hospital to teach its patients, caregivers, and health professionals about the risks of stroke - the nation's No. 4 killer.

Heart disease impact all of us, but because of events like Heart Walk we can make a difference. Through education and research the American Heart Association and the Children's Heart Foundation is working to build healthier lives. Will you support us?

If you are unable to walk or donate please sign up anyways to show your support for Timothy.

Are you ready to build healthier lives by joining my team?

  

It only takes 3 easy steps!

1) Click on the link below to visit my web page. 

2) Click the blue "My Team Page" button.

3) Click the "Join our Team" button and follow the prompts to register.

Why Heart Walk?  Did you know 1 in 100 babies are born with at least 1 heart defect and Congenital Heart Defects kills more than all forms of childhood cancer combined?  We can change these statistics by joining together to walk and fundraise for Heart Walk.

Help grow our team, please feel free to forward this to anyone you think will want to walk, raise funds and make a difference in our community.  All are welcome; it's the more the merrier, when it comes to our Heart Walk team!

Thank you, in advance, for your participation.

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Hello everyone.. I am sure as most of you have noticed we have switched to more active on Facebook then the blog.. I know that facebook seemed to be more easy for people to Remember to check up on Our Little Fighter but I still wanted to post here and let you all know things are going ok for Timothy.. He does have a little weight gaining issue again, and he is sick again. Hopefully this week he will start to feel better.. Please come to our facebook page and share Timothy's story with your family and friends. 

Let me to you how excited I am right now... Timothy is now 26lbs and 34 inches tall.. This is such a big jump... He has gained 2 pounds in 6 weeks.. Yes that is right I said 2 pounds.. :) You have no idea how excited I am about this.. This is amazing, wonderful, awesome, compleatly the best thing every.. I am so happy right now.. 

Today Amy (home nurse) is coming to check up on Timothy... It is so crazy to think that we finally are at every 2 week appointments and no more every week or every other week.. it is nice to have them spread out. :) Because that means he is doing better.. Although he is still struggling with gaining weight. I will take that struggle over his heart problems any day. :) 

Hello everyone.. Timothy is doing so good.. I was thinking of something last night and I thought I would share that with you all... So those who have been fallowing Timothy over a year know know that he has always had trouble with throwing up and would do so anywhere around 5-10 times a day.. The Dr's have gave him medication for it and still nothing would help. We had talked about doing a procedure that would then close up his stomach to where he would be unable to throw up.. Doing so would mean he could possible gain more weight before surgery, and would be able to gain more after (Maybe). He wouldn't be throwing up all the time, and he would be able to stay in an outfit all day, We wouldn't have to stop all of a sudden as driving down the road, the carseat, blankets, clothes, wouldn't need to be washed everyday. BUT if he needed to get sick for whatever reason such as he had the flu, him being a teenager and trying to drink because his friends are doing so, or whatever reason may come he would not be able to do so.. Mike and I reviewed all of the pros and cons and we decided to not have this done... Timothy throw up this was until he had surgery 7 1/2 months old.. After surgery he was only doing so around 3-5 times a day until around his 1st birthday, then it changed to around 0-3 times a day. Now after around close to 1 1/2 years old he has stopped and only throws up when he is sick.. We are so glad that he doesn't get sick anymore... It is so amazing...

Hello Everyone

I am sorry I have not been posting much on the blog.. I have been keeping up to date on Timothy's Facebook page.. It seemed to be easier.. I will try to make sure I update both.. I know some people do not have a Facebook. Timothy has been doing great.. Still on his feeding tube, 24 lbs, and very happy all the time.. :) He has an upcoming appointment with his home nurse on Wednesday. So I hope to see a weight gain :) 

Thank you all who are fallowing Timothy and becoming his prayer worrier God Bless you.