Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Extreme Makeover Home Edition: Symphony of Destruction!



This week Ty and the Design Team are honoring two very special school bus drivers. It’s the DeVries family has medical situations that are being made worse by their living conditions. The team watches the family saying hello from Minnesota. Ty explains that the mother, Susan, was diagnosed with a serious heart problem as a child - it is a life-threatening condition. Dirk, the father, lost his arm in a farm accident. Ty says that they are heroes, because even though they have these challenges to deal with, when the kids’ school needed a music teacher, Susan volunteered, and she and Dirk make musical instruments. She also stepped up when the school needed a bus driver. Susan recently underwent heart surgery, but it didn’t work, and the house is jeopardizing her recovery.

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