Major announcement for our family of 9 + update on brain surgery 

Our God can do anything!!I’m a mom of three boys 7,6 and 4 and our God did a great miracle in my husbands life too. He’s so wonderful and with Him allll things are possible!!

My first time “meeting” you all today through your shorts and then found this video. You two are an amazing couple. Your faith and clear Love for one another is such a blessing to witness. Thank you! 🙏🏼 So glad you’re healing and making decisions that allow you to heal and thrive as needed. Love the flexibility in your thinking!!! …and as someone with a post concussion TBI from a bike accident the word loss is an adventure. Great job accessing “extenuating!” 😊🎉🎉 Many more blessings to you and your incredible family!! 💛🙏🏼💛

Hi there! First I was wanted to say that I'm so happy that surgery went well and that your hopes of being yourself again are being realized! That is very exciting, especially when you think you'll never be the same again. I've had 32 surgeries so I know that feeling too well. Secondly, I want to thank you guys for restoring my faith. I was just to the point of believing in nothing and letting fear replace hope, joy and love. I see God in you! It's so amazing and so bright as He shines off of you! I thank you from the bottom of my heart for that restoration. Truly amazing! Lastly, I just pray for your complete healing and send wishes for the best Christmas ever. God bless you and keep you always 🙏🎄🎅!

Such a great story y’all! I’m in South Florida and I live with Multiple Sclerosis and my Neurologists are in UM! So glad that the UM surgeon came through! God bless y’all!

I commend your belief with teaching children. I have tried public, home schooling and finally decided that a Christian private worked best. I agree with, “you have to do what’s best for your family”. Sending prayers for a speedy recovery ❤

EVERYONE is allowed to change their minds without having to justify or explain. You are clearly doing what you think is best and that’s all anyone needs to know. Thank you for your transparency. Keep healing, Michael - may prayers and love continue to surround your recovery.

Green and yellow brain tissue, whow, unexpected. So it was killing off his brain tissue, wow. It's amazing. Yes, the hospital every hour is messing with you and it's hard to rest. When you're sick, yes noise is hard and messed up/meds. No, the hospital is not peaceful, amen. It's amazing what they can do. I'm glad to hear Dr. Michael Ivan did a great job.

So glad that your surgery was a success. In February 2023, as a result of a significant stroke, I had a craniotomy and subsequent surgery 4 months later to replace the bone plate. My energy level fluctuates so much and taking a daily nap is now a necessity. Be well in your recovery. Sending prayers to you all.

I am a retired teacher and I was blessed to teach in a Christian school for a part of my 33 year journey. I will be praying for your children and their teachers. My daughter now teaches in a Christian school in Arizona and it is a blessing!

For 17 years I home schooled my 3. 1 year at a time. Each child is unique. Learning styles matter. We enjoyed the flexibility in 'diving deeper' into subjects that interested them. One thrived with on line learning, another with particular outside classes, eventually 1 asked to attend high school. I pray for you to seek, listen and do what works in each of your children and for your family. Continued healing, love and blessings to your family.

I understand this completely! Had brain surgery. Didn’t sleep in hospital after for 2 days! They’re poking you, waking you, asking you questions, etc! Give yourself time. 6 months after my surgery I still couldn’t be in a loud room with lots of people and sounds. Your brain was injured! It needs time to heal. I’m still not the same person I was before surgery. Take your time. God bless you all!

Sweet to see you are healing so fast from surgery. My mom had a similar surgery and as I listen to you, she said the same things. You'll be fine. God bless you and your family.

So happy to see Micheal feeling so well and positive after surgery! Praying for continued healing! I know exactly how you are feeling about a bit of identity changes when switching from homeschooling. I homeschooled our 5 children for 6 years. My husband works for the railroad so I was alone most of the time. I began having health issues so we made the decision to put them in the local public school (we both attended that same school). I was happy, heartbroken, and a lot of other emotions while watching them go off to school each day. Homeschool was such a blessing but private school will be as well! Prayers to you all!

Ariel, you are such a strong beautiful wife and mother. God bless your family. I’m praying 🙏🏻 for you all every night! ❤️💗💐🤗💕🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

Aww congratulations! We currently have 2 in private Christian school. Every family is different and thrives differently. We plan to pull my kids one at a time to transition to homeschooling for a lot of the reasons you mentioned to custom tailor the education/experience.

That's a big change ! Since Ariel has such a huge following and influence on social media it's really nice that you've explained clearly your situation to us.. And we completely understand your decision at this time! Hope your kids have best school life and happy to see Michael recovering well! The haircut suits perfectly BTW ahah 😄

I'm happy for you guys! You are so sweet and honest. It's obvious that you ask God to lead your family. I pray the new school works out better than you even expected ❣️

So happy for you Michael! Continue healing!! Hope school semester goes well for all!!

Great news. Continued prayers. 🙏 🙏 Been following u guys since covid. 2020. Love y'all.

1 week from brain surgery and you’re looking good my friend! Dang!! Go you! Cheers to good health ahead and lots of positivity and peaceful moments! Sending love from California! 🌊 ☀️we have a big family too and we know rest doesn’t come easy. Take the breaks you can. ❤

I’m so glad everything has gone well. I was very effected by noise and bright lights for a long time after my brain surgery. Go slow coming off the anti seizure meds because of withdrawal. Wishing you the best possible outcome!!

You look fantastic. So thankful it’s over for all of you,now move forward and enjoy your family and life!

I completely understand the things you’re going through now, I am recovering from cranial surgery. I had 5 CSF leaks that needed to be repaired. These surgeries are no joke when it comes to recovery. Prayers 🙏🙏🙏

I’m a brain tumor survivor. I had what’s called a “nuisance tumor!” It wasn’t cancerous, but it interfered with my brain functioning. I had a meningioma. It was fused to my skull behind my right ear and went through my brain and stopped at the corner of my right eye. I had horrific headaches. I also have the largest sinuses of anyone my neurosurgeon has ever seen. I had my surgery in January of 1997! I’m 26 yrs meningioma/headache free! Michael, time will fly by. You’ll be back to yourself in no time. I’m praying for you and sending positive thoughts to you and your family! I don’t know where your incision is, but I remember my doctor telling me to exercise my facial muscles. I suggested chewing gum and he said that was perfect. If you or your wife ever want to reach out and ask me any questions or to just talk, please feel free to do so. No one knows better than someone who has been through it. My username on TikTok is Queenofusefulthinking and on Instagram it’s Toooldforthis. LOL! Take care

Prayers and thanks for sharing! The transparency is so great!

So excited for your boys! Praying it is a great transition for them ❤

Just found your channel, so thankful u are doing well, excited to keep watching! ❤️🙏🏻

Hi! Couldn't wait to watch your video to see how you're doing! So glad you're doing so great at recovery! God bless you and your family.

So pleased to see you are making such a remarkable recovery. You need to make the decisions that work for your family.

Love you all! My prayers for you all Michael. Thank you for the update. 🥰💕🙏

God Bless you both and your beautiful family! God is so good, glad to see Michael healing well! ❤❤

Continued prayers for Michael’s health. 🙏🏻❤️. I hope the kids love school. ❤❤❤❤❤❤

God bless you! You look so well and it's only been a week! God speed on your full recovery! 🎉❤

Congrats on all the wonderful things happening in your family. Most especially your healing. May God continue to strengthen you 🙏🙏🙏💖💖

I am so happy to see him up and going and feeling good again!

Prayers for your recovery and your Family's understanding 🙏 Take it slow

My son had a cavernous angioma (giant, surgeon said size of beefsteak tomato, so compressed his brain to the left side of his cranium.) It bled too -- and seizures happened often. He wasn't expected to come out of surgery at age 2 yrs 3 months, and he's 27 now! He does have a lot of special needs, but we are so blessed that he is walking and talking and always making progress. So very glad you're doing well. There are research programs, some forms of these CAs are hereditary, not sure if you've explored that, just in case, thought I'd mention it. There are genetic tests if so. Be patient with yourself. ❤

Blessings to the Tyson family 🙏

May God be with you all..I just found your Vlog...Like others have said, you need to do whatever is right for YOU...I will be following your sweet family..I pray Michael will make a full recovery...

I’m so thankful and grateful that you are doing well. You have a beautiful family. When I was 13 I had spinal meningitis I know all to well how you must’ve felt or feel I’m very grateful and thankful that the good Lord has kept you around and keeping you and your family may God continue to bless you I know you have so many stories about the illness that you have because I to have a lot I have a story grateful to God that you are doing well be blessed my brother❤

I’ve done the same! I’m in year 7 of homeschooling. I always took it year by year. Mid fourth grade, switched my oldest to Christian school. 1.5 years later, my second went in third grade. My third is homeschooling in first grade bc it’s what she needs for now. She’ll likely go in third grade. I still have a 3 year old at home. Like you said, do what’s best for your family! I’ve never been one either to think I was better for homeschooling

Good for you😊 You have to do whatever works for your family, regardless of what anyone else thinks ❤

God is good. I am so happy your recovery is going so well. Home schooling/ private school are all good, you go with what fits your family. Continued prayers from Ireland. God bless you all.

God Bless you Michael, Ariel, and your entire family. Continuing to send prayers and Hugs from NY. I went through religious schools from 1st through 12th grade and even in college.

God bless this beautiful family and keep our brother Michael on the road to recovery. God bless the surgeons and guid them to help him with their knowledge. Blessings

I'll be praying for you.....and your family...

Great news my kids love school! Have a smooth recovery

Y'all are such a beautiful couple!! I adore the both of you ❤️ I'm so glad everything is going well for y'all. 🙂

So glad your surgery was successful and recovery is going well. I enjoy the videos. You are an amazing family!!!!!!

So very sorry. I am a (not nice) person after surgery and so I have felt totally awful about how (not nice) I have been after surgery. Love you all! Hugs for healing and my prayers. 🥰💕🙏

So happy for your family. Michael is recovering very well and he looks great. I hope your children have an easy transition to school. It will be a wonderful change but a huge deal for Mom.

First, I am so happy Michael is on his way to recovering. Thank God! Secondly, I am so happy the University of Miami, Uhealth system was your choice. I am from Miami, FL and I only use the doctors from there. That entire health system is this way. The culture is known for treating it’s patients with a great deal of kindness and humanity. I am proud to know all went so well and it was from UM. Thirdly, Ariel you are a champion and you juggled so many things, husband, children, home, travel, etc. … You are strong under fire. Thank you for being a great example for many. God Bless all of you. Thank you for the update.

I can't believe how well u are doing, thank goodness...I get a paper cut and it takes a week for me to recover.. All my best wishes to u guys..

What a absolutely beautiful couple !! ❤so thankful of all God’s Blessings you’ve witnessed!

A smart move...all around better for everyone at this time. And after all a new experience for boys.

How tall is Michael? Big guy! So glad you had the surgery and everything went well! God gets the glory! You get the good results

I am happy to know that you are doing really well from that surgery. ❤

Greetings from switzerland i pray for you. All the kids are sooo a blessing. ❤

Praise the lord for healing! SO happy to see him doing better❤

You just need to know that there are people even from Hungary praying for your family. And I am thankful to God for the success of your surgery. God bless you! 🙏🏼☺️

Very good decision you've made with the schooling. They'll enjoy and learn a lot. And the teachers sound grand!

I am so happy you had your surgery and it was a success! You are an amazing couple and family! Praise God, Amen and Amen!

You guys are so honest and open and strong. Such an inspiration. There should be more people like you on the internet! This morning I woke up freaking out about the plans with my partner to have our first baby because I was thinking how hard it can be with him away from home most of the time and other financial worries that I have, and seeing you guys seems to have brought such an ease into my mind. Thank you!

amazing you are both such great people wish you the best

I had viral meningoencephalitis 10 years ago so understand a bit the journey you’ve been on. I had/have seizures and was put on anti-seizure meds and took high dose steroids. I felt and acted like a completely different person. I was aggressive, angry, irritated, highly sensitive. I was so afraid that the changes were permanent. It’s hard to separate what is from the brain injury and what are medication side effects but I improved immensely when I stopped the meds. They are a necessary evil but the side effects are brutal. I was so sensitive to light, sound, pretty much any stimulation. Trying to act normal, have conversations took a tremendous amount of energy and I’d be drained and wiped out. I’d usually have to spend the next day recovering. Recovery isn’t a linear journey. There are many ups/downs, good days/bad days but you will get better. I very much struggled w/ trying to get back to who I was before the illness and my limitations. It wasn’t until I accepted the new different version of me that I truly begin to heal. I am an optometrist and prior to this was single and worked long hours. I wasn’t able to work after health issues. I got married and now have 5 kids I homeschool. I discovered God during my recovery and my life looks nothing like I’d planned but is so much better than I could ever have imagined. Give yourself grace, simplify your life, hold close to your beautiful family and let God guide. So proud of you two for making the decision to put your kids in private school. I understand what a difficult decision that must have been but it is what is best for your family right now. And like you said take it one semester at a time. Prayers for healing, recovery, acceptance and peace for your family during this time of transition💕

Congratulations. Your kids will do great.

You guys are the best!! ❤

I'm so happy you had a successful surgery and are recovering at home. Steroids can make you jittery, anxious, irritable and the seizure prevention medications can make you drowsy and a little "slow" with thoughts and comprehension, but those meds are usually tapered off so you don't have an abrupt crash when they are stoppped. Also, Day 14 post-op is a "Be Aware" day, as the blood from the originaal bleed and the blood from the surgery is naturally being broken down so your body can absorb it (like when a bruise turns from blue to green to yellow). Some people notice an increase in symptoms (headache, drowsiness, irritability, etc) around that day so be aware that it is just a chemical process. But if the symptoms are severe, let your Dr. know--sometimes steroids have to be given to help reduce the swelling from the breakdown of blood which can cause some swelling of the brain.You will be you again! God bless and be well.

🙏🏻💙🙏🏻Answered Prayers…..Looking good ❣️❣️

Congratulations to you and your family 🎉💐 You will be 110% fine

So happy to hear that your brain surgery went so well!! God is SO GOOD!!!

Congratulations for all!!! I wish you a lot of health, love and fast recover!! ☺️ We are thinking at you from Romania

I just came across this Chanel. I follow you on Instagram and look every once in a while in FB. I love your family and love to see your stories. My favorite video to this day is the one where Michael walks away and the boys follow. There more I find out about your family the more I love you guys. You give me hope…… it’s not all bad out there! 🙏🏼 I forgot to ask, what was the noise you heard at the end of the video

God is good! Continued prayers,you're a sweet ,lovely family 🙏💜🙏

So glad everything went well!

I homeschooled and they loved it and said they wouldn’t change a thing. They are all successful adults now. 😊

You guys are the cutest couple, and it's so awesome you have such a big beautiful family

Amazing!! Praise the Lord for a successful surgery ❤️

This year when my sons started kindergarten I was so torn between homeschooling and private Christian school. We chose private Christian school and we’ve been so pleased at how well our boys are doing and how great it’s been for them.

God speed for you all!

Such a moving story!! Can you share more about the viral meningitis? I had it and wondering if some of the issue's im having is from that. God is good🙏♥️🛐

I had to have an mri after my aneurysm surgery too. Then walking and then home. Noise bothered me too!

Continued prayers for all

Glad Michael is doing well! We had to make the same decision with homeschooling - and then ended homeschooling them again in high school, it's a hard decision to make

Love you guys!!! A tip for the videos... the audio seems quiet.. I turn it up to hear you guys but the ads were reallllllly loud.

God Bless all of you 🙏

Glad your doing well take your time and Heal. Where did they make the incision

It may be air pockets or just the insides mending itself back together or something with bone or cartilage

As someone whose had multiple brain surgeries, we learned the underlying cause of my surgeries (a brain cyst) can be hereditary…and one child got it. She doesn’t need surgery…yet. Have y’all checked to see if you carry any of the genes for the hereditary types of CCM? And if so, had your kids tested?

What is the church that you pastor Michael? Wondering if I could go listen to you preach?

God bless you and yours

I know this was a year ago and no one will ever see this comment but I just wanted to mention we have very similarly had things happen in our lives. We homeschooled and used public and private school. Plus my son had brain surgery last august, We are still on the road to recovery due to him having seizures after surgery but I feel like just saying …. “Same, same” to y’all! Keep up the G00d work and fun clips. I watched all your shorts yesterday and today i subscibed

My friend homeschooled her 4 until the youngest was in middle school and then the kids wanted to try public school. After the first semester one hated it and went back to homeschooling. The others enjoyed it.

My husband experienced a similar type of noise overstimulation while he was recovering from severe Covid (he almost died) and then when dealing with long Covid flare ups as well.

Dr Ivan Michael is very well known here in Florida! I am in Clearwater and have heard of them! They are known for their medical expertise & their care!

WOW! Praise God!

It’s great to see that Michael is doing so well. Isn’t God good?! I love how things just work out when we let God lead. It’s wonderful that the kids are loving the new school so far. So, what did you find in the incision sight that you gasped at? How could you leave us hanging? 😮🙂

Praise the Lord!🙌🏽

My great nephew has this exact thing but apparently it's so deep that it's almost not worth it to do. They found it at age 1½ and he's never had to go under.

I have chiari and I'm wondering what made you decide on the treatment to cut