Patricia and Milton Harper worked hard and sacrificed for all the right reasons, but still could not achieve their dream of providing a real home for their children. The episode incorporated his predicament into the show and captured how Ty was able to do his part from his hospital bed and later in the week, to participate in the reveal for the Harper Family from the Atlanta suburb of Lake City, Georgia. Although he was still recuperating, the energetic and dedicated Pennington did not want to let the family down. S2 Episode15 - The Harper Family While design team leader Ty Pennington was preparing to film this episode in his hometown of Atlanta, he underwent emergency surgery for a perforated appendix. One of the family's only wishes for their new home was to have indoor plumbing and bedrooms.When not cooking on an outdoor propane camp stove, these ladies took inside to the shed to prepare food. The entire family was stuck using an old doorless outhouse on the two-and-a-half acre property. While figuring out what to do, Roseanne moved her three daughters into a half-built, backyard utility shed that had no plumbing, electricity or running water.While living in the makeshift shelter, Roseanne's daughters - Jessica, 21, Sarah, 17 and Aariel, 13 - went to friends' houses to shower. Following the devastating news of the fire, Roseanne found out that their home insurance policy lapsed when their agent retired. The family was dealt a tremendous blow when their Kingston, Washington home, originally built by Roseanne and her husband, burned to the ground in March 2004. S2 Episode11 - The Dore Family As a struggling widow of three daughters, Roseanne Dore is no stranger to hardship. When it was finally diagnosed that Benjamin suffers from Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), a genetic disorder characterized by bones that break easily, the Burns were cleared of the abuse charges and allowed to bring. Nothing could have been further from the truth, and loving parents Gerald and Ellen Burns spent every resource they had trying to get their son back and prove their innocence. In the weeks that followed, routine tasks performed by Benjamin's parents resulted in more visits to the hospital and led to the discovery that his arm had been re-injured and he had a fractured skull.Eventually, Child Protective Services was called and Benjamin was separated for three months from his parents, who were accused of child abuse.
But when she grabbed his arm, she unknowingly fractured it. Six months later, Benjamin's sister was playing with her baby brother and, when he started to fall, she reached out to help him. S2 Episode9 - The Burns Family When Benjamin Burns was born in 1997, he was an apparently healthy baby boy. Marines from nearby Camp Pendleton came by to give a helping hand. In addition to the thousands of well-wishers who welcomed the Woffords to their new home, U.S. He had never built a residence before, only commercial buildings. The finished house was built by a commercial builder who goes to church with the Woffords. Thomas, Virgin Islands, staying at the Wyndham Sugar Bay Resort and Spa. While the design team, contractors and over 150 workers transformed the Wofford house into a dream home in just seven days, Brian and his family - Peter, 17, Rebekah, 16, 14-year-old twins Lizzie and Luke, Anna, 12, Aaron, 10, Esther, eight, and Elijah, six - went on vacation to St. With the girls sharing a room where their beds are stacked on top of each other and the boys living in the partially converted garage/laundry room, adding more space to the house was a priority for the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition team. The house repairs went unattended and, although he may be a master with his hands clinically, he admits that he is “all thumbs” when it comes to making home improvements. He has had to scale back his work hours to be available to his kids, and now struggles to make ends meet. But playing the role of dad/basketball coach/chauffeur has left Brian little time to run his chiropractic practice. Today the kids are involved in lots of activities, including playing basketball and volunteering with their church. S2 Episode1 - The Wofford Family When Brian Wofford’s wife passed away four years ago, he dedicated himself to making it possible for his children to pursue their dreams.