Extreme Makeover Home Edition - Tom 1 of 10
Nov 28th, 2008 by admin
Aired - November 06th, 2005
Susan Tom, a single parent of seven adopted children with disabilities from Fairfield, CA, didn’t set out to adopt children with special needs, but somehow they found each other. After her divorce, Susan, a mother of four at the time (two biological, two adopted), became a foster parent and soon fell in love with the children no one else wanted. Now “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” will give back to a woman who has given so much love to children in need by providing a new home for her family in two special back-to-back episodes.
Taking in children with challenges hasn’t been easy. For Xenia and Hannah, who were born without legs, and Libby, who was born with spinal bifida and confined to a wheelchair, the Tom home is a logistical nightmare. For Cloe, who was born unable to bend her elbows and knees, getting around the house and up the stairs is extremely difficult. There is also Katie, who was born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and is mentally challenged, and Faith, who was badly burned as a baby and encounters stares from strangers every day of her life. Finally there’s Margaret, who was not expected to live because of brain damage; she’s now a thriving 21-year-old who works full-time and helps out her siblings, as she pursues her dream of becoming a pediatric nurse.
In these special episodes of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” this family will finally find a safe haven to call home. Discriminated against on a daily basis by ignorance and physical challenges, the Tom children deserve to have a home that doesn’t discriminate against them. Susan and the children are thinking of taking in more children with special needs, if their new house could accommodate them.
While the design team, contractors and hundreds of workers, volunteers and a local builder, the Sacramento division of John Laing Homes, are building the Tom’s dream home and comfortable living environment, the family will go on vacation at Walt Disney World.
In addition, the Backstreet Boys send a special video message to the family while on tour, and country singer Mark Wills performs for the family at Disney World during their vacation. During the construction, champion wrestler/weightlifter Kyle Maynard (author of “No Excuses”), who was born with a rare disorder called Congenital Amputation, inspects the house to make sure it’s disability friendly and gets into a wrestling match with Paul DiMeo.
http://abc.go.com/primetime/xtremehome/index?pn=index
Duration : 0:8:35
anyone know that …
anyone know that theme song to the show? please tell me if you do. thanks
that little girl …
that little girl made me laugh, “if it wasnt for her we wouldnt be sitting here in front of you seeing your beautiful smile and its just as fresh as ive seen on tv” how sweet
anyone got kleenex? …
anyone got kleenex??????? thanks again uSo!!
Nobody could ever …
Nobody could ever deserve this makeover more than Susan Tom.
What she’s done for the children she’s brought home is amazing. Children that would have a hard time getting adopted because of their disabilities. Sadly, the world is like that. Most adoptive parents want perfect children…
And her own words… “I believe these are my children, I just had to find them and bring them home.” That’s really how she feel.
An episode that …
An episode that features both Connie and Tanya? Awesome! I thought Tanya was brought in as Connie’s replacement. I guess I was wrong.
Mrs. Tom is an amazing woman.
i lived across town …
i lived across town over by armijo high school and my moms friend worked at grange middle school and taught some of the kids on this show i drive past that house the other day to show my boyfriend because thats his faverite show. susan toms is an awesome woman.
there is a …
there is a documentary on this family called My Flesh and Blood, well worth the rent
i learned abut ehr …
i learned abut ehr we get to write letters to her! she has changed the world in so many ways!!
lol it’s wierd how …
lol it’s wierd how i see it but two of those girls are actually my friend in school =P Cloe and Libby, who i call her olivia =) glad i knew them, never knew that they had a house till today
dude r you wasted??
dude r you wasted??
wow, i like this …
wow, i like this family..they totally deserve this chance..
thanks for the upload!!
hey there luck my …
hey there luck my family had several deaths and i am next in line to die.
Notice how the …
Notice how the girls said ‘deaths’ they have had to deal with, there was one Tom boy that died of CF that isn’t mentioned at all.
This is great.
This is great.
omg! fairfield is …
omg! fairfield is my hometown!
I love this family …
I love this family they are special
Would a mikkion …
Would a mikkion thanks be enough?
My husband has …
My husband has spina bifida.
thanks a million
thanks a million
i ment to rate it 5 …
i ment to rate it 5
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thanx again …
thanx again usobayarea