Austin Tree Houses

I would like to give a testimony about being the proud recipient of a Make-A-Wish treehouse built by Austin Tree Houses for my son, Hayden, who is 7 and uses a wheelchair. It is hard to put into words the gratitude for the joy this provides to our son and our entire family. This treehouse is special because we would have no way of understanding how to design, engineer and implement getting our son in a wheelchair into a treehouse. Rob and his crew were inspired when they designed and engineered a treehouse around our special 200+ year old oak tree and our son’s 200+ lb wheelchair. For the past year since the wish was granted, just thinking about it until it was made into a reality, gave our son a much needed light and strength while enduring many surgeries with life-threatening medical complications and months in the hospital. We couldn't have wished for a better way for our family to spend the summer. Hayden has an impending surgery this summer that will keep him home or in the hospital for 6-8 weeks. The treehouse gives him the summer to look forward to and not the surgery to dread. We can look back at this special experience and have the pleasure of knowing that there are good people in the world who care and who are not passing judgment. This wish has brought joy that will not be a passing memory but something to last and continue on. The treehouse brings with it social inclusion for the rest of his childhood with other able-bodied friends where he can play on an even level independently with his imagination. We will never fully realize how much went into making this wish and those granting it will never fully realize how long lasting or important it is until you’re the family receiving the wish. No words can describe how magical it is. Thank you!