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And the winner is....

Everyone! Yep, that is right, Austin and his debate partner walked away with a tie. After 4 rounds of preliminaries, two teams met for the final debate. Both teams did well. Both teams scored 685 points. Both teams will receive trophies. To me, since I hate to see anyone lose, this was a great ending. Austin of course wanted the official kill. We are so glad to see him happy and healthy. These are pictures of Austin and his partner and the team they debated against. Also there is a picture of Austin in actual debating action! Isn't he cute?!

Austin also had a big post-surgery doctor's visit this past week. The doctor said everything looked great. He has gained all his pre-surgery weight back...except for 2pounds! This is thrilling since it took us a year last time. Things went well enough we are now on the 6 month doctor visit plan. That is such an improvement. Instead of sending reports every two weeks to the hospital we can go to every month. We send reports by hooking Austin up to what looks like a computer mouse. It sits on his defibrillator. It is connected to a box that feeds the info across the phone lines. He is so happy to go to once a month!


The doctors did enter Austin into another study. This make 3 studies he participates in. We are so glad for these opportunities if it will help someone else born in the future with Austin's heart defect. This one is a DNA study. They have always assumed that congenital defects are just by accident, but now with improved DNA testing they want to see if it really isn't hidden in the DNA somewhere. They took Austin's blood, my blood and Jay will give his this week. They also need family medical histories to see if there is anything in the family.

Comments

Lisa~~ said…
Glad to hear that Austin is doing so well medically and I'm wishing him only good health in the future.
October 22, 2008 at 7:29 PM
Anonymous said…
So glad Austin is doing great. That is good news that you can go to once a month reporting. Congratulations on your debate win:)
October 22, 2008 at 7:56 PM
Valorie said…
Way to go Austin. I was in debate one year in high school, it freaked me out everytime I had to get up and speak. That is surprising to me since I love to argue and you can't shut me up!
October 23, 2008 at 11:44 AM
Anonymous said…
My husband has a family with heart issues. The medical community is now recognizing it is hereditary. They used to sat=y it wasn't, but many now they know.

Austin is a handsome guy!
October 23, 2008 at 1:00 PM
Claudia said…
Congrats, Austin! (On both the health and debating fronts). Since you are such a successful debator, can we look forward to hearing you in the 2032 presidential debates?
October 23, 2008 at 2:36 PM
The Stanley's said…
Maybe it's not too late for this years election. We could get Austin out on the speaking circuit!

Congratulations on your success. My brother-in-law was a great debator throughout high school and college. Now he is a successful lawyer. What do you think you'd like to do?

Also, I will be very interested in the genetic testing.
October 23, 2008 at 3:11 PM
hooli said…
yeah austin!
ps -- i'm sure you're not looking for us when you say medical histories. but i'll be curious about DNA correlations as Mason was born with what they called a "generous heart".
October 23, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Glenda said…
It was so fun to have you here to spend a little time with us. It was a riot at the cemetary!
October 23, 2008 at 9:45 PM
grandma GiGI said…
Well, as i've said before..Austin is incredibly handsome and so smart. Love that kid.
October 24, 2008 at 6:45 PM
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