Out To Prove Them Wrong

During our first meeting with Austin’s surgeon we were warned that he could be facing other complications due to his condition.  They said he would probably be a fussy baby and that he could have learning and mobility delays due to his poor oxygen levels. Now, 10 months later, Austin has proved them all wrong [...]

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Some New Pictures Of Austin

Austin has had a great month, and is looking forward to a Chrismas tree, presents, and his holiday feast of green peas and yams! On Sunday, Austin watched with a big grin on his face as his Dad struggled to get the Christmas lights up on the house. The lights are done, and Austin loves to check [...]

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What a difference a week makes!

Austin was discharged from Childrens on November 4th, and has been all smiles since being released from the hospital. He made a pit stop at Nana and Papa’s house for the past couple of days due to Dad coming down with a nice case of the flu on the day Austin was supposed to come home. After scrubbing down [...]

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Austin’s Out Of Surgery. Doing Great..

Today was a big day for the little man. We were out the door by 6:45 am and the nurses whisked Austin away to the operating room by 8:00 am for his scheduled Glenn procedure with Dr. Pearl and his homies.
At about 1:45 pm we were able to talk to the good doctor and he was very happy [...]

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Austin Scheduled For Surgery

Austin’s parents and Doctors are both thrilled with his progress. He is now tube free and a tad over 12 lbs. Austin is all signed up for October 29th where he will be undergoing the Glenn procedure down at Children’s Hospital in Phoenix. The Glenn procedure connects the superior vena cava to the pulmonary artery, [...]

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Austin Goes To The Park and Loses the 02

Much to the delight of his parents, Austin was able to finally ween (I’m sure I spelled that wrong) himself off of oxygen this week. We have been working at it for the past couple of weeks, and today was the big day. We monitored Austins profusion levels, and even at his fussiest times his [...]

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A few new pics of Austin

“Big A,” has continued to make great progress over the past few weeks gaining about an ounce to an ounce and a half a day. Currently, Austin’s weighing in at a stout 9 lbs. Dr Jadeykin is very pleased and anticipates Austin being ready for his 2nd surgery at the end of October, or early November (at least according [...]

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Austin Hits The Bottle

It’s been a relatively quiet past week or so at the house of Cox. You know what they say. “No news is good news.” That is, unless the news is bad news. Then I guess no news would be bad news… Anyway, on to the “no news” that happens to be good news.
Austin continues to [...]

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Cousins Julia and Kaelyn Visit Austin

Austin had an exciting past couple of weeks and got a visit from two of his midwest cousins Kaelyn and Julia (and their moms). The girls were excited to meet their new cousin and would often wave to him while making a beeline out the back door for the pool.
On Monday Austin began to act [...]

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Welcome Home Austin!

Well, it was 3 weeks later than originally planned but we were finally able to bring our son home from the hospital. He has made great progess and is thrilled to be at home away from all the noise, constant light and needles.  Our goal now is to fatten up our little one and get [...]

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