Thursday, May 17, 2007

smiles for Dr. Knott-Craig

Austin is doing GREAT!!!

We walked in to see him this afternoon and he was wide awake! He looked at us and cooed at us, it was precious! But we couldn't get him to smile at us, then Dr. Knott-Craig walked in, said a few things to Austin, and there it was! Austin had plenty of smiles for Dr. Knott-Craig! It was PRECIOUS!!!

Austin's chest tubes came out today, his arterial line (IV) came out, and he is weaned off most of his meds. They're only giving him pain medicine as needed, and Austin is doing well! Austin is also breathing room air (this means, no additional oxygen)!!! He may still need some oxygen off and on during the next few days, but when we left today, he was off for now. We're so proud of him!

Dr. Knott-Craig plans to move Austin out of CICU tomorrow, and into a regular room... this is a huge step!

Keep praying!!! And be sure to give God the GLORY for all he's doing in and through Austin's life!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That Dr. Knott-Craig just brings out the smile in all of us!!!!!!!!! So glad that Austin is doing so well---that is awesome!!!

Today Daric said that he wanted Dr. Knott-Craig to fix his heart again! (I think he really just meant that he would like to see him again!!!!)

Give Austin lots of hugs from his friends in Kansas. We think that Austin is so cute and we are so glad to have him as our friend.

Love,
The Voss Family

amy said...

Yayaya! Go Austin Go! Praise God. He is good ALL the time. I'm so happy for everything and what a huge blessing. Each day is a miracle. A gift from God! So glad that you have been blessed with such a strong little boy. You have many memories to make. Enjoy each moment. Will continue praying for more good news.

Hugs! Amy and Michael