On a beautiful Labor Day weekend, September 1, our lives were changed forever. Our son, Austin Jace was running, jumping and acting like a typical 8 year old until a moment later, he didn’t feel well. Much to our surprise, it turned out to be a pediatric stroke due to trauma that happened 2 weeks prior.
We were on vacation when he hit his head twice but doctors said he was fine. The ER also said his cat scan was fine. But we knew something was wrong with our pride and joy, our incredible athlete, our loving, smart baby boy. Thankfully, we took It upon our self and got an MRI. Austin had a cerebellar stroke. We never knew and no one told us that cat scans don’t show the cerebellar part of the brain.
We raced to the hospital and thankfully, were given the help we needed in the ICU with lots of fluids and monitoring. We are now 8 months later and Austin was so determined to get back on the fields and courts and that’s exactly where he is. He worked with therapists every single day and has conquered the impossible. He is 100 percent back to himself... we are not... we will never be. But our super hero is!
We were on vacation when he hit his head twice but doctors said he was fine. The ER also said his cat scan was fine. But we knew something was wrong with our pride and joy, our incredible athlete, our loving, smart baby boy. Thankfully, we took It upon our self and got an MRI. Austin had a cerebellar stroke. We never knew and no one told us that cat scans don’t show the cerebellar part of the brain.
We raced to the hospital and thankfully, were given the help we needed in the ICU with lots of fluids and monitoring. We are now 8 months later and Austin was so determined to get back on the fields and courts and that’s exactly where he is. He worked with therapists every single day and has conquered the impossible. He is 100 percent back to himself... we are not... we will never be. But our super hero is!
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