OMG! What's happening to Austin?!?!?

Our friend, Donna Quon's oldest son, Austin, had all four of his wisdom teeth removed last week. He's already a really thin guy, but he lost some weight from not being able to eat, which was expected. Unfortunately, he also caught a stomach flu, and what little he ate, did not stay down. Instead of getting better, Austin was getting worse as each day passed. On Sunday, May 31, 2009, he started to hallucinate.

Early Monday morning, June 1, 2009, Donna sent out a very disturbing text to our women's prayer group, that Austin had lost his vision!!! (Many of you got text messages, phone calls, and emails from us asking for urgent prayers). Donna rushed him to the ER of Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach, where they ran a ton of tests on him. It turns out that he was dehydrated from all of the vomiting and diarrhea, and he also had pneumonia in his left lung. He was in bad shape, bad enough for him to be admitted into the hospital. They didn't know for sure, but they suspected that the bacterial infection in his lungs was causing some of the neurological and optical problems that he's having.

On Tuesday, the chest CT scan showed that the pneumonia got worse; it's now bilateral in both upper and lower parts of his lungs. They immediately changed his antibiotics. By Tuesday evening, Austin was able to see! PRAISE THE LORD!!! But, the doctors were still very concerned about the bloody diarrhea that he's been having for the past nine days. Yikes! They aggressively ran more tests on Wednesday because of his continuous bloody stools. Very, very scary! But, praise God, Austin was able to eat a bit more, and things were staying down.

Thursday, June 4, 2009 - Kathy, Lori, and myself decided to go visit Austin. He was not on any food restrictions and was craving teriyaki beef, so of course we "had to" hook him up!!! Lori and Kathy brought balloons and a grocery bag full of snacks too! He was a very happy boy, and so was his daddy, Robert. By this time, Austin was getting better color in his face, and had a little more energy to watch movies on his TV.



Miraculously by Friday, Austin was stable enough to be released from the hospital!!! Can you believe that?!?!? GOD is so GOOD!!! Of course, he had to take a boat load of antibiotics with him. It's scary not to know what's happening to your body; but it's even more scary when you're a young, healthy teenager prior to this kind of incident. He'll have to take it easy at home for a while, but PRAISE GOD, he's on the road to recovery! Thank you everyone for all of your prayers! They really, really work!!! Please keep it up!!!

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Thursday - June 4, 2009 - After visiting Austin at the Hoag Hospital, we decided to surprise James at the Winways Rehabilitation House in Orange. Kathy, Lori, and I knew that James would be in the middle of his PT session, and we did not want to disturb him. So we asked the staff to let us visit his room. The receptionist was kind enough to give us a quick tour, as she lead us to his living quarters. We left a few goodies for James on his bed, took a few pictures, then we hit the road back home. The rehab house is a cozy country style home converted to re-train adults with some physical challenges. It looks like James is in good hands there. I'm glad they are working him harder and harder, to get him back to his old self, as soon as possible.


~ Hey James~ We love you, and we want you back to your normal funny self! Our prayers are continuously with you. May God bless you with a quick, full recovery. I miss picking on you!!! hee hee hee Holy hugs and kisses to you, ah Sai Lo ahhhhh!!! Xoxoxo from ah Dai Gar Jeah ahhhhh!!!

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Thursday & Friday - June 4 & 5, 2009 - Sammi had to perform in an event called, "iDance" at North High School. It was their spring dance shows, featuring all of the kids from their Beginning Dance, Intermediate Dance, and Advance Dance classes. Sammi was in Intermediate Dance this year. Fortunately, she was chosen to perform in four different dances. We're so proud of her! She was great!!! But, then again, we're bias!!! hee hee hee


























This was Sammi's last two "dance" performances, since next year she has decided to join the North High School's Song Leaders. About a month ago, Sammi auditioned and was shocked when she found out that she was chosen for VARISITY SONG!!! I didn't know what that was, so Sammi had to explain it to me...... Song is part of the Pep Squad. It's a group of kids that dance and shout out cheers, right next to the cheerleaders, and since she's in Varsity Song, she will have to "dance" at all the Varsity Football and Varsity Basketball games, at home and away games. That's just like the Laker Girls!!! That's so cool!!! Maybe my baby girl will be picked up by the Lakers organization someday?!?!? What could we say, Mommy and Daddy can dream big too!!! Hey, GO LAKERS!!! GO SAMMI!!!