Austin’s Story

Hi Everyone,

Just wanted to let you know that Austin was on KOMU TV Channel 8 last night. He was on the medical report with Angie Bailey. If you missed it please check out www.komu.com and go to the link Vitamin K vital for babies. It also has a link to his 2005 news story and some info about him by his therapist Gerti. She has been working with him since he was about 4 months old.

He is also supposed to be mentioned everyday on the Paul Pepper Show this week!

I also wanted to remind you about his fundraiser this next Saturday. We really hope you all can come and have a wonderful time! It should be a grand time for all! The Elks have done so much work to make it great! Thanks for being Austin’s Angels and we hope to see you this coming Sat.!

God Bless. Love the Wade Family

The fundraiser info. Please pass on….

Austin Wade Benefit Family Fun Day

When: September 29, 2007!

Where: Columbia Elks Lodge #594

4747 Elk Park Drive

Columbia, MO 65201

573-442-6416

(go Broadway past Hwy 63 it turns into WW, go past Casey’s General Store and CedarRidge Elementary)

Time: Carnival: 2pm-6pm FREE ADMISSION

Armored vehicles, bounce house, balloon animals etc.

Washer Tournament 6pm

Sign up at the Lodge by 5:30 p.m.

Exotic Animal Handler 6:30 FREE

Illusionist Joel Meyers 7 p.m.

$10.00 Adults $5.00 Children

DJ Dance @ 8:30 p.m. Cash bar

Donations accepted

www.austinwade.net

www.meyersmagic.com

www.elks.org

Sponsored by the Columbia Elks Lodge #594

and Columbia Benevolent Association

and Thrivent Financial for Lutherans

Austin Wade was born a perfectly healthy baby boy on September 7, 2004.

On October 15, 2004, when he was just 5 weeks old, he was taken to the emergency room for what the doctor’s called “severe bleeding of the brain.”  Basically, that just meant that Austin had suffered a stroke.  How in the world can a 5 week old suffer a stroke?  The reason for the stroke was because Austin was not given a Vitamin K shot by the doctors when he was born at home.  This resulted in Austin’s blood not having the ability to coagulate, causing the stroke. The stroke left massive brain damage to more than 50% of Austin’s brain.

Today Austin is severely developmentally delayed.  His parents continue to search the world for help in healing their baby boy.

This website is dedicated to telling Austin’s Story.