Days 9 & 10
Well we can't believe our trip is over. It has been a wonderful two weeks of therapy for Austin and what an amazing place to say we visited. Yesterday was St. Jean Baptist Day. The entire providence of Quebec drops whatever they are doing to participate in the festivities. The holiday is the most important one of the summer. It is also known as being an extremely poplular drinking day. Similar to New Years Eve. We got to enjoy the evening in the Old Port of Montreal. It had a very European feel and was so neat to see. Austin was a little emotional at therapy today, and after Ramon feeling bad and thinking it was something he was doing, Bill told him "it wasn't him, Austin was just sad that today was his last day with him for awhile." Ramon got a good chuckle, and business went on as usual. This afternoon Zach got emotional because Austin was crying and he said "he didn't like to see his brother upset and crying." What a great big brother. After some explanation Zach understood and wanted Austin to be able to do the things we take for granted on a daily basis. Bill and I noticed that while out here, Austin seems to be more alert, more in tune to his surroundings. He was very curious and made great eye contact for communication. Just another great thing about the CME therapy. It really gets Austin's brain working and communicating. We are so grateful that Austin had this opportunity to come to Montreal to see Ramon. We have made our reservations with Ramon to go see him in Santiago from March 14-25 2011. In the mean time Bill has been given great instructions to follow to keep up this wonderful therapy at home. We will be departing tomorrow to go back home to Phoenix.

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Day 8: Well today we felt the 5.5 magnitude earthquake that happened on the Ontario/Quebec border. One of us thought Austin was kicking the couch and the other thought Zach was running back and forth playing, then we looked outside and saw everyone leaving their houses and the buildings. It happened so fast. Another great day of therapy. Austin and his brain are receiving so much information ever day, and every day they work harder and harder. We are so proud. We are also proud of Zach who is very homesick and would like to go back to Phoenix "where they speak English".

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Montreal Day 7: Austin woke up around 3 am with a cold....yuck!!! The champ didn't let it stop him from a great day of therapy. Although really mellow in the morning he still worked hard and got the job done. I didn't post as many videos today as usual because this afternoon Bill and I got to participate with therapy to prepare us for at home. It was alot of work, but it makes it much easier to actually participate with the exercises than just watch. Hope you enjoy the videos. For some reason the pictures got all turned around, but you get the idea of Austin's day.

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Day #6. We had a nice relaxing weekend at the 2 different zoos. We let Zach plan our weekend, since Montreal "isn't much fun, like Phoenix". We started the week off right with therapy. We hope you enjoy our video.

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Day 5: It was a rough morning for therapy as you will see in the videos, but good ole Austin and his brain still made it very productive. It was another good day of therapy. Ramon' stated that Austin is different this time around. Different being that he is picking things up much better and his brain seems to be more accepting of things. Yeah Austin. Big brother Zach is glad to have two days without therapy and I'm sure if Austin could talk he would say the same. It has been a fantastic week, and has gone by super fast. We are so greatful that we decided to come out here and work with Ramon'. We are looking forward to a nice family weekend and another successful week of therapy next week.

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Day 4: Another great day of therapy. This is what makes traveling around the world to help Austin so worth it. The video says it all.

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Day 3: What a great day for Austin and therapy. Austin had a great afternoon and I posted videos today so you can see him show off his stuff. "Amazing" and "Excellente'" where the words of the day. Ramon made a comment this afternoon on one of the exercises that he did with Austin stating that "the white matter of his brain is working well (corpus collusum), because if it wasn't many of these exercises would not be possible." It's always good to hear that things are working right with Austin since he still remains our little mystery. We like to think that it is all coming together!

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Day 2: Although the morning session of therapy wasn't all that much fun for Austin and his mood, the afternoon went incredibly well. Ramon thought Austin did "extraordinary". The good news, Ramon said that he can continue to work with Austin even though he has grown so much because Austin is doing so much more and his "brain" is following the blue print so much better. Ramon said that it makes it much easier and Austin's size, weight and age doesn't matter then as long as there is progress and the brain is accepting. He is so amazed with Austin and his progress and credits not only Austin and his hard work, but Bill to doing such a great job at home with the "home program". Team Austin is just amazing. Our dreams for Austin get closer with each passing day. We look forward to the progress we will see in the upcoming days.

We made it safe and sound to Montreal, Quebec. What a beautiful city and great location that we are in. Austin had a great first day of therapy with Ramon. Ramon was impressed by Austin's abilities and the progress that him and daddy have made with his at home program. Austin did well with the exercises that Ramon did with him, but did really show off too much today. Guess he's just warming up. I don't think Austin wants to overwhelm Ramon with all his new stuff just yet! Montreal driving is quite different than the Phoenix driving that we are used to. We are slowly learning our way around, and we are getting better at stopping at the lights when they are red. We are looking forward to a great week of therapy for Austin. Ramon felt that Austin's brain was receiving information much quicker than previous times. Yeah Austin. We know you can do it.

Two more days till Austin's big trip to Montreal. We are excited about our upcoming trip and having big brother Zach accompany us this time. We pray we are as successful as the other trips we have taken. Keep Austin in your thoughts and prayers. I will update his blog as often as I can.