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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