First of all, here is a pic of my children and niece. My daughter, Lauren, is 21 and my son, Austin, is just turned 20 on April 23rd. My niece, Bethannie, is 10. This pic was taken on a visit to my family in Evansville, Indiana. That's the Ohio River behind the kids.
I recently watched some videos of children with VCFS and I could see some resemblence to Austin in those stages of life. In the video with Quinn Bradley, there is some similarities of Austin and Quinn in their eyes and facial structure. Austin met Quinn at the VCFSEF conference last summer here in Plano, TX. They showed the video Quinn and his family made of life with VCFS. It was a small documentary made to help raise awareness as well as money for research.
Life With VCFS Part 1
Life With VCFS Part 2
Life With VCFS Part 3
This video is from about the study at the M.I.N.D. Institute and features an 11 year old boy named Justin. Again those features remind me of Austin at that age and a bit younger.
M.I.N.D Institute video
Another cute little guy on Youtube named Caden that brings back some memories. Austin, too, could not talk at this age. His words were "na-na". He signed and used pictures to communicate. He talks quite well now.
"Caden Says Mama" from Youtube
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