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When we first learned that Austin would be admitted to Rocky Mountain Hospital for Children PICU for openheartsurgery at 3 weeks old, we were nervous and anxious for what was ahead. He was diagnosed with a butterfly vertebrae, kidney fullness, sacral dimple, and several heart defects (right aortic arch, VSD, and ASD).
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