Austin Ohrt was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in August 2021. This was unexpected and he found out by chance. Austin fell off the treadmill while walking two weeks prior. His back had been hurting, his parents took him to the chiropractor, the family doctor and then the ER. After multiple scans and biopsy, it was determined that Austin has stage 4 cancer that is in his bones, organs, blood stream, etc. It is a rare cancer that forms in an area of digestive system called the ampulla of vater. Tests revealed a large mass protruding from his pancreas, but surgery is not an option due to the state of the cancer. He is scheduled for more tests to get more detail regarding the brittleness off his organs and bones.
Austin is a fighter; he has been fighting most of his life. He was diagnosed with intractable epilepsy at 6 years old and was given a life expectancy of 14 years. In 2020, he turned 28, twice his life expectancy. He has multiple surgeries including two complete corpus callosotomy (split brain surgery) as well 3 VNS (Vegas nerve simulator) not to mention living with epilepsy. His aunt tells us “Austin doesn’t think about those things. He is always smiling, telling jokes and reminding us he is the oldest nephew, first born and he can boss the rest of the cousins around.”
Besides his family (he is a son, brother, uncle, cousin, nephew), Austin loves all things Chicago Cubs and Green Bay Packers.
Stella’s Wish Foundation was able to arrange a care package from the Green Bay Packers for Austin.
