December 22, 2025 • 9 mins
Austin and his wife Tiara just lost their daughter and need some comfort this holiday season. Thanks to Treasure Island Resort & Casino and Holiday Station Stores. DONATE to Christmas Wish: www.kdwb.com/wish.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Imagine of the holidays Dave Ryan's Christmas wish. So I'm
going to guess your wish recipient, the one you made
the wish for Trish is also with you guys. Works
in the er up at Mercy. Yep. Okay, and they've
had you talk about when it rains at pours, a
lot of stuff going on. We're gonna call Are we
(00:20):
calling Austin? Or we're gonna call Austin and Austin is
a co worker up at Mercy. But before we do that,
we're gonna make sure we got our Is that our
delivery boy on the hum indeed Santa's Little helper? Brandon
from College Muscle Movers. Good morning, Brandon, there he is.
How was your weekend, Brandon? You watched the Vikings win yesterday?
(00:42):
I did, indeed? Okay, good all right, Brandon, thanks for
helping out with Christmas wishes. Where did you drive to
this morning? What part of town are you in? I'm
in Blaine today, Okay, Brandon is in Blaine by the way,
if you need to move College Muscle Movers. I had
somebody recommend you guys for the weekend. They said that
they weren't really trustworthy of so many moving companies, but
(01:04):
they did. They went with you, guys, and you did
a great job. So props to you guys at College
muscle Movers online, College musclemovers dot com. Please hold Brandon,
We'll come right back. We're gonna make the phone call
to Austin right now live. How did you get Austin
to stay home and answer the phone from an unknown
call today, Trish?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We coordinated with his family to deliver some breakfast.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Okay, so they think that breakfast is coming over, and
maybe it is. But we're going to talk to Austin
right now. Hello him looking for Austin. Is that you?
It's okay, Austin, It's all right. It's Dave Ryan up
at KDWB radio. How are you doing this morning, Austin?
(01:49):
Pretty good, Austin. I'm here with a bunch of your
co workers from from Mercy Emergency Department and Trish is
on the phone. Doctor Allison is here. Say hi, everybody. Hi,
Everybody says hi. Would you have any idea why katiewb
and Trish are calling you this morning? No, what we're
(02:10):
about to tell you. It's good news. It's good news
in the in the middle of a bunch of bad
news that you and your family have been challenged by
in the last few months. Trish is here with a
KDWB Christmas wish. I'm going to have Trish, if you've
got a few minutes read the letter about you and
your family, Austin. Have you got a couple of minutes? Okay,
(02:31):
whenever you're ready, Trish.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Right, Hey, Austin, So we did this for you. So
we work with Austin at Mercy Hospital in the ed
In twenty twenty one, Austin and his wife t welcome
their son, Ezra, who's born with Down syndrome. In twenty
twenty two, Austin was diagnosed with kidney cancer, requiring multiple
surgeries in time off of work. His wife t was
also diagnosed of tuitary tumor in twenty twenty four, which
(02:55):
affects her vision and is untreatable. Austin and Tierra welcome
their baby girl, Amelia on September fifteenth, about six weeks premature,
weighing only four pounds eight ounces, Emelie was born with
hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This involves the left side of
the heart being underdeveloped, preventing the heart from pumpkin blood effectively,
which was requiring one to three surgeries. Austin did not
(03:16):
want to start his paternity leave or take time off
of work until Milia came home from the hospital. Because
of this, he continued to work after Amelli was born
and in the neiceo. He continued to come to work
with a smile, never complaining. Amelia was finally big enough
on November nineteenth for open heart surgery. Her chest was
closed up on November twenty fifth. Amelia then developed sepsis. Unfortunately,
(03:39):
Amelia went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December tenth.
Austin has remained strong in his face and continued to
stay positive. You would never know he was having any
hardships because he comes to work every day and cares
for his patience without any hesitation. Austin his family are
so very deserving of this Christmas wish.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Austin, I'm so sorry about the loss of your little
girl just a couple of weeks ago, not even two
weeks ago, little Amelia. I'm so sorry about that. You
have been challenged by your diagnosis and buy your wife's diagnosis,
(04:24):
and little Ezra. Little Ezra is four years old, right, yeah,
We're here to make your Christmas just a little bit
brighter and show you some love and support from your
family and your community and your co workers over at
Mercy with what we call a Christmas wish, And we
wish we could just wave our hands and make everything better,
(04:46):
but instead we're going to do something just to hopefully
put a smile on your face and let you know
that you're loved and supported, which I'm going to guess
you probably feel that all like the five of your
co workers came in this morning and to show you
their support with Christmas wish, it is things and experiences,
because that's our form of showing you love and support.
(05:08):
So let's start off. Ezra is how old? Four years old?
We have some things for Ezra, just some things to
put under the tree, a bunch of toys and things
like that if things are a little bit tight this year.
And I don't know your financial situation, and it doesn't
really matter, but these are things from us and your
co workers. We've got squish mellows because kids are into
(05:29):
squish mellows. We've got a magnetile set, a ball pit
with a slide. Your living room is going to be
full of things that Ezra has scattered all over the place.
Hot wheels, monster trucks with a racetrack. You think Ezra's
into hot wheels. I sure, hope, So I'm sure it
sounds like it. Pop it game, mini basketball, many light
(05:51):
up karaoke machine because we hear Ezra loves music and dancing, right,
I hope the family enjoys this karaoke machine. That'll be
kind of cool. And then we have a oh, this
is bad news, a mini desktop drum set, which sounds
horrible and noisy, but you can always take the batteries out.
(06:15):
But no, this is all just fun stuff for Ezra.
For you, Austin, we heard that you might enjoy this.
A blackstone iron forged twenty eight inch griddled with hood.
Now that sounds very specific. This sounds like something that
you might have wanted. So we've got that for you.
That's very cool. Jordan love Packers Jersey. You're a Packers fan? Yeah, okay, well,
(06:43):
I'm glad you know what. It was a rough game
on Saturday night, but we got a Jordan Love Packers
Jersey being directly delivered to you. Where is tea? Is
tea around anywhere? Yeah's speaker here, Oh, hi, ta hey
for you. We've got a bunch of things too, just
to kind of let you know that you're loved and supported.
(07:05):
We've got one hundred and fifty dollars Massage v gift
card when you feel like doing that, one a brand
new kitchen aid mixer, measuring cups, bake you like to bake,
You like time in the kitchen. Yeah, okay, we've got
a lot of that. And then here's what's interesting is
you're a Vikings fan, right, Yeah, Sundays must get a
(07:25):
little tense around the household. But we got a Justin
Jefferson Vikings jersey and a Vikings winner hat. You've got
dogs too, and we hear at Katie wb on The
Dave Ryan Show, We love dogs. What are your dog's names? Austin,
Willow and Finn. Willow and Finn are going to get
spoiled because Fido's Pantry in Excelsior heard about your doggies
(07:47):
and wanted to help them, so they load They're loading
up Willow and Finn with toys and food and thanks
to Fido's Pantry, a healthy pet is a happy pet.
Find him online fidospantry dot com. Thanks for donating. Sarah
and Andy, the owners were there. They came to us
and said, what can we do and pets. That's one
of those hidden expenses that you don't really think about,
so we want to take care of that. Every Wish
(08:09):
is powered by Treasure Island Resort and Casino, so big
thanks to them. They heard you might need some new appliances,
so Treasure Island is throwing in a Treasure Island bonus,
a two thousand dollars gift card to Home Depot so
you can pick out some new appliances, A six hundred
dollars High V gift card thanks to HIV. That'll take
(08:31):
care of some groceries and some things around the house
for Christmas. Every Christmas Wish presented by Holiday Station Stores.
They're throwing in a two hundred and two holiday gas card.
Are you guys doing appointments back and forth? A lot
of driving back and forth. Yeah, yeah, we were, We
have been here. Okay, we got a two hundred dollars
(08:54):
Broadway Pizza gift cards so when you got guys want
to watch the vikings of the packers and get a pizza,
you can get one from Broadway Pizza. But we just
wanted to do something from your friends and co workers
and your and everybody here at Katie, would be to
just let you know you're appreciated, loved and supported and
I hope you feel that. Yeah, thank you so much,
Thank you so much. You're so welcome. Have the best
(09:17):
possible Christmas. And I will let you say goodbye to
Trisha and all your friends over at Mercy. I love you, Austin,
Thank you, guys. You're so deserving. Wait oh wait, one
more message from Arianna.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Oh yeah, I just want to know who's all here.
So've got the Alie, Alie, Leonna and doctor Houston.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Oh do I have to call her doctor Houston. I
call her doctor Allison. Hey, you, Austin and Tea, take care.
Have the best possible Christmas. Okay, okay, thank you, thank
you guys. That is Christmas wish on one on one
point three Katie,
Imagine of the holidays Dave Ryan's Christmas wish. So I'm
going to guess your wish recipient, the one you made
the wish for Trish is also with you guys. Works
in the er up at Mercy. Yep. Okay, and they've
had you talk about when it rains at pours, a
lot of stuff going on. We're gonna call Are we
(00:20):
calling Austin? Or we're gonna call Austin and Austin is
a co worker up at Mercy. But before we do that,
we're gonna make sure we got our Is that our
delivery boy on the hum indeed Santa's Little helper? Brandon
from College Muscle Movers. Good morning, Brandon, there he is.
How was your weekend, Brandon? You watched the Vikings win yesterday?
(00:42):
I did, indeed? Okay, good all right, Brandon, thanks for
helping out with Christmas wishes. Where did you drive to
this morning? What part of town are you in? I'm
in Blaine today, Okay, Brandon is in Blaine by the way,
if you need to move College Muscle Movers. I had
somebody recommend you guys for the weekend. They said that
they weren't really trustworthy of so many moving companies, but
(01:04):
they did. They went with you, guys, and you did
a great job. So props to you guys at College
muscle Movers online, College musclemovers dot com. Please hold Brandon,
We'll come right back. We're gonna make the phone call
to Austin right now live. How did you get Austin
to stay home and answer the phone from an unknown
call today, Trish?
Speaker 2 (01:22):
We coordinated with his family to deliver some breakfast.
Speaker 1 (01:26):
Okay, so they think that breakfast is coming over, and
maybe it is. But we're going to talk to Austin
right now. Hello him looking for Austin. Is that you?
It's okay, Austin, It's all right. It's Dave Ryan up
at KDWB radio. How are you doing this morning, Austin?
(01:49):
Pretty good, Austin. I'm here with a bunch of your
co workers from from Mercy Emergency Department and Trish is
on the phone. Doctor Allison is here. Say hi, everybody. Hi,
Everybody says hi. Would you have any idea why katiewb
and Trish are calling you this morning? No, what we're
(02:10):
about to tell you. It's good news. It's good news
in the in the middle of a bunch of bad
news that you and your family have been challenged by
in the last few months. Trish is here with a
KDWB Christmas wish. I'm going to have Trish, if you've
got a few minutes read the letter about you and
your family, Austin. Have you got a couple of minutes? Okay,
(02:31):
whenever you're ready, Trish.
Speaker 2 (02:32):
Right, Hey, Austin, So we did this for you. So
we work with Austin at Mercy Hospital in the ed
In twenty twenty one, Austin and his wife t welcome
their son, Ezra, who's born with Down syndrome. In twenty
twenty two, Austin was diagnosed with kidney cancer, requiring multiple
surgeries in time off of work. His wife t was
also diagnosed of tuitary tumor in twenty twenty four, which
(02:55):
affects her vision and is untreatable. Austin and Tierra welcome
their baby girl, Amelia on September fifteenth, about six weeks premature,
weighing only four pounds eight ounces, Emelie was born with
hypoplastic left heart syndrome. This involves the left side of
the heart being underdeveloped, preventing the heart from pumpkin blood effectively,
which was requiring one to three surgeries. Austin did not
(03:16):
want to start his paternity leave or take time off
of work until Milia came home from the hospital. Because
of this, he continued to work after Amelli was born
and in the neiceo. He continued to come to work
with a smile, never complaining. Amelia was finally big enough
on November nineteenth for open heart surgery. Her chest was
closed up on November twenty fifth. Amelia then developed sepsis. Unfortunately,
(03:39):
Amelia went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, December tenth.
Austin has remained strong in his face and continued to
stay positive. You would never know he was having any
hardships because he comes to work every day and cares
for his patience without any hesitation. Austin his family are
so very deserving of this Christmas wish.
Speaker 1 (04:00):
Austin, I'm so sorry about the loss of your little
girl just a couple of weeks ago, not even two
weeks ago, little Amelia. I'm so sorry about that. You
have been challenged by your diagnosis and buy your wife's diagnosis,
(04:24):
and little Ezra. Little Ezra is four years old, right, yeah,
We're here to make your Christmas just a little bit
brighter and show you some love and support from your
family and your community and your co workers over at
Mercy with what we call a Christmas wish, And we
wish we could just wave our hands and make everything better,
(04:46):
but instead we're going to do something just to hopefully
put a smile on your face and let you know
that you're loved and supported, which I'm going to guess
you probably feel that all like the five of your
co workers came in this morning and to show you
their support with Christmas wish, it is things and experiences,
because that's our form of showing you love and support.
(05:08):
So let's start off. Ezra is how old? Four years old?
We have some things for Ezra, just some things to
put under the tree, a bunch of toys and things
like that if things are a little bit tight this year.
And I don't know your financial situation, and it doesn't
really matter, but these are things from us and your
co workers. We've got squish mellows because kids are into
(05:29):
squish mellows. We've got a magnetile set, a ball pit
with a slide. Your living room is going to be
full of things that Ezra has scattered all over the place.
Hot wheels, monster trucks with a racetrack. You think Ezra's
into hot wheels. I sure, hope, So I'm sure it
sounds like it. Pop it game, mini basketball, many light
(05:51):
up karaoke machine because we hear Ezra loves music and dancing, right,
I hope the family enjoys this karaoke machine. That'll be
kind of cool. And then we have a oh, this
is bad news, a mini desktop drum set, which sounds
horrible and noisy, but you can always take the batteries out.
(06:15):
But no, this is all just fun stuff for Ezra.
For you, Austin, we heard that you might enjoy this.
A blackstone iron forged twenty eight inch griddled with hood.
Now that sounds very specific. This sounds like something that
you might have wanted. So we've got that for you.
That's very cool. Jordan love Packers Jersey. You're a Packers fan? Yeah, okay, well,
(06:43):
I'm glad you know what. It was a rough game
on Saturday night, but we got a Jordan Love Packers
Jersey being directly delivered to you. Where is tea? Is
tea around anywhere? Yeah's speaker here, Oh, hi, ta hey
for you. We've got a bunch of things too, just
to kind of let you know that you're loved and supported.
(07:05):
We've got one hundred and fifty dollars Massage v gift
card when you feel like doing that, one a brand
new kitchen aid mixer, measuring cups, bake you like to bake,
You like time in the kitchen. Yeah, okay, we've got
a lot of that. And then here's what's interesting is
you're a Vikings fan, right, Yeah, Sundays must get a
(07:25):
little tense around the household. But we got a Justin
Jefferson Vikings jersey and a Vikings winner hat. You've got
dogs too, and we hear at Katie wb on The
Dave Ryan Show, We love dogs. What are your dog's names? Austin,
Willow and Finn. Willow and Finn are going to get
spoiled because Fido's Pantry in Excelsior heard about your doggies
(07:47):
and wanted to help them, so they load They're loading
up Willow and Finn with toys and food and thanks
to Fido's Pantry, a healthy pet is a happy pet.
Find him online fidospantry dot com. Thanks for donating. Sarah
and Andy, the owners were there. They came to us
and said, what can we do and pets. That's one
of those hidden expenses that you don't really think about,
so we want to take care of that. Every Wish
(08:09):
is powered by Treasure Island Resort and Casino, so big
thanks to them. They heard you might need some new appliances,
so Treasure Island is throwing in a Treasure Island bonus,
a two thousand dollars gift card to Home Depot so
you can pick out some new appliances, A six hundred
dollars High V gift card thanks to HIV. That'll take
(08:31):
care of some groceries and some things around the house
for Christmas. Every Christmas Wish presented by Holiday Station Stores.
They're throwing in a two hundred and two holiday gas card.
Are you guys doing appointments back and forth? A lot
of driving back and forth. Yeah, yeah, we were, We
have been here. Okay, we got a two hundred dollars
(08:54):
Broadway Pizza gift cards so when you got guys want
to watch the vikings of the packers and get a pizza,
you can get one from Broadway Pizza. But we just
wanted to do something from your friends and co workers
and your and everybody here at Katie, would be to
just let you know you're appreciated, loved and supported and
I hope you feel that. Yeah, thank you so much,
Thank you so much. You're so welcome. Have the best
(09:17):
possible Christmas. And I will let you say goodbye to
Trisha and all your friends over at Mercy. I love you, Austin,
Thank you, guys. You're so deserving. Wait oh wait, one
more message from Arianna.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Oh yeah, I just want to know who's all here.
So've got the Alie, Alie, Leonna and doctor Houston.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Oh do I have to call her doctor Houston. I
call her doctor Allison. Hey, you, Austin and Tea, take care.
Have the best possible Christmas. Okay, okay, thank you, thank
you guys. That is Christmas wish on one on one
point three Katie,
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