Girl who saved grandfather's life hailed as hero

AMBOY - Austin Williams is far too young to be a doctor. Still, the 6-year-old Dixon girl had the savvy to react to a medical emergency - an action responders say saved her grandfather's life. Austin and her 2-year-old brother were visiting their grandfather in Amboy on Sept. 27. Around 1:30 a.m., she woke to the murmurs of her grandfather, who sounded like he was in pain, she said. "He wouldn't talk to me, because I was saying Papa," she said. Austin remembered being told to call 911 in case of an emergency, and she did exactly that. About 8 minutes later, a police officer was on scene, followed by an ambulance. Her grandfather, Robert Oester, was in a diabetic coma. "Thank God I was baby-sitting," said Oester, 61, "or else I probably stil