http://aubrey.ilyet.com A Journey Through Recovery Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:21:14 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Aubrey Judith passed away today around 11:40AM. Matt and Carrie would like to thank everyone for all they have done and all the thoughts and prayers! Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers during this hard time! We love you Aubrey! You'll always be loved and remembered Sweet Angel! this pic ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=157 Aunt Wendy said, August 11, 2008 @ 11:10 am To all that have been praying for Aubrey- I’m sorry I don’t know how to update the blog like Matt and Carrie but I wanted to post something. Please keep your thoughts and prayers with Matt and Carrie today. I just talked to Matt ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=156 Well Dr. C. came by today and said that she was looking better but they need the liver to kick it into gear so they can do the surgery. He is going to stop by again tomorrow and see what is up but as it stands right now they still ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=155 Well the new attending is making things happen. He came in and changed a couple of her meds up and then switched some things on the oscillator... she has been on the regular vent for 2 days now and she is off one of her blood pressure meds. They want ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=154 Well they did the vent test and she passed but when surgery came to look at her on Sat they said they didn't want to do the surgery if she was on the blood pressure meds. They were worried that if they cut into her they wouldn't be able to ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=153 Today was a day of experimentation. Dr. R took Aubrey off of the oscillator and onto a conventional ventilator for a test run. After about an hour of guess work on the vent settings they found Aubrey's sweet spot. She was able to stay in a good zone with good ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=152 Well we got "the talk" for the second time in one week but last night was because the attending pulled some of her meds and she freaked out. Aubrey is still not doing good and things can still go either way but she is fighting and isn't giving up so ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=150 Well they don't think that they can get her on the regular vent today because her lungs are "tight" because of her organs being overloaded with fluid so they are working on getting the fluid out right now. So no surgery today but they are trying to get her there. ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=149 They are trying to get Aubrey on the regular vent tonight so that they can take her into surgery tomorrow. They want to do it as soon as they can so that she doesn't have any more issues. They think that until the main issue (her gut) is fixed she ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=148 Well Aubrey isn't out of the woods yet but she is doing better. The PICU doctor wants her to go to surgery ASAP because as long as her tummy isn't right she won't get better and she will keep having these problems. We are looking at surgery early in the ... http://aubrey.ilyet.com/?p=147