Aubrey Judith

Our Angel Has Gone To Heaven

lindsay — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:57:09 +0000

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 is from back in May… so cute and happy

Funeral in Ohio will be on Friday the 15th at the Tobias funeral home in Centerville… viewing is from 12-1 and the service is at 1

Funeral in Michigan will be on Friday the 22nd at the Crawford funeral home… viewing is from 1-2 and the service at 2

To all that have been praying for Aubrey

matt — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:58:29 +0000

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 and this will probably be the hardest day of their lives. Aubrey is on the downfall and this is something a parent should not have to go through. Matt and Carrie have been so strong the past 6 months but they will really need your love and support in the following days.

I love you Aubrey!

Aunt Wendy

still a no go

carrie — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 23:19:48 +0000

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 can’t do the surgery and her liver isn’t doing much of anything so we don’t know what is going to happen. The surgery isn’t a fix all and we don’t think it’s going to fix everything but it’s the only chance that she has… so cross your fingers and pray that her liver can pick up for a little while.

a little closer

carrie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:18:38 +0000

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 her off or close to off of the other blood pressure med before they take her to surgery. The surgery won’t fix all the problems but it is the first step that we have to take to get there. They have come down on a couple of her meds because they are alright with her moving a little now… We aren’t there yet but Aubrey sure is trying.

one more thing

carrie — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:03:42 +0000

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 stop the bleeding so now we are working on the bp meds. Aubrey is down to about half the meds that she was on yesterday so over the rest of today and tonight they are going to keep going with the meds… but very slow so Aubrey doesn’t freak out. They took her off one of her meds that was keeping her still and she is a wild woman today… she hasn’t opened her eyes for us but she is moving all around (she isn’t allowed to right now). So we hope tomorrow or Tuesday they can take her in for surgery and fix her gut. If the gut gets fixed they can start feeds and if they start feeds then the liver should start to get better.

A new hope

matt — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:32:20 +0000

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 gas results for 7hrs, then they placed her back on the oscillator. We were advised by surgery that the gut repair could take 4-6hrs, so we now know she can go from a respiratory point of view. Now we need to hope the rest of the systems can go.

With a new month, a new rotation of residences start. The month of August has brought Aubrey her original resident doc from the NICU. Also on call this weekend is her original surgeon, taking a break from retirement. So the two people who started this have a chance to finish it.

As with every story we have a plot twist. The liver that we all have been worried about for some time, is probably at its weakest point. From our point of view its go time, we just need to make sure everyone else is on this page with us. This surgery is not a fix all, but it will give Aubrey a fighting chance. And as we all know, she is a fighter.

another day in the ICU

carrie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:45:34 +0000

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 yet again cross your fingers and pray. They have lowered some of her vent settings and she seems to be doing good so we are still hopeful that she will be on the regular vent soon. There is no real news on when she will be able to go to surgery and what is going to happen next but we are taking what we can get. We had Aubrey baptized last night because the doctor freaked us out… but we were going to do it anyway so it’s alright and we can do it again later. We really don’t like the attending that is on because he is a very negative person and doesn’t know how Aubrey works… she gets bad fast and takes a long time to get to a happy place again… she tends to go two steps forward and one back… we tell her to stop but she doesn’t listen.

not today

carrie — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 15:13:37 +0000

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. We hope it’s soon so that there isn’t any time for any other bad things to happen.

maybe tomorrow

carrie — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:27:48 +0000

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 will keep having problems. She gets blood products almost every 3-4 days it seems because they are used up because her body is trying to fix her gut… so again thoughts and prayers to get her through this is what we need and thank you to everyone for being there for us if we need you.

a little better

carrie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 20:30:43 +0000

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 week as long as she gets a little better. They are trying to take her off the oscillator (vent that puts puffs of oxygen in) and on the regular vent. They are also trying to get some of the fluid out of her because she is really bloated and off the blood pressure meds. Keep the prayers coming because it’s going to be another long week.