– The reasoning for the transfer was described as ‘a matter of life or death.’ He needed to go on an ECMO machine as well as possibly needing a lung transplant.
– Brodie was still conscious at this point, but they told Amanda she shouldn’t see him now because she was clearly emotional and they worried it would just upset and make things worse for Brodie. She was told to go back home and pack a bag and come back.
– Amanda did not want to lie to Brodie Jr and tell him that everything would be okay, but instead tried to focus on the positives: that his dad was going to the best hospital in Florida where they would try to take good care of him.
– She took pictures of her boys in their costumes so that she could show them to Brodie when she got to the hospital
– Just as she was about to pack her bag to go back to the hospital she received a call that he “crashed and was intubated.”
– When she arrived to his hospital room she said it was “horrifying to look at.” The room was trashed and he had a tube down his throat. She had to sit in the conference room as they awaited the flight transfer. Around 1am they boarded the plane and flew to Jacksonville.
The First Day In Jacksonville
– Brodie was placed on an ECMO machine and being prepped for surgery.
– Amanda had to stay at a hotel in Jacksonville that AEW insisted on covering the costs of.
November 9th
– Amanda signed paperwork to start the lung transplant process for Brodie.
– Amanda came to talk to AEW. They asked her how they wanted to handle this, and she told them that she wanted to keep all of this private. She offered to speak to the locker room personally, to hopefully “guilt” them into not letting this information leak out. Both Amanda and Aubrey mention routinely checking places like Reddit to see if the information had leaked.
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