Amanda Huber Offers Most Detailed Timeline On Brodie Lee’s Declining Health On AEW Unrestricted

By Bodyslam Staff Last updated Jan 28, 2021

Brodie Lee’s final days have been a source of mystery and confusion for many fans. Not much has been known about the timeline of his decline of health until now.

AEW Unrestricted welcomed Amanada Huber to the podcast this week, the widow of Brodie Lee. It was an emotional listen for those who loved Brodie and even his family. Now thanks to reddit user u/miber3 and the podcast, we have a bit more understanding on the timeline from when symptoms began to show until the passing of Brodie Lee. Some of the highlights from the timeline (which you can read if you click the Reddit user’s name), are as follows:

Brodie Lee’s final days have been a source of mystery and confusion for many fans. Not much has been known about the timeline of his decline of health until now.

A Monday In October: On the day of Brodie Lee recording the AEW Unrestricted Podcast, he was on his Peloton bike but was unable to finish his workout, citing a shortness of breath. Concerned about the possibility of Covid-19, Amanda took his temperature and checked his senses of taste and smell, but it all seemed normal.
A Sunday In October: They took him back to triage. They checked his temperature, but at that time his fever had gone away. They checked his oxygen multiple times (with multiple machines), as they didn’t believe the result. His oxygen level was 52 (normal is ~100, an asthma attack is ~85). He was rushed back to be put on oxygen.
Halloween 2020: The doctor told her that they needed to transfer Brodie to another hospital outside of Tampa. They opted for the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, since she knew they had some connections through AEW in Jacksonville. 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.
Later That Same Day: 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.
November 9th: 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.
December 24th: She received a phone call from a doctor saying that they needed to begin end of life care. At this point, Brodie’s kidneys and heart were failing. Amanda refused to come back to Jacksonville, as she was determined to spend Christmas with her children.
December 25th: She called Cody Rhodes and Big E to see if they would be willing to come to the hospital and be there when she had to tell Brodie Jr about his father’s passing.
December 26th: Cody, Big E, Shawn Spears, Peyton Royce, Tyler Breeze, and Margaret and Meghan, from AEW’s PR/Legal team all came to the hospital to say goodbye to Brodie. Cody, Big E, and Amanda went back to the hotel to tell Brodie Jr about his father’s passing. The official cause of death was determined to be “idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.” The term “idiopathic” is used when the cause of a disease is not known. “Pulmonary fibrosis” is a scarring of the lungs. She is still awaiting an autopsy report, which could contain additional information.

This is obviously a very difficult thing for the AEW family and the Huber family. Now hopefully with a clearer picture, people will understand why so little information was given.

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