Audrey Wade Program

A UDREY J ANELLE W ADE was born August 10, 2019 at 4:20am. She was born a happy baby but also a fighter, with an attitude to match. At 16 days old she was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome. She has endured 2 open heart surgeries, 13 days on ECMO, a collapsed lung, gastronomy tube placement, tracheostomy, and many other procedures. However it never effected her smile. Audrey has been nothing short of a blessing every day of her life. It has been an honor to know her Survived by mother, La’Kysha Blackwell; father, Xavier Wade Sr; siblings, Xavier Wade Jr., Madelyn Joseph, Zariah Wade, Mechia Wade, Alijah Wade and King Josiah Ware; grandparents, Francine and Patrick Davis, Lewis Jr. and Shimeka Blackwell, Jeffery Wade, Anthony Bonner, Kimberly and Robert Green; great grandfather, Frank E. Holland Sr.; and an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousin. She was preceded in death by sister, Gracelynn Wade; great grandmother, Pauline Holland; and great grandparents, Lewis Sr. and Alberta Blackwell.