Douglas C. Roth Has Passed

Douglas Charles Roth died at The Cleveland Clinic Main Campus 11:10pm Friday October 1, 2010. He was surrounded by his Aunts and Uncles, Grandpa and Grandma and his Parents Catherine and James Roth. He was two years and one month old.

Wednesday he vomited his second feeding and was very lethargic. We took him into the pediatrician on Wednesday at 4:40 pm and he had good vital signs but a mild fever of 100deg. The doctor and I decided that it would be best to have him at the Clinic and Cathy and I took him in to the Main Campus at 7pm.

He was placed in the Pediatric Unit and they where finally able to get a line in him after several dozen attempts at finding a vein. He was hydrated and seemed to be doing fine. Sometime early Thursday morning he developed a rapid heart beat and a poor heart rhythm. He was transferred to the PICU and they administered Drugs and where unable to control his heart. He crashed around 3pm Thursday during a procedure to put in a groin line to have better access for drugs and fluids. The doctors did CPR compressions on him for around an hour and where left no choice but to put him on an ECMO Heart Bypass machine.

They where able to stabilize him, but his heart would not respond to the drugs and remained in a bad rhythm. They attempted to fix the problem with a catheterization but where unsuccessful.

His little body couldn't continue to fight. We kept him on the Heart Lung machine long enough for all his aunts and uncles to come and see him one last time. After his Uncle Peter arrived from Pittsburgh and saw him we waited another 30 minutes and Cathy and I held him as they turned off the life support machines. He passed very peacefully.

We are very appreciative to everyone for all the love and support that we received during Doug's short life. He was the light of our lives and the best thing that ever happened to us. He made us better parents, better friends, better siblings, better spouses and better people. He will be truly missed every day of our lives and our love for him will never fade.

We are making arrangements for his wake and funeral Saturday. We will have a viewing and services at Donlon Funeral Home on Triskett Rd. in Cleveland and a funeral mass at Our Lady of the Angels Church on Rocky River Dr. either Wednesday or Thursday. We will let everyone know when and where and everyone is invited.

Douglas touched many people in his short life everyone that met him fell in love with him and he will be missed by all who knew him.

Thank you,

Jim & Cathy Roth