"We Love Andrea" was created to update Andrea's friends as she went through a difficult journey. After her second heart transplant when her pulse began to speed up she was given a pacemaker, then a Heart Mate II or LVAD. She was in the Stollery Children's Hospital, then the Mazankowski heart unit in Edmonton, Alberta for 7 months. However, she peacefully died on May 11, 2011 when the rest of her heart and other organs could handle the strain no longer. If you come to this blog, pray for her family and friends, remember to tell your friends you love them, then sign your organ donor card.

Monday, October 25, 2010

Better Today

I went to see Andrea today and she's doing some better. Her creatinine levels were down a little, to 393, and her pacemaker is set to let her heart go no lower than 90 bpm (beats per minute) which means that they can treat her too-fast heart rate (it changes a lot) without fear of it dipping too low. She's lost 8 or 9 pounds of fluid and is moving around a lot more but still is weak and finds it hard to eat. But her courage was great :) and her eyes still sparkle! Over-all, it was a definitely encouraging, she's back in her old room with the sunny window.
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