"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.

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Good Morning!

Yesterday evening I heard that Andrea's pacemaker was up and running just like it's supposed to. However, she was in a lot of pain because they wrench your shoulder open to insert the pacemaker... Also her... um I think the word is creatinine?... levels are extremely high. This means her kidneys aren't flushing out as well as they should again. However, one possible cause for this is that she was under anaesthetic and given morphine for the pain so of course that all has to be flushed out by the kidneys and we all know too many drugs mess up the kidneys :)
But its still good news that her heart is beating well because that regulates and improves the whole body!

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