"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.

Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Surgery Tomorrow?

Hello everybody

We got word this morning after the surgeon came to see Andrea, and she had just barfed up her medications, that they are planning for her surgery to begin at 7:15 tomorrow. She did not have a very good weekend, her stomach works less and less and she cannot tolerate anything in her stomach anymore, all classical signs of heart failure. She is somewhat afraid but realizes this is the only option left. It is quite a risky surgery, but the surgeon told us that if it was too risky her would not attempt it, so we need to have confidence that God will work it out according to His plan. A heart mate II was implanted in a man on Friday and today he was moved out of CVICU and up to the close observations ward. They say that recovery can be very dramatic when the other organs and the rest of the body are getting proper circulation, so please remember Andrea and her family tomorrow in your prayers.

Thanks, Maynard

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