"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.

Friday, November 12, 2010

Slowly Improving

Good evening! Not much to say about the last couple of days except that things are improving again slowly. Andrea is feeling better again and today she had 2 of her friends from Edberg come and visit her. Maynard went home for the day to work and came back for night. I did the laundry and cleaned our room etc. The unit girls were here at RMH and baked a bunch of goodies and rolls again. Andrea spent time close by making cards so she could visit with them while they worked. The weather is still very nice here for Nov. Have heard that some of you have not been quite so lucky!! We hope it will continue yet for awhile. Tomorrow morning is bloodwork before 9 so we will be up abit earlier. We were all excited last night when the news was spread that Oksanah got a heart! She is 13months old and has been waiting since Feb. after her second heart surgery was not succesfull. I think they mostly lived here at the house and was on oxygen continually. Her surgery was successful and she is doing well acording to her grandma. Maybe some of you heart families have met them? Okay, goodnight for now. Maynards
A little note from Natalie
Trish and I went to see her last night and it is true-she seems to be doing better! Her appetite is pitifully small but she has more strength and she looks good without all that extra fluid. Her stomache is still bloated but, yeah, its a big improvement over how bloated she used to be! And the Ronald McDonald house is really nice, they seem a lot more at home there than at the hospital!

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