"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, November 27, 2010

Short Update

Good Evening to all

It is very late and I am very tired so this will be short. You may remember that yesterday morning Andrea's feeds were stopped except for the Tpn IV. This morning they were restarted again at half rate and she seemed to tolerate it well. She is still on some diuretics and in 24 hrs she lost another1.9 kgs. So today she felt fairly well, but toward evening she was quite light headed and weak. We feel they are trying to dry her out too quickly and they might overshoot the target weight and become too dry. She still has not moved to adult CVICU, although that could happen quickly. They were too full down there and felt she could still be managed safely on the ward. She will have to go there before surgery to be prepped for it, that will also give her and us a chance to get used to the new surroundings there.

Love you all, Maynard

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