Nausea

Hi everyone

Just returned from the Stollery @ 10:45, Andrea was asleep. Her day was okay except for being very nauseated, she threw up a few times. Usually she finds relief when she is able to do this but today it seems it did not really work that way. She gets up to use the bathroom but not much more than that. We are back in the same room that she spent about ten months in ten years ago, so together with her vomitting and stomach problems, it feels like we hardly left at all. These problems are exactly like we remember her having, waiting for her first transplant. Tuesday the pediatric and adult transplant cardiologists will sit down and discuss their cases and hers too, so hopefully they come up with a plan of action. Whether that means she is relisted for another transplant right away we don't know. Likely she will have to have a number of tests first to determine her eligibility. If she deteriorates too fast they will likely want to put in a left ventricular assist device, an implanted pump to assist heart function. We hope and pray that she does not have to go through that, the surgery is as least as risky and invasive as a transplant and has a very high emotional and psychological impact for young people that go through with this. For mor info on this device just google "heart mate II". Will try to post an update every evening if possible. Feel free to return your comments. Remember us in your prayers.

Thanks, Maynard