"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 16, 2010

Two Updates-Bad News...

Last Night
Good evening!
Just a short update tonight since there is not much different. Andrea is still fighting the bug or whatever it is that is causing all the diarreah. Yesterday the transplant doctor stopped the one anti-rejection med for 2 days. Tomorrow morning we see him again and will decide about putting her back on the one she was on earlier which is Sirolimus. She is on Cellcept but they have upped it from 500mg to 750mg twice daily and we think it could be she is getting too much. Bloodwork today showed her creatine was at 220 which had gone up to 257 again and came down abit. Tomorrow the doctors are going to decide if she is well enough to proceed with the cath on Friday. Right now it looks doubtful. Please continue to pray for her and us. We know you are so thanks too! Love, Maynards
Today

Hi to all

It is 12;45 tuesday noon, just got back from hospital and are waiting for a room for Andrea to be readmitted. She just is not getting over her vomitting and diahreahea, she has lost 30.5 lbs from her peak and is now well below where she was before she started gaining fluid weight. they are going to put her on either fluid TPN intravenously or a replacement fluid orally, or a combination of both. She will not be having that procedure on Friday as she is too run down and it would be too risky at this point. First she has to get over this gastro issue and gain strength before she can proceed with it.

Thanks, Maynard and Faye

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