"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.

Sunday, December 19, 2010

Bilirubin Up Again

Good Afternoon

Need to get this sent out by 5 oclock, so here goes.  Andrea is much the same her bilirubin number was up at the last blood test at 4 AM by a little bit.  I guess it is just wait and see how things go from here, otherwise she feels much the same.  They are considering a tracheostomy, possibly this week.  Then that horrible tube in the mouth can come out.  She is not supported very much by the ventilator, but she is not strong enough to manage on her own yet.  Everyday we hope for some improvement, we don't always see it. I'll try to report again tomorrow sometime.

Thanks, Maynard

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