"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.

Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Internal Bleeding Again


Just returned from hospital, Faye is spending the night with her, she passed a lot of blood last night, so today they scoped her stomach from the top again and found the clips which they put in on Sunday were holding and she is not bleeding there so it must be from her colon.  Right now it feels like if she could get over her gastrointestinal issues she could make some real progress.  Her coughing is less and she is able to do a stronger cough, so she should soon be weaning off the ventilator and be able to have the trache removed.  All around she seems to be a little stronger and is more alert every day.  We just hope she does not need surgery on her stomach to heal it.  She sat up on the edge of her bed for a few minutes again today.  They restarted her TPN again as she needs to have her nutritional needs met also.  Today was four weeks since the heart mate was put in, seems to be doing it's job okay.  Well it is late and I'm tired so I will stop before I repeat myself and bore all of you too much.  Please continue in prayer for Andrea, we sure appreciate it.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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