"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 15, 2010

More of the Balancing Act...

We are very very tired, just returned from the Maz and Andrea was going to sleep.  It was a kind of a sideways day, no significant improvements that we could see.  It is still a very touchy management program with her, she is on many different medication pumps that need constant attention.  As soon as blood tests show a change, one med or another is changed.  Her bilirubin is still very high, they are still using a medication for supporting her blood pressure, which they would like to wean off if possible.  There is a clotting factor called PTT which went up from 55 to 63 for which they were happy, it meant that they could increase heparin safely to thin her blood down more.  The heart mate needed monitoring throughout the day, it seemed that little clots were still forming there, so a little more blood thinner was needed.  At the same time they are very concerned that she not start bleeding from her gut again, so far it seems she is not.  They started her again on her NJ tube feeds, hopefully if the stomach starts working again the gall bladder liver etc.,will work and her bilirubin will come down.  She was very awake and alert today, although she lies very still in bed.  Please pray that Andrea will not weary and lose hope, we also need that too.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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