"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.

Monday, December 27, 2010

More Today

It is late so this will be short.  Andrea had an okay day except that she began passing blood, I guess her blood got too thin.  Her feeding tube did not goin after all so she has been without nutrition for 24 hours already.  Heparin (blood thinner) was withheld, and she had another unit of blood again, hemoglobin was staying good.  Nurse said tonight that nearly every heart mate patient went through the same bleeding problems before it got sorted out.  She also said since a week ago when she last looked after Andrea, she saw good improvement all around.  They are trying to get her less ventilator dependent every day, but it is slow going.  Her bilirubin was down 102 points this morning also.  Well it's time for dreamland so goodnight.
 
Thanks, Maynard

PS by Nebs
I found a computer i can use today and i will be home tomorrow night so I should be posting updates by Wednesday morning.

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