"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.

Thursday, December 30, 2010

Stomach Surgery Tomorrow

Well the surgery that Andrea was to have today was postponed till tomorrow.  Hopefully if no emergency surgeries come up she should be first case in the morning.  She is having very much pain in her stomach, and the doctor said that the pain of the incision would be small compared to what she is experiencing now.  She is on a lot of pain killer right now so she has been drifting in and out a lot today, and is right ready for relief.  Today her pump doctor told her that he wanted to play volleyball with her when she gets better, and he was rewarded with a faint smile, the only one we have seen in at least a month.  The surgery in itself is not that risky, very many are done every year, but with the VAD it complicates things somewhat.  She was wide awake when the doctors explained it to her and she nodded her head to show that she wanted it the sooner the better.  This might be tonight's email so don't worry if there is not another till after surgery.  Please remember her tomorrow, her doctors too, as they proceed with surgery.

Thanks, Maynard

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