"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 22, 2010

Trach In

It is very late so I hope this will be short, and if you read this morning's post it is about what I had hoped to report tonight.  Andrea had a tracheostomy this afternoon and some other things done while under sedation.  She is still lightly sedated and will be till morning, nothing to be alarmed about, she needs the rest. tomorrow they will start weaning off her breathing support and hopefully she can soon be off support for a few hours at a time during the day, and in the not so distant future can have the trach removed.  Her bilirubin went down a whole 53 points today which was very welcome news.  Heart support meds are very minimal now and they hope to totally take them away soon, as her blood pressure is quite good.  They restarted her tube feeds again tonight.  We want to be back there very early tomorrow so it is time to sleep.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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