"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

Update-7hours ago

Had an opportunity to get this done at noon so here goes.  Andrea had a good night's sleep and looks a little better this morning.  It's probably too soon to give an accurate update though.  One huge positive is that her bilirubin dropped 102 points from yesterday, for which we are so thankful.  It means her liver is going the right direction.  Gastro intestinal docs were very relieved yesterday to find the 2 ulcers yesterday which they could fix.  So far it is not clear whether it is fixed or not, as they with held her tube feeds overnight.  They are putting her tube back in her nose now so they can feed her that way and also give her oral meds that way.  Otherwise her blood pressure is pretty good, she needs to be restarted on Heparin again to prevent blood clots in her pump, with that there is risk of internal bleeding.  Don't know what else to add, I'll try to post again tonight.

Regards, Maynard




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