"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.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Andrea's surgery-Went Great


Andrea went in for her stomach surgery at 10 AM this morning and was back in her room at around 2.  Everything went well, they had a full crew on hand in case anything went wrong and nothing did.  Her friendly little pump had no hiccups, her blood didn't clot or thin out, unnecessarily either.  Her colon was not perforated and they had no contamination either they told us, so now maybe she can soon be on the mend.  They will sedate her for the night so that she can rest comfortably.  She was awake briefly when she returned from the operating room, but she will mostly sleep tonight we expect.  The plan is to resume tube feeds at a low rate tonight.  Otherwise I don't know what to report, so a happy New Year's Eve to all.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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