"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, January 20, 2011

bilirubin down further

Hope this finds all of you in good health.  Andrea had a fairly  uneventful day today, her bilirubin # was down to 219 this morning from 272 at the previous test, so it is certainly moving in the right direction, the lower the number the better, they would like to see it less than 50.  Pt and OT were both in again today, they got her up in the Stryker chair today, and they said they want to get her up in a wheelchair that is able to recline, tomorrow.  The Pump doctor said that the goal for tomorrow is to get into the fresh air outside  Otherwise I don't know what to report, O yes, she finds it hard to situp, after lying down for so long, her sitter downer gets sore quickly, so they are trying to find the right cushion for her chair.  If things continue to improve like they have, possibly the trache will come out next week.  Faye is spending the night with her again.  They roll a cot into the room in the evening and take it out again in the morning, as there is hardly room for it.  Thanks again for listening to my repetitious rambling.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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