"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, January 26, 2011

Jan 25th


Well Andrea had a busy day again.  First thing this morning they wheeled her down to Neurovascular Surgery and put in a new Broviac line (actually they call it something more specific, can't remember what), and were able to remove the line that she had in the left side of her neck.  they did not put her to sleep just a bit of sedation and local freezing.  That went well and a little more than an hour  she was back in her room.  Because of the pain medication she got she slept most of the afternoon.  A little after 6PM she was up in her wheelchair for about an hour, but she was having a lot of pain in her neck.  The pump nurse was in the room for awhile to teach us about the pump, it will be a total of about 30 hours teaching us everything we need to know, changing batteries etc.  She is very good at what she does, very dedicated, good with Andrea too.  Pt and Ot were in and are quite aggressive, they are trying to get her stronger next thing will be that she is able to sit upright unaided.  Removing the trache will likely be next week, Monday possibly.Well so ends my day and this report, goodnight.
 
Regards, Maynard

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