"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 13, 2011

More Heartmate Info

Hey I just found more information about the heartmate including some images this time.

The top image is a generic image showing external and internal. The bands across the shoulders are optional, they support the batteries, which can also be carried in a purse or bag. The "white thing" around the waist is external, theres a wire coming out beside the belly button that connects to that device which is worn in a fanny pack.

The second picture is a close-up of the heartmate attached to the heart, and the bottom image is the same, just less "zoomed in". An interesting fact about heartmates is that people on them really have no pulse because its a smooth-running pump. So all you medical people and first-aiders, if someone doesn't have a pulse, make sure they don't have a Heartmate!

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