"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.

Sunday, January 23, 2011

Quiet Saturday

Well I am happy to report that Andrea had a better day today, after yesterday's hectic, busy day the quiet of a Saturday was welcome.  Her stomach pains seemed to be mostly over today, the drainage tube came out from her chest cavity also.  it was not draining anymore, and when they took off the dressings they found it had partially pulled out and was also plugged, so regardless it had to come out.  Hopefully she will not need another one anytime soon.  We got her up in a wheelchair for 50 minutes around noon, after which she was played out, she had already had physiotherapy, so she had 2 hrs of good nap time.  All the tests they did yesterday ruled out a number of things they were concerned about, so maybe yesterday's pain was muscle pain, after all yesterday was only 3 weeks since her colon surgery.  Hopefully she can make sure steps forward tomorrow.  Well it is late, so goodnight.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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