"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

Uneventful But Positive

Well, Andrea had a fairly uneventful day, sat on the edge of her bed, did PT,etc.  She seemed quite tired after yesterday's strenuous activities.  The doctors have told us many times to expect a good day followed by one or two not so good ones.  She is now off isolation, meaning that she is not considered to be contagious to others, so the nurses are not required to gown up and put on gloves every time they enter the room or do something with her.  They have also discontinued all antibiotics the way I understand, her white cell count does not indicate any infection at this time.  They also came in and changed her trache for one that should be easier to breathe past.  The nurse that had her today has asked to look after her tomorrow also, and she is determined to get her up in a Stryker chair and get her out of the ward, just a short ride around the floor, new scenery, today just didn't work out for that.  Because we are with her all the time we may not see the small improvements that happen, but those that have not seen her for awhile and know what to look for, sure do.  She is getting excellent care for which we are very grateful, big new state of the art facility, large private room, top notch doctors and nurses also.  It's easy to see that they love their work, and some of them have certainly taken a shine to our daughter. Time to sign off.
 
Regards, Maynard

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