"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.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

Dialysis Day

Good Evening
 
Dialysis started early this morning finished by 1 oclock or so.  She had some Manitoba cousins visit the last few days, they left midafternoon today.  Till just recently it seemed that if she was having a good day it was nice for her to have visitors, but so often she felt poorly that often she hardly interacted at all with her friends.  It seems like that has changed somewhat, now her friends are very real to her again, and it definitely lifts her spirits to have them come see her.  In fact we like to leave her room so she can have private time alone with her friends, then their attention is focused on each other, seems like the best therapy right now, it also gives her reason to continue her battle.  It is getting easier to stand and with my help maneuver over to her wheelchair, we like to have her get up out of her bed every day at least once if possible.  Tonight she read an email of several pages which is the first time she has done that in months, actually concentrating long enough and strong enough to easily read and hold up paper.  She is being tube fed during the night and 2 hours during the afternoon, this is to stimulate her appetite.  This morning and again tonight she ate part of a toasted cheese sandwich.  We also are switching her over to taking her meds in pill form like she used to do.  In hospital we have been crushing her medications and dissolving them in water.  Well I can't think what else to report so it is best to close.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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