"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.

Friday, March 18, 2011

Not Feeling Good Today

You all know the old adage about 2 steps forward and 1 step back?  Andrea had a good string of 2 step forward days, so I guess today was the day for a backward step.  In other words not a good day really.  First thing this morning when I got her up to get weighed she was feeling bad, so she lay down , thinking that it might pass over, later got her up in the wheelchair hoping to have her take a few more steps today at 10 AM but it got delayed awhile because  of how she was feeling so by the time we got down to the gym, the PT worker had other commitments and Andrea was not feeling good so we turned around and she went back to bed.  She slept alot and was in stomach pain and nausea most of the day.  When she tried to drink it all came back up within a few minutes.  She was ready to sleep at 9 PM so hopefully she has a good sleep before her dialysis tomorrow.  Extra blood tests were taken to see whether there was infection somewhere and only one test came back slightly elevated not really indicating anything, not sure which test though.  The overall trend is still getting better though,if we compare her to where she was a month or 2 ago.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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