"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.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Standing With Less Pain

Andrea had a good day, went down to the gym for physio, stood up with help between the parallel bars 2 times, it is slowly getting easier and less painful, although she still has a long way to go.  She has had less nausea the last few days it seems, when she gets exhausted and needs to cough she is still weak and sometimes it happens to go down the wind pipe and that triggers the gag reflex.  Other times her gagging is from extreme pain, sometimes her pain goes away with the help of Tylenol, at times she gets something stronger.  Not sure if I mentioned, her bilirubin is down to 63, which is much better than it was.  She has been more talkative the last day or so which is also a good sign.  Tomorrow is dialysis day starting at around noon so will try to get her into her wheelchair and PT done before that.  When she is feeling better she appreciates visitors, especially the ones she knows the best.  Time for some shut eye, goodnight.
 
Regards, Maynard

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