"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, March 24, 2011

Still Lots of Improvement Needed

Hi Everyone
 
Today was kind of so so, wishing we could have seen her feeling better and more active.  her stomach tube feeds are back to the levels they were before pulling the tube back into the stomach, and are catching up to her and making her somewhat nauseated.  It almost seems like she may be coming down with a sniffle or cold, complaining about her throat and feeling hot and cold in turns.  She had dialysis today and actually tolerated it quite well.  Sounds like a contradiction from the previous sentence, but her blood pressure holds up well and they are able to take off the fluid they want to without it affecting her too badly.  Dialysis is usually followed by a nap for awhile, and tonight she was up in the wheelchair for an hour or so.  I'm making lots of mistakes so will close.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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