"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, April 8, 2011

April 6th


Good Evening
 
Overall today was okay, although Andrea was very tired, stiff and sore after yesterday's trip home. It was a good boost for her to be home a few hours with her family and friends gathered around her, so today was a little bit of a letdown for her it seemed.  I can identify with her, kind of like after returning home from a vacation and it is time to get back to the grindstone and work again, the exciting holiday is over too soon, and now it is a long time till the next one.  We went down to physiotherapy in the morning, back to bed for a short rest, then to the dialysis clinic for the afternoon.  Tonight she was running a low fever, nothing too high, but enough of a concern to do some blood tests to make sure there is not an infection starting somewhere.  She did not feel sick really, no particular pains except below her ears, probably swollen glands.  Tomorrow it will be down to the gym again and in the afternoon if she is okay we will be free to go again to the RMH.  After she is stronger we will be able to make the occasional day trip home again, although that could be awhile yet.  She really needs to gain more strength and begin eating again to manage a few hours at home.  It is warming up outside too so we should spend more time outside if possible, the sunlight is itself a good thing for her since she has been out of it for so long.  I will stop now, as I soon will starting repeating myself if I continue.
 
Goodnight, Maynard

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