"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.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Hoping For A Better Week

Good Evening
 
Just got back from Andrea's hospital room after having her here at the RMH since noon yesterday.  Hopefully this coming week goes better than the last one.  She seems to have a lot of stomach pain intermittently, comes and goes, sometimes retching and gagging without throwing anything up.  She has not eaten or drank virtually anything and says it is because she is afraid she will throw up.  We have tried telling her that we don't think she throws up from anything she has eaten, but anyone who has had suffered food poisoning could sympathize with her.  I know how it feels to get sick and throw up shortly after eating something which before was considered a favorite, sometimes after throwing up following a meal I just cannot bear the thought of eating that kind of food again.  Usually after these bouts of nausea she feels better soon so that is a blessing, at least she is not nauseaous all the time like she was earlier.  Otherwise don't know what to report except that I am very weary and so I'll close.
 
Goodnight, Maynard

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