"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.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Headache Better

Good Evening
 
Today was relatively unchanged from yesterday, Andrea did say though that midafternoon she had no headache for a little while.  She also scales it at 6 out of 10, before it was always an 8 out of 10, could be that her pain management is being handled a little better.  When her headache is at it's worst it seems to make her nauseous, but not usually throwing up.  Today she was asking when she could go back upstairs to the ward that she was on earlier.  She is much more alert and awake now, but is also more affected by her situation.  There is lots of time to think and she cannot avoid that either.  If she was feeling better we could interest her in some crafts or something, but her headache is too bad for that.  They also did plasmapheresis today, and is scheduled for another run of it tomorrow.  Hopefully her plasmafree hemoglobin number comes down and stays down.  Well it is late so goodnight.
 
Regards, Maynard

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