"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, May 6, 2011

Walking a Fine Line

Good Evening
 
Today Andrea's headache seemd a little less severe, she had another CT scan which indicated that her bleeding had stopped in her head.  The biggest danger right now is that she is getting no heparin to thin her blood and that increases the risk of another clot in her pump and if it breaks free where it might go.  They cannot reintroduce heparin for a few more days to give the blood vessels time to heal, so it is a very fine line to walk.  Tonight she was having power spikes from her heart pump so they changed the speed setting of the pump to increase circulation, sometimes just changing rpm settles things down.  It was hard to leave her for the night but we also need sleep too.  Please pray especially for Andrea it seems like a long road for her to take.  Now it is time to sleep at least if sleep will come.
 
Regards, Maynard

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