"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

Went Shopping!!!


Good Evening
 
Today was another fairly good day for Andrea, sure helps when she gets a good night's sleep for her to feel more energetic.  About noon we bundled her up into her wheelchair, went across the street and took the train to the Southgate mall. we were in and out of a few stores, then went to the food court and had lunch.  Andrea ate more there than she has since last fall, still not a lot, but it is a start.  By 3 PM we were back in her room expecting her to nap but she didn't at all so I expect she will sleep well tonight.  Daily now we can see small signs of her stamina and endurance returning.  She is still not walking at all without help and then it is only from her bed to the wheelchair and back, but she is doing that much a lot easier.  Her feeding formula was switched to another one with less volume but the same calories as before and it seems to work better.  She is fed 3 times daily that way so that she does not need any at night.  That allows her to sleep in a less elevated position and is able to move around and reposition herself, helps to relieve her back.  I don't know what else to report so will close.
 
Goodnight, Maynard

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