"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

Not Very Good Day

hi Everyone
 
Andrea did not have a very good day, although the pain in her head was a bit less, some medications have been switched around again, she has been getting pain killers and from previous times they don;t agree with her stomach too well.  Last night's power spike must have chewed a bit of the clot loose in her pump, after running it fast for awhile and then slower again, it settled down and I don't think it spiked again seriously since.  This morning's blood test showed that her plasma free hemoglobin number was quite high again confirming that a clot let loose, her pump chewed it up and the plasma free number went up, so she had a run of plasmaphoresis in the afternoon, so hopefully tomorrow her test will show acceptable numbers again.  Pt had her sitting up on the edge of her bed in the morning and this afternoon we had her up again.  For the first few days in CVICU she lay so still and hardly moved around in bed, now she seems a lot more active again which is good.  Sure hope her headache starts diminishing faster and she needs less pain killer from here on.  Please remember her in prayer, that her courage and hope can be increased.
 
Thanks, Maynard

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