Mom's Daily Tests & Meds - Current

A continuation of Mom's Daily Tests & Meds

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Full Stat Day + Typical Breakfast:

A.M. Blood Glucose:
    Time:  1416
    Reading:  143
A.M. Blood Pressure:
    Time:  1414
    BP:  155/86
    Pulse:  80
A.M. Arterial Temp:
    Time:  1418
    Reading:  100.8
A.M. 60" Digital Oral Temp:
    Time:  2:34
    Reading:  98.0

P.M. Blood Glucose:
    Time:  2045
    Reading:  138
 

Medication Changes:
  • She wasn't up long enough for her third breathing treatment today.
  • Gave her a 325 mg tab of acetaminophen with dinner. I can't remember why, now. It wasn't because of her temperature, though, I don't think. I don't have a record of taking it. It was, though, a touchy day for both of us and she was pretty stiff. It was probably the stiffness that prompted me to give her the acetaminophen.
    Dinner:  One pan fried egg with ham slices; about 3/4's cup of pickled (without sugar) beets.
Miscellaneous Observations:
  • No problems with blood glucose today, obviously. With breakfast I gave her a homemade pumpkin/dried cherry/pecan muffin instead of her usual toast with cinnamon.
  • Her blood pressure, particularly her diastolic, was pretty high this morning, but I didn't give her extra lisinopril, chiefly because she was irritated with me when she first awoke and her arm remained tight as a drum through three separate blood pressure measurings. The one above is the best of the three.
  • I took her temperature twice, once with the arterial thermometer and once with the 60" oral digital thermometer, because, despite the arterial measurement, her forehead felt cool. I think the arterial thermometer is acting up again. I'll probably be switching exclusively to the Digital oral 60" thermometer for awhile.

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