Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  0948     Reading:  164	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  0950     BP:  133/82     Pulse:  103
A.M. 60" Dig Oral Temp:     Time:  0945     Reading:  98.8

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1702     Reading:  161

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1715     BP:  124/63     Pulse:  74

Medication Changes:

• Gave her 2.5 mg Metaclopramide because she had complained of nausea, which had awakened her, along with a diffuse complaint of her stomach (lower abdomen) feeling "bad"; not exactly pain but pressure. Later, forgot that she'd been nauseated. Lower abdominal "pressure" disappeared after bathing and getting her out to the living room with the wheel chair.
• Same thing happened in the evening when she awoke from her nap. Gave her prophylactic 2.5 mg Metaclopramide again before dinner.
• Although, after looking up side effects of omeprazole and discovering that "constipation" and "abdominal pain" (which my mother probably interprets as "abdominal pressure" since she has a high pain tolerance) are not uncommon, I gave her about 2.5 Tbl Phillip's Milk of Magnesia, even though she doesn't seem to be constipated according to her bowel movement schedule. I thought, if there is a back-up, this would move things along. If there isn't, it wouldn't hurt her.

    Miscellaneous Note:  She did eat some breakfast: A peppered boiled egg; two slices high fiber toast with Fleishmann's margarine and cinnamon; about 16 oz ginger tea. She also took all her meds. Frankly, I think the problem is the Prilosec. She's been on it for six days as of yesterday and has been burping a lot since the switch. I think it is not alleviating gas problems the way the Protonix was doing. I talked to the RN today about switching this med back not "non-Hospice meds" so that we can switch her back to the Protonix.
    Dinner:  A hefty bowl of Safeway's "Chunky Chicken Noodle Soup" with lots of added chicken and Costco's grated Lemon/Garlic/Pepper Salt seasoning. 1 slice of Marie Callendar's lemon meringue pie.