Almost Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1156     Reading:  127	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1153     BP:  171/82     Pulse:  91
Hospice RN BP:     Time:  1315     Reading:  146/60

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1943     Reading:  168

Medication Changes:

• Administered 500 mg acetaminophen with breakfast to ward off any possible knee or back inflammation from her "cleaning out the drawers" episode this morning
• 2.5 mg metaclopramide before dinner because she's showing many of the signs of experiencing some acute something-'er-other: Feet and leg edema (very pronounced, for her, this evening); severe leaning to the right; mental haziness which translates, as well, to difficulty finding words; more difficulty than usual supporting herself on her legs; significant right eye edema and some left eye edema. I'm not sure what she's experiencing, yet, and, if it passes without any more emergent episodes, I may not know, but, just in case, I figured, when she's in this state, although her appetite is rarely affected, it's not uncommon for her to vomit later in the evening. I wanted to nip that possibility in the bud.
• Gave her slightly less than 20 mg furosemide before she went to bed, because her leg and feet edema is unusual, for her, and I figured, it would be a good idea to get her to shed that water NOW. I usually give her 10 mg, but that is for episodes less severe and that have come on less quickly than this. The reason I say, "slightly less than 20 mg" is because I gave her two halves that weren't quite half, on purpose.

    Miscellaneous BP Note:  Obviously, it's still tricky, taking her BP on her left arm, although I wasn't sure of this until the Hospice RN took it with the standard bicep cuff on her right arm and got a significantly lower and much more normal BP for her. So, even though her arm is improving, unless I feel as though there is some emergent reason for me to take it, I'm going to drop this stat for a few more days.
    Dinner:  1/4 dark meat roast chicken; about 1/2 cup Brussels sprouts with Greek Feta dressing; about 3/4 cup Uncle Ben's Original Recipe Long Grain & Wild Rice; for dessert, a scoop of lemon sorbet and wild berry gelato.
Sleep:

• Awoke at 1130
• Down for nap at 1530
• Up from nap at 1930
• In bed for night at 2345
• Awake 8.25 hours