Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1412     Reading:  137	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1410     BP:  154/78     Pulse:  75
A.M. 60" Dig Temp:     Time:  1432     Reading:  98.4

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2131     Reading:  131

    Medication Change:  Gave her 325 mg acetaminophen at breakfast for low grade fever (for her).
    Dinner:  Home mixed sauerkraut and chopped Polish sausage with fennel seeds; a slice of pineapple upside down cake for dessert.
Sleep:

• Awoke at 1400
• Began nap at 1800
• Awoke from nap at 2100
• In bed at 0200
• Awake 9 hours

    Miscellaneous Note:  I'm keeping my eye on her BP, which was unusually high again this morning. Could be the alcohol. Could also be that her hemoglobin is bouncing back up...and could be a combination of both. I'm curious to see what happens the next time she has a glass of wine. I meant to offer her a glass of Mateus at dinner, tonight, but forgot. Wouldn't it be interesting if wine raises her hemoglobin, and, as well, her blood pressure?!?

BM Full Stat Day +1:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1347     Reading:  134	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1345     BP:  151/80     Pulse:  75
A.M. 60" Dig Temp:     Time:  1405     Reading:  97.7

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2111     Reading:  121

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  0107     BP:  176/83     Pulse:  79

    Bowel Movement:  Occurred during bathing. Good volume; excellent consistency; easy elimination; easy clean-up.
    Medication Change:  Gave her 650 mg of acetaminophen with her breakfast. She complained of a lower back ache the previous night but didn't want anything before bed, believing, as usually happens, that the back ache would resolve itself while she slept, since it's usually from the way she stands when she brushes her teeth before bed. However, she slept very weird, that night, flung off the wedge with her back arched and her head cocked back, and awoke with the same back-ache about which she complained. I offered her the acetaminophen, clarifying that I thought the "extra strength" dose would be appropriate, and she agreed. As far as I know, it eradicated her back ache.
    Dinner:    Tonight was "Celebrate Champagne" night. We had an appetizer dinner consisting of a variety of meats and cheeses on multi-grain saltine crackers, a variety of pickles, including Bread & Butter pickles, and some beefed up potato salad to which I'd added chopped onion and capers. As well, she had a glass of Champagne equally probably 6 oz., and three Ghiradelli chocolate squares for dessert.
    Miscellaneous Note:    I attempted to take her blood pressure before bed, as Hospice had suggested after having alcoholic beverages. She was so irritated with me, though, for taking it, that she would not relax, insisted on talking and moving throughout, her arm was as tight as a drum. I've recorded the first BP above, which is unbelievably high. The second time the cuff registered "E[rror]". So, I gave up and gave her the usual dose of lisinopril.
Sleep:

• Awoke at 1330
• Went down for a nap at 1800
• Awoke at 2100
• To bed at 0130
• Awake 9 hours

Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1424     Reading:  131	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1421     BP:  128/72     Pulse:  68
A.M. 60" Dig Temp:     Time:  1434     Reading:  96.9

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2050     Reading:  149

Medication Change:

• Gave her exactly 4 oz prune juice before bed. Although she had a "good" bowel movement yesterday, it was large, hard, not particularly easy to eliminate and it was obvious from the volume and from the fact that she reported that she didn't feel as though she was "done" (I stopped her, anyway, because she was straining to eliminate; when I wiped her it didn't feel like there was anything pressing at her anus). I figured she could use a little boost to help move the rest of what she's storing in there along.
• 10 drops of Debrox in each ear just before bed.

    Dinner:  Home made stewy chicken soup; 1/6 Marie Callendar's Cherry Crunch Pie with freshly whipped cream a la mode.
    Sleep:

• After attempting unsuccessfully to awake Mom at 1300, which would have been 1 hour shy of her 12 hour sleep mark, she awoke easily at 1400.
• Down for nap at 1915
• Up from nap at 2030
• Down for bed at 0100
• Awake 9.75 hours

BM Almost Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1427     Reading:  131	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1424     BP:  148/75     Pulse:  68

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2146     Reading:  128

    Bowel Movement:  Occurred before nap. Very good consistency; not easy elimination; consistency on the hard side; easy clean-up.
    Dinner:  Grilled cheese and pepperoni sandwich; Marie Callendars' cherry crunch pie with freshly whipped cream a la mode.
    Sleep:

• Arose at 1400
• Down for nap at 1930
• Arose of own accord at 2100
• To bed at 0200
• Awake 10.5 hours

BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1127     Reading:  118	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1125     BP:  121/64     Pulse:  76
A.M. 60" Dig Temp:     Time:  1140     Reading:  97.4

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1925     Reading:  126

    Bowel Movement:  Occurred during bathing. Fair volume; good consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.
    Medication Change:  325 mg acetaminophen for "stiffness".
    Breakfast Change:  Croissant sprinkled with Vietnamese Cinnamon (the kind that tastes like Red Hots; she always gets this, no matter what her bread is).     Dinner:  Home made chicken soup with loads of vegetables, loads of chicken; home made peach cobbler with freshly whipped cream for dessert.
    Sleep:

• Awoke at 1100
• Went down for nap at 1500
• Awoke from nap at 1900
• Went to bed at 0200
• Awake 11 hours

Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1430     Reading:  141	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1424     BP:  133/66     Pulse:  64
A.M. 60" Dig Temp:     Time:  1448     Reading:  98.0

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2120     Reading:  132

    Medication Changes:  Forewent third breathing treatment; she wasn't up enough for it.     Dinner:  Sausage, egg & cheese croissant sandwich; six mini dill pickles; 1 scoop each Wild Berry Gelato and Limon Sorbetto
Sleep:

• Awakened at 1415
• Went down for nap at 1830
• Aroused from nap at 2030; asked for another half hour, I gave it to her; up at 2100
• Down for bed at 0030
• Awake 7.75 hours

BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1424     Reading:  145	A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1423     BP:  141/71     Pulse:  68
A.M. 60" Dig Temp:     Time:  1452     Reading:  98.2

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2111     Reading:  142

    Bowel Movement:  Occurred during bathing. Fairly poor volume; very easy elimination; good consistency; easy clean-up.
    Dinner:  Same as last night, except with Uncle Ben's Long and Wild Rice instead of the Zany Quinoa Salad.
    Sleep:

• Awoke at 1400
• Down for nap at 1800 with agreement that I will awaken her "no later than 2000", per her.
• At 2000 Mom was not ready to arise. She asked for another hour. I gave it to her and awoke her at 2100, at which time she was ready.
• Bedded down for the night at 0215
• Awake 9.25 hours