Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1132     Reading:  126

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1141     BP:  135/66     Pulse:  64

Breakfast:  1200  & Meds What she ate:  1 hard over egg, heavily peppered 3 slices thick cut sugar cured lean bacon 1 slice toasted oat bran bread with 1.5 tbl Fleischmann's margarine 1/4 tsp cinnamon on bread 6 oz orange juice diluted w/8 oz water
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
Niferex-150 [150 mg elemental iron]	1 hour before breakfast	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with Niferex-150	helps the body metabolize iron
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin
Protonix/40 mg	1 pill at least 1/2 hour pre-meal	standard pre-breakfast med
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
aspirin/81 mg	1 tab with breakfast	standard breakfast med - given for anti-coagulant properties
lisinopril/1.25 mg	1/4 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
Daily Senior Multivitamin	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
folic acid/400 mcg	with breakfast	standard breakfast supplement
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	standard breakfast supplement; a natural antibiotic and anti-coagulant
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties; among other reasons; appears to be of benefit to type 2 diabetics, as well, in its role as a smooth muscled organ protectant, particularly the pancreas, which produces insulin
1/4 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with or after meal	standard once a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    Mom, as it turns out, was up about an hour earlier than me. I awoke very early, then started feeling bad, took my temperature, it was a little over 100, took some ibuprofen, checked in on Mom and laid down. I bolted awake at 1120. Mom had been up "for a while", I'm thinking about an hour. Just sat at the dinette table and quietly read. I was surprised that she didn't eat, or anything. She also downed a 12 oz glass of water on her own.
    I rustled up breakfast for her, we played some Sorry she decided she wanted to go to bed and I coaxed her into doing her therapy exercises, a session that went well. Then, later, I had to pick up just a few items at Costco. She didn't want to go. I didn't blame her. The floor is exceptionally hard and the way is long. So, I told her she must stay up while I was gone, I'd probably be gone an hour. I was back exactly an hour later. She was up. Had finished some tea I gave her. Things are going well. I'm not, I'm still having a bit of a problem with this cold, but things are.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1601     Reading:  121

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1608     BP:  106/58     Pulse:  65

Lunch:  1615  & Meds What she ate:  approx 12 oz Marie Callendar's Chicken Pot Pie soup with extra green peppers, carrots, green onions and chicken 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tab with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron

    I'm very pleased how my mother's day is going, even though mine isn't going so well. She's making sounds like she wants to take a nap, but this is the first time today she's done that. I'll probably let her. She might stay up, though. I'll let her do that, too.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1941     Reading:  97

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1948     BP:  143/63     Pulse:  60

Dinner:  2000  & Meds What she ate:  1 Carl's Junior Six Dollar Western Bacon Burger with half & half fries and onion rings and a diet coke. Polished the entire meal down to the last crumb.
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tabs with meal	to pull her out of what I hope is her temporarily severely anemic state
vitamin C/500 mg	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
lisinopril/1.25 mg	1/4 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
calcium-vitamin D/500-200 mg	with meal	believed to be an osteoporosis preventative

    I gave her lisinopril tonight. She wasn't over hydrated, even though her feet were a tiny bit swollen, so I'm not sure what's causing the leap in blood pressure, unless it's that UTI coming on again. I guess we'll be able to tell in the next few days.
    She took a very short nap late this afternoon; was up in less than an hour. Read, did crossword puzzles, beat me at a game of Sorry, watched the season premiere of Everwood, a show she follows, then decided the news wasn't "worth staying up for" and went to bed.
    I'm feeling good tonight about how her day, especially her hunger and her appetite to stay up. Good feeling to go to bed, tonight, on that note.