Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1132     Reading:  97

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1155     BP:  149/77     Pulse:  55

Breakfast:  1255  & Meds What she ate:  1.5 eggs, heavily peppered, scrambled with 4 oz. lean sage sausage 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 when used with glipizide
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
acetaminaphen/500 mg	1 tab with breakfast	occasionally med if she's having pain or stiffness
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
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with or after meal	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    You'll notice, she was moving extremely slow this morning: Witness the amount of time between taking her blood sugar and taking her BP, and I took both of them in her room before she headed into the bathroom for bathing. When she stretched after arising from the edge of the bed, she touched her back lightly and, after being asked, admitted that she was having some discomfort there, so I gave her acetaminophen at breakfast. Bathing was an unusually quiet experience for us, today. So was breakfast. Although we'd planned to do her hair immediately after breakfast, within an hour she wanted to go back to bed.
    Some of her underground level may be due to the fact that we've run out of lisinopril as of yesterday morning and I've been battling with the pharmacy and her doctor's office to have the prescription renewed. I'll explain that in my journal entry tonight.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1819     Reading:  114

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1822     BP:  124/54     Pulse:  52

Lunch:  1830  & Meds What she ate:  3 slices each beef summer sausage and garlic beef summer sausage; 3 slices each mild cheddar, dofino and swiss cheeses 6 unpitted variety olives in a vinegar, olive oil, dill brine 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
lisinopril/1 mg	1 5 mg tab	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it; administered around 1615, then she went back to bed
acetaminophen/500 mg	1 tab with meal	given for back discomfort and headache; administered around 1615, then she went back to bed
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

    When I got back from running some necessary errands around 1600 Mom was still in bed, but awake; she'd just gone to the bathroom. She wanted to sleep some more. By this time I figured part of the problem was the lack of lisinopril and one of my errands had been to wrest it from the hands of the pharmacy, in which I was successful. So, I let her go back to bed with 5 mg lisinopril and another acetaminophen tablet under her belt.
    She awoke on her own around 1800, and was "sort of" hungry, so I fed her a lunch and her usual lunch time medication. She perked up quantitatively after that.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2037     Reading:  120

Blood Pressure:     Not taken

Dinner:  2101  & Meds What she ate:  2 Costco oatmeal cookies and approx 6 oz Starbucks Mud Pie Ice Cream.
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
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/2.5 mg	1/2 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

    That's right, folks, only dessert, tonight. She was still recovering her appetite after a low down day and wasn't really hungry, but I needed her to take her medications and knew she'd eat sweets. And, yes, I didn't bother with her blood pressure; I knew she could use the lisinopril, anyway and that her blood pressure wasn't too low. I also sensed that she'd be going to bed early tonight (for her), which she did, and I wanted to be sure and get her meds and some food in her before she headed down the hall. She was delighted, of course. I think we'll have a much better day tomorrow.
    She was feeling so much better, in fact, that when I asked her if she wanted some acetaminophen before bed she said, "No, I don't think I need it." Good for her.