Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1138     Reading:  91

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1156     BP:  157/74     Pulse:  56

Breakfast:  1310  & 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 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
lisinopril/2.5 mg	1/2 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
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

    Still a late beginning, but, of course, it will be a late night. I've definitely decided that sweets need to be dealt at night. They seem to work well with her body chemistry, this way. She was a little agitated when I took her blood pressure this morning; I'm not sure why...just an argumentative streak that she sometimes shows, I think to reestablish her perception of her independence. I made a mental note to take her blood pressure, again, when she'd settled down but forgot, as we had other concerns on our community mind.

Lunch Non-Stats

Blood Glucose:     Time:  Not Taken

Blood Pressure:     Time:  Not Taken

Lunch:  1630  & Meds What she ate:  3 slices beef summer sausage, 6 slices of the cheese mentioned for lunch over the last few days 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
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

    She is continuing to work our way through the meat and cheese box she received for Christmas some days ago, at her request and much to her delight. I didn't take her stats, today, because we were in the middle of doing her hair and she was deeply involved in another Deep Space Nine episode. I'm sure, though, that everything was fine. She's been particularly alert, today. A very good sign.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2026     Reading:  84

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2029     BP:  154/70     Pulse:  62

Dinner:  2055  & Meds What she ate:  Thigh and leg of a roast chicken approx 3/4 cup peas with bacon and sauteed onion approx 3/4 cup Uncle Ben's Brown and Wild Rice (Original Recipe) with added chopped celery, fresh garlic and green, pimiento stuffed olives
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

    When I set my mother's plate in front of her, tonight, she said, "Mmmm...this looks like a restaurant meal." It did. She ate voraciously and happily (although this is not unusual).
    I'm a little taken aback by not only her blood pressure but her pulse rate, which were taken after she'd been sitting in her rocking chair for awhile, although I suddenly realized something, tonight. When she's sitting in her rocking chair, she leans toward her left. I need that side free when I take her pressure so I insist that she move to the right; not just slide to the right but rise off the chair and readjust her seat so her left side is completely free of obstructions. This always annoys her and she always lets fly a loud sigh. I imagine that her internal body reacts as well and this may be part of what is registering. Of course, she also needs to move a bit more. We started this today, which I'll detail in today's journal post.