Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1001     Reading:  98

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1100  & 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

    At 1115 this morning I looked at my mother across the breakfast table and said, "My goodness, I think you're going to be done with breakfast long before you usually start it!" I think the flower delivery worked very well. I was right about it stimlating her into rousing before she usually does.
    She's down again, with 500 mg of acetaminophen under her belt, but was up a decent amount of time, until 1307, so, I'm satisfied. She, again, was experiencing "a hitch in her giddy-up".

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1637     Reading:  66

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1645  & Meds What she ate:  approx 8 oz Marie Callendar Beef Pot Roast soup with extra green onions, green peas, and beef (jerky) 6 unpitted variety olives in a vinegar, olive oil, dill brine 2 slices each dofino, medium cheddar and swiss cheese (less than 1 oz per type)
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

    I know, no V-8 juice today, which means no cinnamon at lunch, but her blood sugar was so low I didn't think it was necessary to worry about controlling it. I made sure she got some olives in, though.
    She'd had a 3 hour nap just previous to lunch. This reading tells me, as well, that the problem yesterday was very likely that she dropped her glipizide ER; thus, she didn't take it.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2032     Reading:  88

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2035     BP:  153/66     Pulse:  55

Dinner:  2055  & Meds What she ate:  5 buffalo wings approx 3/4 cup cottage cheese well peppered dinner salad on a bed of greens (no iceberg lettuce) with sliced radishes, grated carrots, chopped Bermuda onion, chopped green pepper, chopped stuffed green olives, a sprinkling of parmesan cheese and crumbled White Cheddar Nachos Doritos with about 2 Tbl home made Buttermilk Ranch dressing
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
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

    Look at that, doesn't her blood sugar look nice? Can't believe it, especially since she had a sedentary day. The blood pressure? She talked and moved, but the diastolic tells me that the systolic was purely circumstantial. Her appetite was great. She'd been up since 1600 and, here we are at 2300 and she's still up. I'm very pleased.