Today's Stats:

Non-stat Breakfast

Breakfast:  1255  & Meds What she ate:  1.5 eggs, heavily peppered scrambled with approx 2 oz ground sage sausage, chopped Bermuda onions and green peppers with dried tarragon 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

    It is very odd not to be looking at stats before breakfast. I think, for awhile, I'll take full stats at dinner. Then, after a period of time, switch to breakfast for a period. Then lunch. As the FNP said, when taking limited stats, remember to compare apples to apples and pears to pears.
    She roused herself at 1100 then asked for another hour. When I entered her bedroom at 1205, she was working at getting herself in a sitting position at the edge of the bed. Although it's a rainy day, she seems pretty spry and sprightly, although, now, at 1415, she is already making unspecific "nap" noises, despite having her nose buried in her gossip magazines.

Non-stat Lunch

Lunch:  1650  & Meds What she ate:  1/12 of a piece of Costco pumpkin cheesecake with approx 3/4 cup raspberry-maple sauce
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
tolterodine tartrate ER/4 mg	Once per day	4 week trial to see if it inhibits her incontinence
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

    Mom wanted something sweet and I was cleaning out the freezer and the two dovetailed. We polished off the last two frozen pieces of pumpkin cheesecake and the last of the raspberry-maple sauce. We'll return to our regularly scheduled lunches tomorrow but, well, with the rain and all, today seemed like a good day to get rid of the last of the holiday sugar.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2019     Reading:  209

Blood Pressure:     Time:  2022     BP:  118/55     Pulse:  60

Dinner:  2045  & Meds What she ate:  1/6th of a Costco sized chicken pot pie
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

    Yes, I know, the blood sugar's a bit high, but I expected it to be higher, frankly. The blood pressure blew me away, though...right on the money! I'm thrilled.
    I might stick her one in the morning, just to see if she's back to normal, then not worry about it for several more days.