Today's Stats:

Non-stat Breakfast

Breakfast:  1530  & Meds What she ate:  2 hard over egg, heavily peppered 2 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
250 mg Levaquin	1 tab between breakfast and lunch once a day (today: 1630)	to address UTI

    Well, you can read all about it in one of my posts for today (later today), but breakfast wasn't served until about 1530 or so. Mom and I awoke (both of us in her room) at 1420, due to a minor bout of nausea I had from about 0900 until we both awoke later in the day.
    She has another UTI, as well, although I didn't address this until later when I turned in the Rx for Levaquin. This time, med mixing shouldn't present med scheduling problems, as the Levaquin can be taken without food, so I can administer it to her between breakfast and lunch. Today she received her dose at about 1630.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1940     Reading:  96

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1940     BP:  130/60     Pulse:  59

Dinner:  ?  & Meds What she ate:  approx 3 oz roasted ham with approx 1.5 oz yellow sharp cheddar, two slices of onion, a slathering of mustard on two slices of deli corn rye bread, grilled in a skillet with approx 2 Tbl Fleischmann's margarine approx 1/2 cup left over potato salad approx 3/4 cup 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
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 wasn't up much, today, so Lunch became Dinner. I was only a little concerned about serving her dinner meds so close to her breakfast meds and did it anyway.
    You'll notice we had a dessert. Mom asked for "a little something sweet" and I really had to look for something. We still had some several months old Starbucks Mud Pie ice cream in the freezer; about a third of a carton. We split what was left. She was satisfied.
    I was surprised at her blood sugar. Excellent reading. I may take it in the morning, just to see what happened to the ice cream.