Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1136     Reading:  80

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1235  & 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 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
291.66 mg Augmentin	once daily with food - started therapy today at about 1400	for UTI
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

    There is an addition of 291.66 mg Augmentin. See explanation in today's post at The Mom & Me Journals dot Net.

BM Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1845     Reading:  87

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1847     BP:  116/52     Pulse:  56

Dinner:  1900  & Meds What she ate:  approx 6 oz sauerkraut (no sugar) with 5 oz sliced polish sausage and caraway 1 microwaved ear corn on the cob with only the gods know how much butter
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 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
291.66 mg augmentin	1/3 875 tab augmentin with food	to address her UTI
another 1/3 cup pure cranberry juice w/8 oz water	2.5 hours after last dose of iron	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    You'll notice an absence of Lunch Stats today. She slept long enough so that there seemed no reason to try to get three meals in, especially considering what her needs were because of the UTI.
    Since it's best to give her antibiotics 2 hours before or after iron and other mineral supplements, at 2130 I gave her another dose of augmentin with a piece of oat bran toast w/1.5 Tbl butter and 1/4 tsp cinnamon.
    The Bowel Movement occurred at about 1800, when she awoke from her nap. She reported that it was easy; good consistency, flushed well, good volume for what are becoming daily movements. I'm very pleased.