Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  0925     Reading:  119

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1052     BP:  127/59     Pulse:  59

Breakfast:  1100  & Meds What she ate:  1 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 4 oz orange juice diluted w/4 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
metaclopramide/5 mg	1/2 hour before meal	to prevent nausea as necessary
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

    You'll noticed that breakfast occurred quite an unusual while after her blood sugar reading this morning. And that I administered a 5 mg tab of metaclopramide 1/2 hour before breakfast. For an explanation of what happened this morning and why I medicated her as I did, see today's post at The Mom & Me Journals dot Net. The link will take you right to it.
    I decided to take her blood pressure this morning to see if anything else strange was showing up. It's fine, right in her normal range. So, I think her nausea may have just been a reaction to the antibiotic. I had planned to cut back to one 291.66 dose a day today, anyway, so that's what I'll do. With dinner. Just as a precaution I may administer metaclopramide just before she eats dinner.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1537     Reading:  160

Temperature:     Time:  1545     Reading:  100.7

Lunch:  1550  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1.5 cups home made chicken noodle soup with home made broth and lots of vegetables mixed 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 tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
1000 mg acetaminophen	2 tablets with meal	for fever
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

    She felt a little warm when she awoke from her nap so I decided to take her temperature. We use an arterial thermometer, which always registers a little high, so 100.7 isn't as high as it sounds, but high enough for some relief.
    Her blood sugar was higher than usual, but this is typical when she's on some antibiotics, so I'm not worried about it.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1921     Reading:  144

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1923     BP:  108/55     Pulse:  59

Temperature:     Time:  2000     Reading:  100.4

Dinner:  1930  & Meds What she ate:  approx 8 oz Marie Callendar's Beef Pot Roast soup with lots of extra vegetables and beef jerky 2 pieces grilled sourdough garlic bread with freshly shredded Parmesan
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
5 mg metaclopramide	1 tablet 1/2 hour before meal	prevents nausea; I wanted to make sure that she had this in her system when she took her antibiotic, tonight
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
glipizide ER/10 mg	1 pill with meal	standard breakfast and dinner med to increase cells' sensitivity to insulin
lisinopril/1.25 mg	1/4 of 5 mg tab with meal	given for kidney protection when her blood pressure can handle it
augmentin/291.66 mg	1/3 of 875 mg tab with meal	for her urinary tract infection
vitamin E/400 IU	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
garlic/1250 mg	with meal	given for anti-coagulant properties
1000 mg acetaminophen	2 tablets after meal	for fever

    No iron. If she stays up past 2130 I'll give her iron and vitamin C then. Although her blood pressure is well within normal range for her, I'm a little concerned because it's dropped to normal so quickly. I'm hoping that it will remain in her normal range tomorrow. It it starts to drop below that, along with everything else her body is experiencing, she may also be experiencing anemia. I hope not.
    I dropped her lisinopril down to 1/4 of a pill, although I wanted to make sure she continued to receive it.