Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1100     Reading:  85

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1108     BP:  156/71     Pulse:  57

Temperature:     Time:  1110     Reading:  99.4

Breakfast:  1225  & 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
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

    Well, it's time for me to cut back and take her blood pressure only at night. It's beginning to irritate her, again, and me, whenever I take it.
    Her temperature is well within normal range for arterial readings. I'll take it tonight to see if it's the same as it's been, and, if it is, I don't think I'll give her acetaminophen tonight and see how it reads tomorrow.
    She wasn't too keen on getting up this morning, but I insisted. I didn't want her sleeping until noon, even though it's been a few days since she's done that.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1610     Reading:  159

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1615  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 8 unpitted variety olives in a vinegar, olive oil, dill brine 11.5 oz V-8 juice 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

    She's slept a lot, today. By 1300 this afternoon she wanted to nap and I disallowed it until 1330, when she simply arose and headed in on her own and there was no stopping her. Not just a little hour or so nap, either, she really packed in the time. I think this is keeping her high blood sugar up, plus, of course, the affect of the antibiotics. I've been noticing that today, unlike the last several days, she's been soaking her underwear between checkings, which occur every two to three hours. I don't think I've been pushing liquids, but, just in case, I'll lay back on them a bit tomorrow. She actually hasn't been up, today, enough, to drink 2200 ml. Maybe her body is beginning to clean itself out.
    Her color is good, though, and she's not in pain or anything, and her urine looks good, so I think she's okay, except for the reaction to her body not being able to rid itself of excess sugar as quickly as usual.

BM Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1922     Reading:  139

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1926     BP:  155/75     Pulse:  57

Temperature:     Time:  1930     Reading:  100.4

Dinner:  1945  & Meds What she ate:  6 oz ham steak 2 hard over eggs, heavily peppered 1 slice toasted oat bran bread with 1.5 Tbl Fleishmann's margarine and 1/4 tsp cinnamon
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 2 hours after 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
291.66 mg Augmentin	1/3 an 875 mg tablet with meal	to address her UTI

    She ate everything! She got what she asked for at dinner, but I didn't think she'd eat it all. I was wrong. I'm pleased that her appetite remains good. This is an excellent sign. I tried to get her to wait to eat until between 2000 and 2030, but she was having none of it. When I asked her if she might be hungry at that time she said, "I don't know, it's coming on pretty fast, maybe before then..."
    "Whoa," I said, "I'd better alert the chef! We don't want to miss your appetite!"
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 2145. Fair volume, and, I know this is going to sound gross, but it floated this time, which, I think, is because of the lower amount of iron she's been consuming. It certainly hasn't been because of a lack of fiber. Easy elimination, though, and good consistency.