Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  0855     Reading:  83

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1140  & 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	1/2 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

    You'll notice the extraordinary lag between the measurement of my mother's blood sugar and serving her breakfast. Today was blood draw day. I took her blood sugar, as usual, when she awoke but immediately after her bath we headed to the lab so her blood work would reflect a fasting state. Didn't eat breakfast until after we returned.
    So, the time lag may not make much difference in what happens in regards to the timing of her meals, today. But, just out of curiosity, I think I'll feed her soup, again, and olives, I think, and see what happens to her blood sugar between lunch and dinner, which we've already decided will be Cobb salad.

Lunch

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1711     Reading:  108

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Lunch:  1715  & 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	1/2 1000 mg tab with iron supplement	helps the body metabolize iron
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, I tried. I suggested soup when she arose from her nap. "What kind?" she asked. Always a bad sign.
    "I thought maybe that beef soup you had yesterday."
    No response. Thoughtful look.
    "Chicken? That Chicken Pot Pie soup with extra chicken and onions and some curry seasoning?"
    "I don't know if I want soup..."
    I really wanted her to have soup, for reasons explained in yesterday's meal stats...so, instead of suggesting something else, I asked her what she wanted, thinking she wouldn't come up with anything. I was wrong.
    "How about some popcorn? And olives."
    Shit. Oh well. It's been a blood draw day, which is always a bit hard, I wasn't about to overrule her desires. So, I added to them. "And V-8 juice?"
    Zesty response: "Sounds good!"
    So, that's what she had.
    I was surprised by her blood sugar. Took it twice, just to make sure.

Non-stat Dinner

Dinner:  2015  & Meds What she ate:  Cobb Salad with the usual ingredients, including olives, and chopped ham and egg, and home made buttermilk ranch dressing
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
291.66 mg Augmentin	1/3 of an 875 mg tabl with meal	to address UTI infection
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

    No, you read right. I forgot to take stats. She was hungry just three hours after lunch, and, as well, I ended up having to change her bed twice today, so, in the busy after-evening I forgot to take stats. Because she ended up having popcorn for lunch, I was very curious about her blood sugar, and even more curious about her blood pressure because of the second watershed, today. But, oh well, she's alive, feeling good, and today's the last day of antibiotics. And, now, she's too relaxed to bother her with taking her blood pressure.
    Tonight, because I expect that she's going to fight staying up longer that she really wants, I decided, last night and all, to administer the antibiotics and the iron together. It's not that they're dangerous together, it's that iron and other minerals can drain effectiveness from antibiotics.
    Her appetite was excellent. Her mood is very good. She's annoyed with the bruise on her arm and won't leave it alone, but the day has been salvaged.