Today's Stats:

BM Non-stat Breakfast

Breakfast:  1200  & Meds What she ate:  2 hard over egg, heavily peppered approx 4 oz slice sugar cured lean ham 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
36 mg Iron Protein Succinylate	2 18 mg tablets one 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
1000 mg acetaminophen	2 500 mg tabs with breakfast	complaining of pain and stiffness in right knee
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
Levaquin/250 mg	2 hours after first iron dose: 1330	to address UTI
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with antibiotic	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    Again, up on her own and food in front of her before noon! And it's "one of those [weather] days" to boot!
    You'll notice I gave her acetaminophen instead of aspirin this morning. I don't like to mix those two and she seemed to be more needy of the acetaminophen.
    I did witness her Bowel Movement this morning. As often happens, now, she eliminated about 10 minutes after settling herself onto the toilet stool for her morning bath. Considering that it was fair to good volume, easily eliminated and an easy clean-up, I'd say that she probably did, indeed, have a bowel movement on 2/5/05.
    I ran out of Niferex-150 before breakfast this morning, so I substituted her other iron and she'll get the Niferex at lunch.

Non-stat Lunch

Lunch:  1630  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1 cup left over More then Mac & Cheese 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
tolterodine tartrate ER/4 mg	Once per day	4 week trial to see if it inhibits her incontinence

    Although I was home with the Niferex-150 by the time she awoke from her nap and wanted lunch, I forgot to switch. So, I think at this point, I'll just wait until tomorrow morning to catch up with the Niferex-150.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  2012     Reading:  141

Blood Pressure:     Had difficulty negotiating     her clothes to take it

Dinner:  2030  & Meds What she ate:  approx 1.5 cups generic chili with additions over green chili/SW fire cornbread, sprinkled with grated yellow sharp cheddar.
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
Niferex-150	1 150 mg tab 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

    She's been wearing her unicorn sweatshirt, today. The cuffs make it impossible to negotiate fixing her clothes to take a 'good' blood pressure without irritating her right out of her skin. So, I decided not to take her blood pressure tonight. As we both agree when I do this, "Well, you look like you're alive, so you've no doubt got a blood pressure."
    I also forgot the aloe vera gel. Oh well. Her 'high' blood sugar is a result of eating More than Mac & Cheese. But, it's still well within her limits, so I'm not going to stress about it.