Today's Stats:

BM Non-stat Breakfast

Breakfast:  1215  & Meds What she ate:   4 oz lean roasted ham 3 blueberry pancakes with at least a half cup of pure maple syrup and at least 3 Tbl margarine 6 oz orange juice diluted w/8 oz water
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
Niferex-150 [150 mg elemental iron]	1 hour before breakfast: 1120	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
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
acetaminophen/1000 mg	2 500 mg tabs with breakfast	for stiffness and achiness
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/500 mg	2 250 mg tablets 2 hours after iron ingestion	to address UTI
1/2 cup pure cranberry juice w/12 oz water	with antibiotics	standard twice a day supplement for kidney protection and enhancement of waste management

    So, yeah, take a look at that amazing breakfast! The decision to have blueberry pancakes was spur of the moment. I thought about the rain, about how Mom feels cramped and crampy in the rain, about how I'd been thinking about making today a "baking day" (still haven't decided about that, yet) and came up with, "I know what will make Mom feel halfway decent: Pancakes! Better yet, blueberry pancakes (better get some antioxidants in)!
    She was overwhelmed. I've never seen her get ready for breakfast so fast. Her short term memory handled this piece of data just fine.
    Bathing included a Bowel Movement this morning at 1130. Very good volume, excellent consistency, easy execution.
    I was so surprised at how quickly Mom went from awakening to eating breakfast that I even mentioned it to her and exclaimed, "And all that even included a bowel movement, and you were still taking your first mouthful of pancakes at 1215!"
    "Pancakes perform miracles," she said.
    I guess we'll need to make miracles around here more often.

Dinner

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1930     Reading:  226

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1934     BP:  127/62     Pulse:  62

Dinner:  1945  & Meds What she ate:  Approx 1.5 cups More than Mac & Cheese
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
100% Aloe Vera gel/1 oz	just before meal	helps increase the cells' sensitivity to insulin when used with glipizide
Niferx-150	1 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

    Well, you can see this morning's pancakes in this evening's blood sugar. She had no lunch...slept through it, again. I shudder to think what her blood sugar was earlier today! We won't be doing pancakes too often, but we'll do them more often than we have, and I'll definitely get some buckwheat flour.
    Otherwise, except for her extreme tiredness, she's done well and everything seems to be going fine.