Today's Stats:

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1053     Reading:  132

Blood Pressure:     No longer taken at this     time unless necessary

Breakfast:  1115  & 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
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

    I couldn't help it. I sneaked a stat this morning, just to see if the sweet rolls from last night were still surfing her blood stream. Obviously, they are, but conservatively. Good.
    Back to one egg, today. Although she awoke on her own again, which seemed to prophesy good things for her energy level, she was not at all pleased with the weather, grumbled through the morning, complained about being cold even though the house seems warmer than usual to me, today, and decided she needed to nap early, at 1330. Oh well. Following the life of an Ancient One is always full of surprises.

Breakfast

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1549     Reading:  113

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1554     BP:  116/54     Pulse:  67

Lunch:  1600  & Meds What she ate:  1/2 3 oz bag "lite" microwave popcorn 6 pitted, stuffed (w/pimiento) olives 11.5 oz V-8 juice with 1/4 tsp. cinnamon
Med/Dose	Administration	Explanation
none at the moment

    Good stats. Normal lunch (although it looks like no yoghurt, today). Good mood. Good day.

BM Non-stat Dinner

Dinner:  1915  & Meds What she ate:  1 KFC original recipe thigh approx 3/4 cup KFC green beans approx 3/4 cup KFC macaroni and 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
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
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

    Everything was fine with dinner; appetite, readiness, etc.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 2130 this evening in the form of a diarrheaic accident. We were playing a late evening Sorry tournament. Halfway through the second game I smelled, well, I asked Mom if she had gas. She said no. I asked her if she had to go to the bathroom. She said no. I asked her if she thought she might have to go to the bathroom "soon" (I do this because it isn't uncommon for Mom to think she can wait when she can't). She said no. In a couple of minutes the odor convinced me that she must have no idea what her colon is up to. I had her stand and, sure enough, she'd had a bowel accident that was so loose it leaked through her underwear, her flannel pants and the chair cushions. Her bowels performed quite a cleaning. Despite all the fecal material she'd expelled before making it to the toilet, she let go once she was in the bathroom. She continued to eliminate for a good 20 minutes and I monitored her and cleaned her path from the dinette to the bathroom for another 10 minutes just to make sure she was "done". Afterwards, we continued the incomplete game and went on to play a third. When she decided to retire after the third game, about 2300, even though she didn't think she had to go to the bathroom, we decided it might be a good idea to check her underwear, anyway. She had, indeed, expelled a bit more, but just dregs. I think she'll be okay in bed tonight, although I'm pleased that I'll be up for quite awhile, doing two more loads of wash, drying one and starting the drying process on the other. This way, I can keep an eye on possible comings and goings between her bedroom and the bathroom.