Mom's Daily Tests & Meds: 2004 - 2006

Daily postings of Mom's in-home tests, administered medications, food eaten and the relationship among the three and her life.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Today's Stats:

BM Breakfast
Blood Glucose:
    Time:  1242
    Reading:  93
Blood Pressure:
    Time:  1252
    BP:  119/59
    Pulse:  60

    Her stats look good. She ate a good breakfast but it was hell getting fluids down her.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1445, just before she napped: Poor volume, I expect she'll have another one within the next 24 hours; good consistency but smeary, so I guess she's still working off the excess soluble fiber; very easy elimination; not very easy clean-up.

Lunch
Blood Glucose:
    Time:  Not taken
Blood Pressure:
    Time:  1745
    BP:  115/54
    Pulse:  60

    Good pressure. Although she was "a little hungry", she remembered that we'd talked about having KFC for dinner tonight. I told her that it was too early to have a large meal + meds so she opted for some yoghurt (with wheat germ) and 11.5 oz V-8 juice.
    She looks better, since her nap, and is breathing better than I expected and much better than this morning (for information on this see today's post at The Mom & Me Journals dot Net. The humidity has increased and a storm is in the process of building as I write but she isn't mouth breathing anymore, although she's moving verrrry sloooow. Oh well. I take whatever I can get.
Dinner
Blood Glucose:
    Time:  1955
    Reading:  126
Blood Pressure:
    Time:  1955
    BP:  139/68
    Pulse:  61

    Yes, I will be taking her blood pressure again before bed.
    For dinner we had KFC. She ate an Original Recipe thigh, about 3/4's cup of their Mac & Cheese and about 3/4's cup of their green beans. Oh, and blueberry cobbler with cream.

Bedtime
Blood Glucose:
    Time:  Not taken
Blood Pressure:
    Time:  2212
    BP:  148/72
    Pulse:  74

    It's one of those rain days wherein she's been having trouble breathing and has been on oxygen all day, so, considering her dinner reading, I had to check her blood pressure again. Good thing. I gave her a third lisinopril before sending her off to dreamland.

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