Today's Stats:
BM Breakfast
Everything looks good, although she's dragging today. As you can see from the length of time between taking her blood glucose (taken as soon, after I awoke her at 1100, as I could talk her hand over the edge of the bed) and taking her blood pressure (always, now, taken in the bathroom after she's settled on the toilet for her bath), she wasn't interested in getting up. I told her she can't take a nap until she is halfway decently hydrated. She's working on this, slowly and reluctantly.
Her Bowel Movement occurred at noon: and a hefty turd it was, folks, probably the rest of yesterday's movement; excellent consistency; very easy elimination, very easy clean-up.
Dinner
She slept most of the afternoon so, considering how "early" we had breakfast this morning, I decided lunch was unnecessary and we'd go right to dinner. Her blood pressure shows dehydration but I'm performing water torture so that should take care of it.
For dinner she had "the best grilled ham and cheese [she's] ever tasted": Two thick slices of honey ham, a hearty slice of yellow sharp cheddar, mustard and slices olives between two pieces of white potato bread; also about a half cup of MCS's Bread & Butter pickles and 11.5 oz V-8 juice. She also had the last (thank god that's gone) piece of chocolate cake, lots of coffee, and later I insisted she drink a full 16 oz. of water. When she retired she had no feet or belly swelling, she just looked well hydrated.
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Blood Glucose: Time: 1110 Reading: 114 |
Blood Pressure: Time: 1144 BP: 110/59 Pulse: 68 |
Everything looks good, although she's dragging today. As you can see from the length of time between taking her blood glucose (taken as soon, after I awoke her at 1100, as I could talk her hand over the edge of the bed) and taking her blood pressure (always, now, taken in the bathroom after she's settled on the toilet for her bath), she wasn't interested in getting up. I told her she can't take a nap until she is halfway decently hydrated. She's working on this, slowly and reluctantly.
Her Bowel Movement occurred at noon: and a hefty turd it was, folks, probably the rest of yesterday's movement; excellent consistency; very easy elimination, very easy clean-up.
Dinner
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Blood Glucose: Time: 1853 Reading: 94 |
Blood Pressure: Time: 1839 BP: 102/47 Pulse: 60 |
She slept most of the afternoon so, considering how "early" we had breakfast this morning, I decided lunch was unnecessary and we'd go right to dinner. Her blood pressure shows dehydration but I'm performing water torture so that should take care of it.
For dinner she had "the best grilled ham and cheese [she's] ever tasted": Two thick slices of honey ham, a hearty slice of yellow sharp cheddar, mustard and slices olives between two pieces of white potato bread; also about a half cup of MCS's Bread & Butter pickles and 11.5 oz V-8 juice. She also had the last (thank god that's gone) piece of chocolate cake, lots of coffee, and later I insisted she drink a full 16 oz. of water. When she retired she had no feet or belly swelling, she just looked well hydrated.
posted by Gail Rae @ 23:59
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