Combined Stats: 11/1 - 11/2/05
BM Traveling Day: 11/1/05
All pertinent stats and casual data for the entire day are contained within this post, including meals, hydration and elimination. Her sort of surprise of a Bowel Movement occurred around 1120. She hadn't had one in awhile and I'd been worried since last night that she might not have one before we left and then have an accident on the trip. I prepared for it but, you know, accidents are always messy and inconvenient. However, she recognized, right after we'd been seated at Marie Callender's one of Mom's favorite luncheon restaurants and not necessarily for their pies (not so much for dinner). This was our first bathroom stop after the trip down. I ushered her in by plan, assuming she would only pee, and she ended up having a quick, decent Bowel Movement: Good volume (could have been better); excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up. Although she was not happy about it, I insisted on cleaning her afterward. She had, by the time she allowed me into her stall (I allowed her the privacy of "being alone with [her] thoughts" because she was so robust yesterday; as it turned out, it was a good choice) already "wiped" herself, which is okay now that she's on Macrodantin but a self-wipe is now always followed by my wipe.
Our meals:
These were the only stats I took today, right after Mom awoke. Breakfast was normal. The rest of the day was not. We both recovered from yesterday with long naps. Mom went down and got up a couple hours before me in both cases. She ate her way through lunch and up to dinner, downing a couple of pieces of homemade 100% whole wheat bread slathered with margarine and some chokecherry jam we got from MCF and about 1/3 of a jar of MCS's Break & Butter pickles. When I awoke, around 1930, although I have no idea when she downed the last pickle, she was hungry for dinner and decided to have her hunky piece of Marie Callender's pumpkin cheesecake and a couple of cups of her instant decaf coffee.
I tried to keep her on tract with liquids by making her bedtime, which occurred at about 2245, light off at 2300, an extra 16 oz glass of water, which she downed quickly with no prompting so I know she was thirsty.
All pills and supplements were administered as usual except that she received 5 mg lisinopril at breakfast and dinner.
Although I am curious about her BP yesterday, I am glad it occurred to me not to take her BG. I shudder to think how high it soared yesterday!
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Blood Glucose: Time: 0641 Reading: 124 |
Blood Pressure: Time: 0701 BP: 134/67 Pulse: 56 |
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Blood Pressure: Time: 1402 BP: 132/60 Pulse: 68 |
All pertinent stats and casual data for the entire day are contained within this post, including meals, hydration and elimination. Her sort of surprise of a Bowel Movement occurred around 1120. She hadn't had one in awhile and I'd been worried since last night that she might not have one before we left and then have an accident on the trip. I prepared for it but, you know, accidents are always messy and inconvenient. However, she recognized, right after we'd been seated at Marie Callender's one of Mom's favorite luncheon restaurants and not necessarily for their pies (not so much for dinner). This was our first bathroom stop after the trip down. I ushered her in by plan, assuming she would only pee, and she ended up having a quick, decent Bowel Movement: Good volume (could have been better); excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up. Although she was not happy about it, I insisted on cleaning her afterward. She had, by the time she allowed me into her stall (I allowed her the privacy of "being alone with [her] thoughts" because she was so robust yesterday; as it turned out, it was a good choice) already "wiped" herself, which is okay now that she's on Macrodantin but a self-wipe is now always followed by my wipe.
Our meals:
- Breakfast: four slices Canadian Bacon, slightly burnt; one pumpkin-cranberry muffin; O.J with 2 tsps Benefiber®; approx. 8 oz instant decaf coffee
- Lunch: small salad consisting of greens, gorganzola, chicken breast slices, candied pecans, a balsamic vinaigrette dressing, plus all the fries on my sandwich plate for which I forgot to substitute cole slaw at the time of ordering, slathered with her usual amount of ketchup. She ordered a piece of pumpkin cheese cake to immediately follow her meal but her eyes were bigger than her stomach so it's awaiting her in our refrigerator. She drank a fair amount of liquid, maybe 24 oz. brewed decaf coffee. She wanted caffeinated coffee but I discreetly reminded her caffeine loosens her bowels so for forewent it. Of course, some brewed decafs do the same thing so I don't think it's only the caffeine, but I figured it would be best not to plant the suggestion.
- Snack: Around 1530 she had a pumpkin cranberry muffin at MCF's to wash down a 200 mg ibuprofen before taking a nap. Dinner: Around 1845 we all sat to a hearty meal of oven barbecued ribs, baked beans, cauliflower with a thick, savory, cheesy cheese sauce; a crescent roll with an extraordinary organic butter; a small slice of gingerbread with sweetened whipped cream. She ate hearty.
- Miscellaneous Liquids:
- About 24 oz. diet Root Beer throughout our entire visit with MCS & family
- Enforced drinking of about 12 oz water while we traveled from point to point.
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Blood Glucose: Time:1115 Reading: 112 |
Blood Pressure: Time: 1126 BP: 127/68 Pulse: 66 |
These were the only stats I took today, right after Mom awoke. Breakfast was normal. The rest of the day was not. We both recovered from yesterday with long naps. Mom went down and got up a couple hours before me in both cases. She ate her way through lunch and up to dinner, downing a couple of pieces of homemade 100% whole wheat bread slathered with margarine and some chokecherry jam we got from MCF and about 1/3 of a jar of MCS's Break & Butter pickles. When I awoke, around 1930, although I have no idea when she downed the last pickle, she was hungry for dinner and decided to have her hunky piece of Marie Callender's pumpkin cheesecake and a couple of cups of her instant decaf coffee.
I tried to keep her on tract with liquids by making her bedtime, which occurred at about 2245, light off at 2300, an extra 16 oz glass of water, which she downed quickly with no prompting so I know she was thirsty.
All pills and supplements were administered as usual except that she received 5 mg lisinopril at breakfast and dinner.
Although I am curious about her BP yesterday, I am glad it occurred to me not to take her BG. I shudder to think how high it soared yesterday!
posted by Gail Rae @ 23:59
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