Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1244     Reading:  123

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1318     BP:  148/76     Pulse:  52

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2034     Reading:  94

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2033     BP:  111/70     Pulse:  54

    Although she awoke this morning with no pudginess at all in her feet, it seemed to me that her face was a little more rounded than usual, her lower abdomen was a bit poofy, her blood pressure was high, including her diastolic, which, more often than not, remains low when her systolic goes high because of irritation with me taking her blood pressure in the morning, she hacked a little bit, that dry cough and was having enough trouble breathing this morning that I decided to keep her on oxygen during bathing. Thus, although it may seem ridiculous just 36 hours after she had a day of diarrhea, I decided to give her 10 mg furosemide. Since I have to use half a 20 mg tablet, I noticed that in the pill bottle there was already a half tablet that had been shaved at a little less than half, so she probably got about 9 mg, which was fine. I even considered cutting the pill into quarters, but then they crumble and make a mess. The furosemide starting working within an hour after she took it, which was a sign that it was a good idea. I pushed liquids today, too, although didn't get quite as much down as I would have liked. But, by this evening, her BP looked much better and she was breathing much better.
    For dinner I served salmon baked in basil butter and lemon juice and our last two pieces of corn on the cob. I tried to get her interested in grilled garlic/Parmesan bread in order to add some refined carbs, but she wasn't interested and I didn't push. After her nap, which lasted three hours (an unusually lengthy nap for her), all she wanted for lunch was a 1 oz bag of peanuts and coffee, so I didn't push anything else.
    She retired at 2340. It's just now 2359 and I notice her light just flicked off.