BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1213     Reading:  149

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1236     BP:  138/66     Pulse:  54

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2004     Reading:  144

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1959     BP:  127/60     Pulse:  70

    Although my plan was to allow Mom to sleep "in" until 1230, she was up on her own at noon. Good. Breakfast proceeded as usual. Again, she took a shortened nap, just an hour today. Very good. She was interested in lunch, today, at about 1830. I served her heavily peppered cottage cheese and V-8 juice. I offered either olives or pickled asparagus spears but she wasn't interested.
    I was surprised at her BG reading for dinner. I'm not sure why it was so high. Even though I hadn't planned anything starchy or sweet I gave her a second glipizide with her dinner pills, anyway, just to see if I can't get it down for a bit. I'm thinking, now, maybe, depending on her HA1c reading, for which blood will be drawn April 4th, that maybe a second glipizide a bit more often than she's now getting would be in order, but not every day. I'll need to check with the doctor to see if this is an acceptable way to use glipizide, or if it is one of those "either/or" medications that needs to be used on a regular schedule. If it is, I may request 5 mg ER pills, one for morning, one for evening, with extra 2.5 mg tablets if necessary. I'm just guessing, right now. We'll see how her HA1c reads.
    For dinner I served rolled, tenderized flank steaks stuffed with bacon bits and Portabello mushrooms and home pickled beets (without sugar).
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1600, when she awoke from her nap: Excellent volume; very good consistency; very easy elimination; easy clean-up. I was pleased at the volume. She hasn't had an "excellent volume" movement for awhile.
    She retired at 2320. Her light went off at 2340.

Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1010     Reading:  140

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1028     BP:  134/63     Pulse:  56

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2004     Reading:  97

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2004     BP:  122/58     Pulse:  66

    Today was Blood Draw Day, so I had her up early. Because her BG was so high I administered her glipizide with her other upon-awakening pills in the hopes that it would begin to work on her blood sugar while we were bathing her and having her blood drawn. She barely leaked last night so she had a short bath this morning.
    She took a medium nap, an hour and a half. Wasn't interested in lunch but I convinced her to have some cottage cheese and mini-dills (oops, I forgot to pick some of those up at Costco today, the day I'm entering this, 3/25/06). It was a long day for her and I figured, since we didn't eat breakfast until 1230 and weren't going to be eating dinner until 2030, a lunch might be appropriate, despite her wishes. As soon as she saw the food she was hungry. I need to remember this when she says, "No lunch."
    Dinner was freshly home made corned beef hash with added onions and garlic. She retired at 2340 but both of us were back up for a little over an hour beginning at 0215 (3/25/06): The cats awoke us and, after that, we stayed up and talked for awhile until they, and we, settled down. So, I'm going to let her sleep until 1230 today (3/25/06) unless she awakens on her own earlier.

BM Half Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1237     Reading:  143

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1318     BP:  139/68     Pulse:  56

    Evening stats got lost in the process of starting dinner, realizing I didn't have it all together and deciding to get fast food. I gave Mom her choice: Carl's burger, Taco Bell, KFC; she chose the burger. She also wanted onion rings, so I decided to give her a second glipizide this evening. No lunch at all, today...she napped through lunch.
    And, yes, I awoke her after less than her usual 12 hours. I forgot to go back in and mention that Mom was back up last night as I closed off my last post of the day over at The Mom & Me Journals dot Net and we were up talking until a little after 0200. I don't know why she was so active last night, but she was up on her own at 1230 today, which was fine with me.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 2330: Fair volume; excellent consistency; easy elimination; very easy clean-up.
    As usual, I'm timing this before I'm writing it. As of this moment, it's 0025, 3/24/05. Mom's been in bed for 20 minutes. Her light is still on. I'll be going to bed soon. She's got a blood draw tomorrow so I'll be getting her up at 1000. I pre-"warned" her twice. I need to make sure I get up at least two hours ahead and get everything together so that bath time goes relatively quickly and I can finish her hair and get her to the lab before noon.

Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1313     Reading:  139

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1323     BP:  157/81     Pulse:  71

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2002     Reading:  123

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1954     BP:  131/66     Pulse:  59

    Despite my best laid plans, mentioned over at my second post of the day at The Mom & Me Journals dot Net, I didn't get my extra half hour. Mom was awake and in the bathroom on her own at 1300, so I hopped to. Probably was a good thing...it kept me out of myself. I worked hard, today, at being "normal". Interestingly, Mom countered me every step of the way. Didn't want to play Sorry. Didn't want to read this afternoon or this evening. Over the last week or so she's become a fan of Walker, Texas Ranger through it's late night reruns after M*A*S*H; she thinks it's meant to be broad comedy and chuckles through it; but she didn't even want to stay up for those, tonight.
    I'm not sure why her BG was high today, nor why her BP was high this evening and as high as it was this morning. Could have been a reaction to what may have been my obvious work to be "normal". I don't know. What I do know is that I plan on asking the doctor if I should maybe up her evening dose of lisinopril to 15 or 20 mg, just to see if that takes her blood pressure down in the morning. I mean, it may be a reaction to me and the irritation she feels at being statted in the morning, but high blood pressure is high blood pressure.
    Wow. It's 2338. Her light just went off. Guess I'd better plan on getting her up between 1130 and noon, tomorrow.
    For dinner she had left over tomato pie, which she loved. Lunch, again, was a very light affair again, a 1 oz bag of peanuts at 1800, maybe an hour after she arose from her nap, which happened maybe 20 minutes after she went down for her nap.

BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1306     Reading:  144

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1331     BP:  138/69     Pulse:  67

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2019     Reading:  201

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2018     BP:  126/58     Pulse:  54

    Meals were ass backwards today. For breakfast I served pineapple upside down cake (no orange juice, only detox tea). We got a bonus snow, today, yet another Christmas card snow, and Mom bemoaned the fact that we have no more sweet rolls, "They'd be so good on a day like this." So, I fished pineapple upside down cake out of the freezer and that satisfied her. It, obviously, more than satisfied her blood glucose. I have reason to believe that her BG didn't go as high during the day as it looks as though it might have because for lunch all she had was a 1 oz bag of peanuts, about an hour and a half before dinner, so those were also showing up in her blood.
    Dinner was breakfast meat (both a few pieces of bacon and the last of the Canadian ham) with an egg. I also gave her a second glipizide yet again tonight, just to make sure her blood glucose didn't remain too out of hand overnight.
    I'm not sure why her BG was 144 this morning, I imagine it had something to do with the noodles in both the Mac & Cheese and the home made chicken noodle soup, but I'm not worried. Anything to get her HA1c up.
    Her Bowel Movement today was nothing spectacular. I think it was the tail end of all the elimination she's been doing provoked by the Phillip's a little over a day ago: It occurred at 0020 (on her way to bed) 3/22/06: Poor volume (which is to be expected, considering); good consistency; elimination not as easy as usual but not hard; somewhat smeary clean-up. Earlier in the evening, about 2000, she headed into the bathroom thinking she had to evacuate but as it turned out she didn't. I guess it took her awhile to work up to The Final Cleansing.
    She was finally in the bedroom at 0040. As I sign off at 1305, her light has just gone out.

BM BM Full Stat Day

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1234     Reading:  118

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1308     BP:  144/62     Pulse:  53

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2103     Reading:  102

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2103     BP:  120/59     Pulse:  64

    Normal breakfast today; light lunch, she refused anything, in fact, so I quietly put a 1 oz bag of peanuts on her TV table, which she noticed and ate; for dinner I served Leftover Jamboree which included the rest of the Mac & Cheese with meat, extra cheese, chopped onions, celery and sun dried tomatoes from a few days ago and the home made chicken soup with loads of vegetables from a week or so ago.
    Her first Bowel Movement occurred at 1530: Fairly good volume; excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up. I was expecting more, though, and sure enough, a second Bowel Movement occurred at 1830: Very good volume; somewhat smeary consistency; very easy elimination; somewhat challenging clean-up.
    I gave her a second 10 mg dose of furosemide this morning with breakfast because her right foot was still noticeably pudgy. She's been shedding water all day, but not as boluminously as I'd expect with the two doses of furosemide under her belt. This evening when I rubbed her legs down, her right foot was a bit swollen, although not nearly as bad as last night. Her left foot looked good for evening.
    She retired at midnight, straight up. Her light went off at 0020, 3/21/06, just a few minutes ago. She was in an excellent mood, very good humor.

BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1212     Reading:  123

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1245     BP:  154/60     Pulse:  55

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2116     Reading:  116

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2117     BP:  110/65     Pulse:  57

    This morning included the last of the sweet rolls I bought yesterday, cheese Danishes, so I'm quite pleased with her evening BG. At breakfast I substituted an adult aspirin for her normal 81 mg aspirin because she was stiff enough to complain about it.
    She took a standard nap, just under two hours. Wanted only peanuts for lunch. I served the Tomato Biscuit Pie for dinner. I thought it was filling, but she asked if we had any ice cream around 2230. We do. I gave her two scoops with chocolate sauce, and a second glipizide. She was completely satisfied.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 2000: Fairly poor volume; excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up. I decided, despite the bowel movement, to give her just under two tablespoons of Phillip's Milk of Magnesia before she went to bed. I also noticed, when I rubbed her legs down, that she seemed to have retained an unusual amount of fluid in her feet and face just throughout the evening, so I decided to give her 10 mg furosemide as well. I don't usually like to give it to her at night, but I was alarmed at how quickly the fluid collected, especially since she hasn't been retaining fluid at all over the last more than a few days. In fact, again, this morning, her bed was dry and her feet told me that it wasn't because of water retention. Despite the dry bed, I don't like the idea of a limited bath twice in a row, so I suggested a modified full bath, just to make sure that all her kitten scratches were thoroughly cleaned and her skin was stimulated all over her body. Essentially, this meant that we fudged only on her legs, where I cleaned the scratches up with soap and water. Everything else got it's normal treatment.
    She stayed up until 0045 (3/20/06). Her light went out at 0100. She had a good day today...not terribly lively, in fact we never got a chance to read, we launched a Sorry tournament, instead, then she got caught up in a couple of mysteries on one of the cable channels until it was time for The L Word.