BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1507     Reading:  118

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1529     BP:  120/64     Pulse:  56

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2156     Reading:  167

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2153     BP:  119/54     Pulse:  57

    Today was another one of those up-down-up days. Her first arising, on her own, was at noon. I began to prepare the bathroom for bathing while she was on the toilet. She told me she was planning on going back to bed. She hadn't leaked through (she's been running dry over the last few days, despite me bothering her about liquids) so I changed her underwear and left the bathroom to straighten her bed, rinse out her water glass and refill it. When I headed back down the hall to replace her glass, she was walking down the stairs into the living room.
    "Oh," I said. "Are you staying up? If you are, we need to bathe you, just a short bath today, since you didn't leak through."
    "Noooo," she said, "I'm going back to bed in a few minutes."
    Thinking I might be able to change her mind, I offered to make her a cup of coffee.
    "Ooo, that would be so good!"
    Every fifteen minutes after that, while she sat in her rocker and we chatted, I'd query her about breakfast. She continued to tell me she was going back to bed, "in a few minutes."
    Finally, around 1300, she was back in bed. I checked on her at 1400. Her eyes flickered while I studied her.
    "Feel like getting up, now?"
    "How about another hour?"
    By 1500 she was in the bathroom on her own, alert and ready for the day.
    No nap again today. I think she's taking her naps at night, now.
    Breakfast: Sausage and eggs with chive/garlic cream cheese on half an "everything" bagel.
    No lunch, as has been fairly typical, lately.
    Dinner was Cobb Salad, again, just like last night, except with ham instead of pastrami.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1530, during her bath: Fair volume; excellent consistency; very easy ellimination; very easy clean-up.
    She retired at 0140, 8/13/06. Her light went out at 1400.

Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1513     Reading:  116

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1530     BP:  132/63     Pulse:  61

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2116     Reading:  129

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2113     BP:  135/67     Pulse:  58

    Breakfast: I decided to try half an "everything" bagel and cream cheese, instead of toast, and without fruit to see how this translated into a pre-dinner reading for blood glucose. Otherwise, breakfast was normal.
    Lunch: Coffee and peanuts.
    Dinner: Cobb Salad with the usual fresh vegetable variety, freshly grated Parmesan, chopped green pimiento stuffed olives, pastrami and "real" croutons with the home made Greek/Italian dressing.
    She retired at 0030, 8/12/06. Light out at 0100.

Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1447     Reading:  113

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1512     BP:  144/68     Pulse:  55

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2020     Reading:  174

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2016     BP:  132/66     Pulse:  56

    As you know, Mom went to bed really later than usual (for her) yesterday morning. Thus, I expected her to be ready to rise and shine at 1400 today. But, today was another rainy day right through until 1600. When I roused her at 1400, she asked for another half hour. When I returned at 1430, it took 17 minutes to get her to drop her arm over the edge of the bed so I could take her BG and almost another half hour to get her into the bathroom and relaxed enough to take her BP. Thus, I decided, we'll have a "cold" breakfast; this way, she'll eat a little sooner than if I'm frying bacon and eggs.
    Breakfast: Cut fruit (pineapple, kiwi, cantaloupe, and blueberries; half an "everything" bagel with chive and garlic (if you're wondering, I'm the one who adds the garlic) cream cheese. The bagel seemed to work well with breakfast yesterday, and Mom liked the change. As you'll notice from her BG this evening, though, her blood had a heyday with it, so I think we'll do this strictly as a treat breakfast, rather than normal fare. Of course, some of the problem is that barely five hours passed between breakfast and dinner. I tried to hold dinner off longer, but she began to gripe, loudly, about how hungry she was.
    Lunch: The detox tea she didn't have at breakfast (I gave her coffee instead of orange juice and she wasn't interested in much more liquid than this throughout the day, and she didn't look particularly dehydrated, so I let her determine her liquid intake, especially since fruit is loaded with water) and peanuts.
    Dinner: Chili dogs on bollilo rolls with chopped fresh Bermuda onion and grated sharp yellow cheddar cheese. Later in the evening, around 2300, she asked for "a little something sweet". I suggested a scoop of the creme brulee ice cream. She went for it. I served it in a bamboo crystal wine glass. She practically swooned.
    So, I imagine that her BG will probably be running riot in the morning. We'll cool it down a little, tomorrow.
    She was almost as lively this evening as she was yesterday evening. She retired at 0115, 8/11/06. Her light went off at 0130. Oh, yeah. No nap, today.

BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1348     Reading:  162

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1345     BP:  126/63     Pulse:  61

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2022     Reading:  147

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2019     BP:  139/69     Pulse:  56

    Breakfast: Normal, except for the substitution of half a garlic/onion bagel, toasted, with chive/garlic cream cheese. She liked this and suggested we do this "more often", so, despite the fact that it raises her evening BG a bit, we'll do this.
    Lunch: Normal.
    Dinner: Turkey Pot Pie. When it's grey and cool, which it's been a lot, lately, she really likes these things. We ran out, tonight. Guess I'd better replenish.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 0030, 8/10/06: Excellent volume; pretty smeary consistency; very easy elimination; somewhat challenging clean-up.
    She retired at 0145. Her light went out at 0200.

BM BE Half Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1324     Reading:  164

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1321     BP:  126/65     Pulse:  62

    Breakfast: Normal.
    Lunch: Coffee and peanuts for lunch.
    Dinner: She wanted to use the Burger King Stacker coupon she'd spotted in Sunday's paper, which she'd taken out and carefully placed on the coffee table next to her rocker and TV stand, so we did. She had a double stacker (they're actually not very big) and a medium order of fries.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred immediately after she arose at 1300: Very good volume; fairly good consistency; very easy elimination; slightly challenging clean-up. Her B Expulsion occurred just before retiring at 0050, 8/9/06; it was clearly the tail end of her earlier movement: Poor volume; excellent consistency; very easy elmination (she didn't know she's had it); very easy clean-up.
    She retired right after her Bowel Expulsion. Her light went out at 0115.

BM Full Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1315     Reading:  120

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1332     BP:  112/66     Pulse:  63

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2028     Reading:  129

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  2020     BP:  151/71     Pulse:  63

    Breakfast: Normal.
    Lunch: Normal.
    Dinner: Fazoli's Brocolli Lasagna and a dinner salad.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1720: Fair volume; excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.
    She retired at 0045, 8/8/06. Light went out at 0100.

Non Stat Day:

    When she arose, this morning, she told me she wanted something besides "breakfast food". I suggested pot pie. Sounded good to her.
    Very light lunch. She wanted V-8 juice, but no peanuts. I know, bizarre. When does this woman not want peanuts?
    I should have known that something was up her sleeve. She decided that all she wanted for dinner was Just Dessert. Since she'd had V-8 juice earlier, I accomodated her. She had a slice of her birthday Mudslide Brownie with the pecans and caramel, etc. She was totally satisfied.
    Retired: 0100, 8/07/06. Lights out: 0130.