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After another lengthy absence...

...of a year, this journal continues here, restarting on 7/9/08.

Three Quarter Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1441     Reading:  115

Blood Pressure:     Time:  1452     BP:  152/68     Pulse:  55

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2133     Reading:  124

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    Breakfast: Normal.
    Lunch: Just coffee.
    Dinner: Mom's choice, Just Desserts, some sort of chocolate/cream mousse thing that I go for New Year's Eve at Mom's request.
    She received three glipizide (the extra just before retirement) and three lisinopril. Unfortunately, the extra lisinopril doesn't seem to be working very well. I'll stick with it, for awhile, and see what happens.
    Retired at 0045, 1/1/07. Light out at 0120.

BM Half Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1444     Reading:  148

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2029     Reading:  101

Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    Breakfast: Normal, including O.J., again.
    Lunch: Peanuts mixed with cashews and coffee.
    Dinner: 1/6th of a piece of a Colossal brand chicken pot pie.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1430: Good volume; excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.
    She retired much earlier than usual tonight, at 2230. Her light just went out at 2300.

Half Stat Day:

A.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  1459     Reading:  141

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1503     BP:  151/74     Pulse:  57

    Breakfast: Normal except no orange juice; Detox tea with her breakfast instead of afterwards.
    Lunch: Peanuts mixed with cashews and V-8 juice with 1 tsp curry powder.
    Dinner: Carl's Jr. $6.00 Jalapeno Burger with onion rings and loads of ketchup. Third lisinopril and glipizide at bedtime.
    Retired at 0245, 12/30/06. Light out at 0315. That's right. She was cruising, tonight.

BM Three Quarter Stat Day:

Blood Glucose:     Time:  1335     Reading:  157

A.M. Blood Pressure:     Time:  1342     BP:  150/69     Pulse:  64

P.M. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2030     Reading:  155

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    Breakfast: Ham and eggs, 1/2 cranberry scone, no OJ, two 10 mg glipizide tablets.
    Peanuts and coffee.
    Dinner: A croissant, ham, swiss cheese, mustard sandwich. I also gave her two 10 mg glipizide tablets at dinner. And, she received three lisinopril today, one at bedtime. As I recall, she got only two yesterday, which accounts for her high systolic this morning.
    Her Bowel Movement occurred at 1630, just before she laid down for a nap: Fairly Good Volume; excellent consistency; very easy elimination; very easy clean-up.
    She was clearly tired today. I could clearly see this "in her aspect and in her eyes." Little movement, lots of sleep, not prone to pay attention to anything, eyes swollen and itchy, so agitated she didn't even want her hair washed and set.
    She retired early, too. So early that she took me by surprise. She just got up, headed into the bathroom and mentioned over her shoulder, "Well, I'm going to bed." That was at about 2230.
    I scrambled to. In the bathroom I asked her if she wanted her legs rubbed down. Leg rub downs are especially beneficial when she's tired.
    She stared up at me from the toilet seat. Her eyes said, "If you think I'm getting back up, then down, then up again, then down then up once more before I go to bed, you're crazy. "We'll do it tomorrow," she said.
    She was in her bedroom by 2300. Her light went out at 2330.
    I was in bed before midnight, as well.

Quarter Stat Day:

P.m. Blood Glucose:     Time:  2128     Reading:  206

P.M. Blood Pressure:     Not taken

    All three (1, 2, 3) posts for this date over at The Mom & Me Journals dot Net will go a long way toward explaining today. I let Mom sleep in. For selfish reasons. Didn't bother her any.
    Although I'm not sure exactly when she arose, I know that she was at the table eating breakfast by 1600. Short bath, though. So, she might have arisen as late as 1500 and as early as 1430. Not sure.
    As we were bathing I half jokingly asked her, "So, how would you like your ham this morning?"
    She cocked her head. "Surprise me," she said. I did. I had purchased some fresh, buttery croissants at the Wildflower Bread Company when I purchased the scones. I split one in half and made her heated ham/egg/Swiss (Jarlsburg) cheese sandwich for breakfast. She was thrilled.
    She didn't take a nap. I did, yet again, though. I inadvertently dozed on the couch again, second day in a row, I think, and awoke at least a couple hours later. This time I had to clear my chest. I must have picked up a cold on the trip.
    Technically, I don't suppose Mom needed a recovery day, today, but I got no argument from her and I needed one.
    No formal lunch.
    Dinner about a half hour after her BG was taken. Yes, I gave her 20 mg glipizide instead of 10, although I wasn't surprised at her BG.
    Only two glipizide and two iron capsules today, though.
    She's already retired, at 2330, although her light remains on while she reads herself tired. Ah. Just went out at 2355.