7:49am Maureen had another seizure episode today. It lasted until 8:04am. Pulse peaked 122, O2 hovered between 93%-95%. Maureen's eyes were fixed with minimal blinking. Arms twitched occasionally. Lower extremities are relaxed.
8:15am Maureen is occasionally closing her eyes as if she is about to fall back to sleep. Diaper is dry. She is lying on her left side.
8:30am Maureen is sound asleep. Pulse is 68, O2 is 95%.
8:40am Maureen stirs from time to time. She is almost ready to start her day.
9:00am Our morning begins. Due to the episode from earlier, Maya and I refrained from giving Maureen a complete bed bath today and will save it for tomorrow. Diaper is medium wet - we performed a clean and change, applied 3M products, dressed, and headed to the kitchen after.
9:30am Administered Levothyroxine with applesauce.
9:35am Breakfast - Maya and I decided to give Maureen her smoothie for breakfast along with 8 oz of prune juice.
10:32am Administered Lisinopril and Loratidine with applesauce.
10:35am Oral care.
10:42am We reclined Maureen's geri chair down one notch.
10:45am Morning facial routine.
General Observation @11:00am - Maureen's morning was difficult more than usual today. Congestion is heavy today and that translated over with breakfast - she coughed multiple times to the point she was red in the face and Maya and I could hear the grinding sound we have heard before. Energy is great though - Maureen is attentive and vocal. She even gave us a few smiles. Position in the geri chair is perfect with help of the two green wedge pillows and the red velour pillow behind her. She began to lose energy at 10:50am - she is quiet, drooling quite a bit, and she closes her eyes from time to time.
11:30am We headed to the bedroom for rest break #1. Maureen's diaper is medium wet and she had a very small, soft bowel movement - Maya and I performed a clean and change. Maureen will lie on her right side for one hour starting at 11:38am.
12:38pm Rest break #1ends. Maureen's diaper is medium wet - Maya and I performed a clean and change and we headed to the kitchen.
12:55pm Lunch - butternut squash soup, steam Brussels sprouts, chicken salad, bottle of organic coconut water, cup of water.
1:10pm Weekly visit with Ann Emberson, RN.
1:44pm Oral care.
2:30pm We headed to the bedroom for rest break #2. Maureen's diaper is heavy, heavy wet and she had a small, soft bowel movement - Maya and I performed a clean and change. Rest break begins at 2:45pm.
3:15pm We shortened Maureen's rest break today. Diaper is dry. We headed to the front room after.
3:30pm Fruit snack.
Daily Cough Count
Breakfast/ Smoothie | Lunch | Fruit Snack | Other | Red Face |
4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
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