Friday August 2, 2024 Daytime update
8:00am Maureen’s lying on her left, already awake and receptive to sips of water via swab.
8:15am Maureen seems fully awake, we raised the bed to administer 75 mcg Levothyroxine with apple sauce.
8:25am Merianne and I started our day by giving Maureen an upper body bath using warmed purple wipes, no redness observed. Wipe/clean a dry diaper, applied Cavilon barrier film to sacrum, barrier cream to inner thighs area. Dressed and headed to the kitchen.
8:40am Administered 2-50mg Senna plus (crushed) with apple sauce and a cup of lemon water.
Reclined Geri chair one notch for comfort.
8:50am Breakfast: Oatmeal/blueberries pancake with fresh pear, coffee and 6oz prune juice. Coughed twice, suction pump used once.
9:30 Administered 10mg Loratadine with yogurt.
Daily Miralax dosage: None, Senna plus instead.
9:35am Oral care.
9:45am Blood pressure: 110/68, P 60.
10:00am Deanna arrives to color and trim Maureen’s hair.
Maureen seems to be in good spirits, alert and smiley today. 🙏
11:10am Maureen’s awake after napping for about 10 minutes. Transferred to the bedroom for her first resting break. Clean/change a medium wet diaper, positioned on her right side.
12:10pm First break ends. Diaper it’s dry, dressed and headed to the kitchen.
12:25pm Lunch: Grilled turkey and cheese sandwich, full cup of root beer, and mandarin for dessert. Coughed once.
Reclined Geri chair one notch during lunch, Maureen was leaning forward.
1:10pm Oral care.
1:20pm Facial routine performed.
1:30pm Catie, RN from Journey Care arrives for Maureen’s re-evaluation. We informed her about Maureen holding her pee again, leaning forward more lately, and her two recent episodes this week…
Maureen stayed awake, relaxed and smiled few times while listening to her playlist. She had a cup of cranberry juice before her nap.
2:30pm Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s second resting break. Clean/change a heavy wet diaper, positioned on her left side.
3:30pm Second break ends. Diaper it’s dry, dressed and headed to the living area.
3:45pm Maureen is enjoying her fruit snack (melon/pear/kiwi) and half cup of lemon water.
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