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Friday, May 31, 2024 - Daytime Update

  • meriannepedroza
  • May 31, 2024
  • 2 min read

8:00AM - Maureen was awake, looking calm and lying on her left side. According to Tom, Maureen woke up at 7:45am and was slightly distress. She took sips of water via swab.


8:15AM - Maureen went back to sleep.


8:45AM - Maureen is still sleeping.


9:00AM - Maureen starts to open her eyes, still calm and looking sleepy. We put her in an upright position and administer 75mcg of Levothyroxine with apple sauce.


9:10AM - Me and Emily started to wash Maureen's upper body with warmed purple wipes, no redness/rashes on skin observed. Diaper was medium wet, we cleaned/dried and changed her. Applied Cavilon barrier film on the sacrum and applied Cavilon cream on folds. Finished dressing then, transferred to the kitchen.


9:20AM - Breakfast started with cut up pear, 8 oz of prune juice with 1/2 cap MiraLAX, oatmeal/fruit smoothie and 2 spoonfuls of yogurt. She had half a cup of lemon water. Coughed once and Maureen was able to coughed it out.


MiraLAX daily dose - 1/2 cap


9:40AM - Administer 10mg of Loratadine with smoothie. **Reclined geri chair one notch for Maureen's comfort.


9:50AM - Oral care. Followed by facial and hand care routine.


**Maureen has been smiling a lot today. She's relaxing on her recliner, listening to the music.


10:30AM - BP: 110/65, P: 66 bpm


11:25AM - Maureen woke up from a 15min nap.


11:40AM - We transferred Maureen to her bedroom for her 1st rest break. Diaper was dry, we position to face her right side.


12:40PM - 1st rest break ended. Diaper was heavy wet. We cleaned/dried and changed Maureen. Finished dressing then, transferred to the kitchen.


12:50PM - Lunch was tuna salad, potato salad, 2 spoonfuls of yogurt, and a cup of coconut water. Coughed once and 2 sneezes.

Reclined geri chair one notch after for Maureen's comfort.


1:30PM - Oral care.


2:00PM - Maureen had a cup of lemon water. She was comfortably, listening to the music - hands relaxed.


2:35PM - We moved Maureen to the bedroom for her 2nd rest break. Diaper was dry, we inserted suppository to aid with her bowel movement. Position to face her left side after.


3:30PM - 2nd rest break ended. Diaper was lightly wet with large formed bowel movement. We cleaned her thoroughly and dried then, changed and dressed Maureen. Transferred her to the front room.


3:45PM - Fruit snack time (banana, apple and melon). Maureen had a quarter a cup of lemon water before her fruit snack. No coughs.





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