Friday October 4, 2024 Daytime update

• 8:00am Maureen’s already awake, accepting sips of water via swab with Tom by her side.

• 8:45am Maureen seems fully awake, we raised her bed to administer 75mcg Levothyroxine with apple sauce.

• 8:50am Merianne and I started the day by giving Maureen a full body bath using warm washcloth and cetaphil cleanser, no redness observed. Clean/change a dry diaper with small bright-red blood spot, applied Cavilon barrier film to sacrum, barrier cream to inner thighs area. Dressed and continued to wash Maureen’s hair, heading to the kitchen afterward.

• 9:15am Breakfast starts with 8oz prune juice with a full cap of Miralax, and a full Activia yogurt.

• 9:25am Administered 10mg Loratadine and 100mg Docusate/colace (chopped) with yogurt.

• Reclined Geri chair one notch for comfort.

• 9:30am Blow/dry and styling Maureen’s hair.

• 9:45am Breakfast cont. with oatmeal/blueberries pancake with jam, coffee and a cup of lemon water. Coughed three times, suction pump used once.

• Daily miralax dosage: full cap

• 10:10am Oral care.

• 10:20am Facial routine performed.

• Maureen was napping for about 35 minutes as soon as she was done with her morning routine.

• 11:30am Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s first resting break. Diaper it’s dry with a tiny blood stain, positioned on her right side.

• 12:30pm First break ends. Clean/change a medium wet diaper with a Large-formed BM, and a tiny - brownish blood spot. Dressed and headed to the kitchen.

• Reclined Geri chair one notch for comfort.

• 12:45pm Blood pressure: 100/62, P 82

• 12:50pm Lunch: Chicken/rice soup with guacamole, full cup of coconut water and baked apple with vanilla ice cream for dessert. Coughed twice.

• 1:35pm Oral care.

• 2:20pm Maureen sits relaxed and alert while listening to her playlist. In the meantime, she had 3/4 cup of ginger tea.

• 2:30pm Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s second resting break. Tom and I clean/change a heavy wet diaper with small-bright red blood spot, positioned on her left side

• 3:30pm Second break ends. Diaper it’s dry and clean, dressed and headed to the living area.

• 3:45pm Maureen’s enjoying her fruit snack (melon/pear/kiwi), and half cup of lemon water.

• Throughout the day, Maureen didn’t show any signs of discomfort or distress. She’s been calm, alert, ate all her meals with enthusiasm and gave us a couple of smiles.