Monday April 8, 2024 Daytime update

• 8:00am Maureen is sleepy lying on her left side.

• 8:20am Maureen seems fully awake, we raised her bed to administer 75mcg Levothyroxine with apple sauce.

• 8:30am Our day starts. Joanna and I washed Maureen’s upper body with warmed purple wipe. Noticed slight redness remains by her left armpit, applied a thin layer of nystatin. Diaper was dry, dressed and headed to the kitchen.

• 8:50am Breakfast: 8oz prune juice with 1/4 cap of Miralax, oatmeal/fruit smoothie with couple spoons of Greek yogurt, and a cup of lemon water. Maureen coughed twice during breakfast and was able to get rid of some phlegm on her own.

• 9:15am Administered 10mg Loratadine with smoothie.

• Daily Miralax dosage: 1/4 cap.

• Reclined Geri chair one notch for comfort.

• 9:30am Morning oral care.

• 9:40am Eyes wash/drops and facial routine performed.

• 10:00am Maureen sits relaxed while watching a Disney movie.

• Maureen stayed awake through the whole film, finishing a cup of ginger tea in the meantime.

• 11:00am Blood pressure: 115/64, P 75.

• 11:25am Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s first resting period. Diaper was heavy wet with a Medium-soft BM, cleaned and changed, applied Cavilon barrier film to sacrum and barrier cream to inner thighs then, positioned on her right side.

• 12:30pm First break ends. Diaper was dry, dressed and headed to the kitchen.

• 12:40pm Lunch: Sweet peas soup, chicken salad, fresh tomato, full cup of sparkling water and couple spoons of Greek yogurt for dessert. Coughed twice, sneezed once.

• Reclined Geri chair one notch during meal, Maureen was leaning forward.

• 1:30pm Oral care.

• 2:00pm Maureen closed her eyes for about 15 minutes, was awake the rest of the time watching the eclipse on tv.

• Maureen had a cup of lemon water.

• Carolyn visited Maureen.

• 2:30pm Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s second break. Cleaned and changed a heavy wet diaper then, positioned on her left side.

• 3:30pm Second break ends. Diaper was medium wet, cleaned and changed, dressed and headed to the living room.

• 3:45pm Maureen’s enjoying her fruit snack (melon/pear/kiwi).