6:30am Maureen’s asleep, lying on her Lt with Tom by her side.
7:00am Maureen’s sleeping.
7:30am Maureen opened her eyes 15 minutes ago with a little twitching, calming down within 8-10 minutes. Her pulse didn’t go above 75.
8:00am Maureen’s awake, she had sips of water via swab. We raised her bed and administered 75mcg Levothyroxine with apple sauce.
8:10am Maureen’s ready to start the day. Emily and I washed her upper body, changed and cleaned a dry diaper and applied Cavilon barrier and cream. Dressed and headed to the kitchen.
8:30am Blood pressure: 110/88.
8:35am Maureen’s enjoying an oatmeal/fruit smoothie, 6oz prune juice with 1/4 cap Miralax , and couple spoons of Greek yogurt. She coughed once and was able to bring out some phlegm on her own.
8:55am Administered 10mg Loratadine and 50mg Kapspargo sprinkle with apple sauce.
Daily Miralax dosage: 1/4 cap.
9:00am Saline Neb treatment.
9:10am Oral care, Eyes care and facial routine.
9:45am We‘re taking Maureen out for a walk around the neighborhood to take advantage of the sunny weather.
10:30am Maureen enjoyed the ride. She was snoozing in the chair getting back home.
Maureen sleep until her break time, so no chance for her to drink water.
11:00am Transferred Maureen to her bedroom for her first break. Diaper was md wet with a small formed bowel movement, cleaned and changed. Positioned on her right side at 11:15am.
11:05am Social worker, Megan visited Maureen.
12:15pm First break ends. Diaper was dry, dressed and headed Maureen to the kitchen.
12:25pm Lunch: chicken noodle soup, shrimp salad, diced tomato, a full cup of sparkling water and couple spoons of Greek yogurt for dessert. Maureen coughed twice during meal, used suction pump to help clear her throat.
Carolyn visited Maureen.
1:00pm Blood pressure: 113/99.
1:10pm Oral care.
After lunch, Maureen had half cup of lemon water.
2:00pm Transferred Maureen to the bedroom for her second break. Changed and cleaned a md wet diaper and positioned on her Lt side at 2:15pm.
3:15pm Second break ends. Diaper was dry; pelvic massage didn’t work this time. Dressed and headed Maureen to the front room.
3:35pm Maureen’s enjoying her fruit snack (melon comb and pear).
Summary
Maureen had an early start getting awake ahead of her usual. She enjoyed her breakfast and her walk around the neighborhood. After that, her energy level faded and she was sleepy and tired during her first break and during lunch. As most of the time, Maureen stayed pretty much awake during second break.
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