Monday July 15, 2024 Daytime update

• 8:00am Maureen sleeps lying on her left side. Tom tells, she woke up around 7, had sips of water and went back to sleep.

• 8:35am Maureen is awake, we raised the bed to administer 75mcg Levothyroxine with apple sauce. She closed her eyes for a awhile after.

• 9:00am Tom and I started the day by by giving Maureen an upper body bath using warmed purple wipes, no redness observed . Diaper it’s dry, dressed and headed to the kitchen.

• 9:20am Breakfast: Fresh pear, cup of lemon water, 8oz prune juice with 1/2 cap MiraLAX and oatmeal/fruit smoothie with a spoonful of yogurt. Coughed three times, suction pump used twice.

• Reclined Geri chair one notch for comfort.

• Daily MiraLAX dosage: 1/2 cap

• 10:00am Administered 10mg loratadine with smoothie.

• 10:10am Oral care.

• 10:20am Saline and albuterol Neb treatment.

• 10:50am Eyes wash/drops and facial routine. Maureen closed her eyes briefly afterward.

• 11:30am Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s first resting break. Merianne and I clean/change a heavy wet diaper, applied Cavilon barrier film to sacrum and barrier cream to inner thighs area; positioned on her right side.

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

• 12:45pm Lunch: Broccoli soup, shrimp salad with fresh tomato, full cup of sparkling water and mandarin for dessert. Coughed three times.

• Reclined Geri chair one notch for comfort.

• 1:40pm Oral care.

• 2:00pm Blood pressure: 110/64, P 76.

• 2:20pm Maureen sits with relaxed hands and alert while listening to her playlist.

• 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 room.

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