8:00am Maureen is calmed now. Tom is by her bedside giving her sips of water via swab. He tells, Maureen woke up around 7:30sh, with a mild twitching, pulse went up to 114, and down to the 90s soon after. The whole episode lasted 20-25 minutes.
8:40am Maureen’ awake, we raised the bed to administer 75mcg levothyroxine with apple sauce.
8:50am Merianne and I started our day giving Maureen an upper body bath using warmed purple wipes, no redness observed. Clean/change a medium wet diaper, applied Cavilon barrier film to sacrum, barrier cream to inner thighs area. Dressed and headed to the kitchen.
Reclined Geri chair one notch for comfort.
9:10am Breakfast: coffee, mandarin, oatmeal /fruit smoothie with 2 teaspoons of activia and 1teasp of Metamucil, and a cup of lemon water. Maureen coughed twice with breakfast, suction pump used once.
9:40am Administered 10mg Loratadine with smoothie.
Daily Metamucil dosage: 1teasp.
9:50am Oral care.
10:00am We decided to treat Maureen with saline Neb therapy, she’s been coughing and phlegmy since she was in bed.
10:00am Facial routine performed.
10:20am We go with Maureen for a walk around the neighborhood. Maureen stayed alert all the way.
11:05am Back home Maureen had a cup of lemon water.
11:30am Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s first resting break. Clean/change a medium wet diaper, positioned on her right side.
12:30pm First break ends. Diaper it’s dry, dressed and headed to the kitchen.
Reclined Geri chair one notch for Maureen’s comfort.
12:45pm Lunch: Chicken and veggies soup, tuna salad, fresh tomato and full cup of sparkling water. No coughs.
1:40pm Oral care.
2:00pm Blood pressure: 10/62, P 72.
Transferred to the bedroom for Maureen’s second resting break. Clean/change a heavy wet diaper, inserted a suppository , and then positioned on her left side.
4:00pm We waited for a BM and Maureen finally had one. Clean/change a heavy wet diaper and Small-hard BM. Dressed and headed to the living room.
4:15pm Maureen is enjoying her fruit snack (melon/pear/kiwi) and 3/4 cup of ginger tea.
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