Wednesday August 30, 2023 Daytime update

• 6:30am Maureen’s asleep, she is lying on her right side.

• 7:00am Maureen opened her eyes a few minutes ago. She’s accepting sips of water via swab. Vitals: Temp 98.1, Pulse 52, O2 96.

• 7:30am Maureen’s in and out of sleep.

• 8:00am Maureen’s open her eyes.

• 8:15am She’s full awake, we raised her bed and administered 75mcg Levothyroxine with apple sauce.

• 8:20am We’re starting our day giving Maureen a full body bath using warmed purple wipes and aloe vesta. Marianne and I changed and cleaned a dry diaper and applied Cavilon barrier and cream. No redness observed. Dressed and headed to the kitchen.

• 8:40am Maureen’s enjoying an oatmeal/fruit smoothie, 6oz prune juice with 1/4 cap of Miralax, and couple spoons of Greek yogurt. She coughed once, used suction pump.

• Daily Miralax dosage: 1/4 cap.

• 8:55am Administered 10mg Loratadine with smoothie.

• 9:00am Morning oral care.

• 9:10am Saline Neb treatment.

• 9:25am Trying to get her BP for the second time without results. Will try again later.

• 9:50am We’re going out for a walk! Can say that each one of us enjoyed the trip, Maureen stayed awake the whole time.

• 10:40am Maureen almost finished drinking her first cup of lemon water.

• 11:00am Carolyn is here for Ann, RN weekly visit.

Lungs are clear

BP: 110/60

HR: 58

T: 97.8

• Blood pressure med NOT given to Maureen due to the above results.

• 11:30am Transferred Maureen to the bedroom for her first break. Diaper was md wet, cleaNed and changed. Positioned on her Lt side at 11:40am

• 12:35pm First break ends. Diaper was dry diaper . Dressed then washed Maureen’s hair. Headed to the kitchen.

• 12:50pm Blow dry and styled Maureen’s hair.

• 1:00pm Lunch: Brussels sprouts soup, chicken salad, cucumber/tomato salad, a full cup of sparkling water and Greek yogurt for dessert. Maureen coughed once during meal.

• Maureen enjoyed her lunch, she ate opening her mouth for more.

• 1:30pm Oral care.

• After lunch, Maureen finished her second cup of lemon water.

• 2:30pm Transferred Maureen to the bedroom for her second break. Changed and cleaned a md wet diaper and a small formed bowel movement. Positioned on her right side at 2:45pm.

• As soon as Maureen was in bed for her second break, she started breathing through her teeth, moving the legs and her arms got tight. Her pulse went up to the low 90s for about10-15 minutes. It seems she didn’t want to take a break.

• 3:30pm Second break ends. Diaper was wet and a md formed bowel movement, cleaned and changed. Dressed and headed Maureen to the front room.

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

Summary

Maureen had a great day. Awake and alert the whole day, good level of energy ; she even put on a tantrum, so a really good day. 🙏