6:30 am- Maureen was just opening her eyes as I walked in the room. There was a minimal twitching, just her eyes got wide open. Tom had the oxymeter on. Pulse was going up. As soon as we saw it reaching 103, Tom pressed the button on the heart monitor. Pulse continued to go up. Tom got 0.1 ml of Lorazepam and administered under Maureen's tongue. Pulse picked up at 125 for a second and gradually started to get back to normal. The episode lasted 5 minutes. By 6:35 am it was already in the upper 70's. Slowly getting down to the 65-70 range. Oxygen was always 93-94. Tom filled in the symptom log.
7:00 am- Maureen is relaxed, closing her eyes from time to time. Pulse is 66, O2-93.
8:00 am-Maureen is in and out of sleep. Pulse is 64, O2- 93.
8:30 am- Maureen is still in and out of sleep.
9:00 am- Maureen is now awake. We started the day. Her diaper was medium wet. Joanna and I cleaned and changed her. Applied 3 M Cavilon products. The abdominal fold is still red, but looks better than yesterday. We cleaned it, dried and applied Nystatin. We next washed Maureen's upper body. There was no redness observed. Finished dressing and headed to the kitchen.
9:23 am- Administered Levothyroxine with apple sauce.
9:25 am- Breakfast- pancake with banana and peach jam, 6 oz of prune juice. Two coughs.
9:50 am- Administered Lisinopril with apple sauce.
10:00 am- Morning oral care. We reclined Maureen's chair after.
10:10 am- Facial routine.
10:20 am- Maureen is snoozing in the chair.
10:45 am- Smoothie time Maureen coughed for times, sneezed five times.
11:15 am- We transferred Maureen to the bedroom for her first rest break. Diaper was medium wet. Joanna and I cleaned and changed her. Maureen will lie on her right side for an hour starting at 11:30 am.
12:30 pm- Rest break ends. Maureen's diaper was medium wet. Joanna and I cleaned and changed her. Dressed and headed to the kitchen.
12:45 pm- Lunch- cabbage soup, tuna salad, steamed red beets, bottle of coconut water. Maureen coughed twice. We reclined the chair prior to eating.
1:15 pm- Oral care.
2::00 pm- We headed to the bedroom for a change and second rest break. Maureen's diaper was light wet. Joanna and I cleaned and changed. Positioned Maureen on her left side at 2:15 pm.
Maureen seems to have a good energy today. Her eyes are open, doesn't look tired. She snoozed for only 10 minutes after breakfast. We saw a couple of smiles in the morning. Maureen said a few words. She had a few coughs with a red face just before the second break.
3::15 pm- Rest break # 2 is over. Maureen's diaper was dry. Dressed and headed to the front room.
3:30 pm- Fresh fruit snack. No coughs.
3:45 pm- RN Ann's weekly visit. She advised to use Hydrocortisone on her couple of red spots that appeared this afternoon on her neck. BP- 110/68.
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