Saturday

Up at 5:00 a.m. to go to x-ray. Weighed 155. Blood sugar - 96.
Nurse gave suppository at 5:30 a.m. Mobility is still not very good. Needs to try and change positions occasionally because of bed sore.
Had good BM at 6:30 a.m.
Breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Ate all cherrios, grapes and yogart. Didn't eat toast. Temperature - 98. Blood Pressure - 138/80.
Had BM at 8:00 a.m.
11:30 a.m. Blood Sugar - 249.
For lunch Sally ate all Tomato Soup, 1/2 roll, all peaches, 1/2 broccoli and 1/2 potatoes.
12 noon Dr. Newton came by and talked to Lisa and Sally and asked if Rehab Therapist had talked to them. Lisa said Sally has been snoozing this morning.
12:30 p.m. Used incentive spirometer. Sally isn't using cannula right now.
12:35 p.m. Manual BP is 190/89! Nurse says that's high. She asked if Sally is taking anything for it, then left. Sally told us she normally takes verapomil (Sp.?) for BP.
12:45 p.m. Nurse asked us to leave while she applied some cream to Sally's bed sore.
Sally still seems somewhat lethargic. Don't know if that's normal or not at this stage. Maybe it's a result of her BP reading of 190/89.
1:10 p.m. Tech asked us to leave so she could bathe Sally.
2:10 p.m. Sally did the incentive spirometer for about 10 times.
3:20 p.m. Sally was put back in bed on left side. Needs to be moved to other side at 5:20. Sore is in middle of back.
4:00 p.m. Breathing Treatment
4:10 p.m. Blood Sugar - 149.
4:45 p.m. Sally swallowed pill, nurse flushed pic line and offered to turn Sally, but Sally didn't want to.
4:50 BP - 173/79. Temperature - 97.8.
5:15 p.m. Used Incentive spirometer. Got up to 500.
5:20 p.m. Supper - Sally ate 1/2 of potatoes, 75% of soup, 3 bites of collard greens, 1/2 of fruit bowl and drank 1/2 of tea.
5:45 p.m. 650 total out-take. 150 total in-take. Don't push drinking water until doctor tells us different.
6:10 p.m. Sally used incentive spirometer. Got up to 500 again.
7:00 p.m. Vitals BP - 163/78. Temperature - 99.9.
7:20 p.m. Breathing Treatment from Respiratory Therapist.