General Update #306 - Friday, February 12, 2021

8:30 a.m. - Jess arrived to farmhouse. Joyce found to be asleep, slumped forward and almost falling out of her recliner. No oxygen line in place. Took a bit to wake her up.

8:33 a.m. - BP 140/77, pulse 72. BGL @ 138. Talked about the bad dreams from the night before last. Joyce was much calmer today. No nightmares reported last night.

8:45 a.m. - Bathroom. Urinary incontinence, early bladder release. Remainder of urine passed. New diaper and diaper pad insert. Toilet seat riser sanitized. Returned to recliner by 9:05 a.m.

9:25 a.m. - Morning medication with nutritional shake.

9:30 a.m. - Breakfast (eg in toast and banana). Breakfast finished by 10:10 a.m.

12:58 p.m. - Dusty arrived to farmhouse and found Joyce asleep in her recliner with oxygen line in place. Joyce was very drowsy and difficult to wake.

BP 117/63, pulse 69. 

1:05 p.m. - Lunch (soft taco with ranch dressing). Joyce continuously fell asleep while trying to eat her lunch, even with Dusty sitting beside her and shaking her awake. Joyce left eating her lunch when Dusty had to return to campus office. Dusty departed farmhouse ~2:40 p.m.

2:51 p.m. - Joyce took herself to bathroom. 

3:10 p.m. - Lunch resumed.

3:27 p.m. - Lunch finished.

6:10 p.m. - Dusty returned to farmhouse to provide evening care. Joyce found asleep in recliner with oxygen line in place. Dinner declined, Bathroom trip declined. 

BP 135/61, pulse 75. BGL @ 137.

7:50 p.m. - Bathroom trip. Joyce was initially dry but released bladder early. Remainder of urine passed. Toilet seat riser, bathroom floor sanitized.

Joyce showered.

Weight 157.8 lbs. 

PT walk, returned to recliner by 8:40 p.m.

9:25 p.m. - Nutritional shake with evening medication.

9:27 p.m. - Dinner (chicken cordon bleu, 1/2 can peaches). Dinner finished by 10:25 p.m.

10:27 p.m. - Bathroom trip declined. Joyce insisted she would take herself to the bathroom "when she felt like going." 

10:30 p.m. - Joyce stretched out in recliner and ready for bed.

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