Dorothea was very worn out today.We spent the day in working with the weekend crew in chasing some high blood sugars and increasing her oral care. She is a mouth breather when she sleeps and since she can not have anything by mouth her lips, tongue, and mouth get very dry and crusty. She is now receiving oral care every hour and her last blood sugar, at 5:30 was 214 for which she got three units of regular insulin.
Tomorrow she will be back on dialysis and start pt and ot. She hears every thing that goes on around her but chooses not to comment on most of it. She will however when pressed open her eyes and answer questions and smile and say thank you for all the care she receives.
More tomorrow.
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Thanks for taking over the blog Dad... glad to hear they seem to have gotten her blood sugar under better control. The hourly oral care is awesome - I am so glad to hear they have instigated that! It's really hard to be away, but it is so great to be able to read the blog and know what is happening.
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