FRIDAY, March 31, 2006 WENDELL UPDATE

Today Wendell looks better and is feeling some better. His blood sugar is down for the moment at least. The visiting nurse was here and we decided his legs weren't as swollen as yesterday. His weight went down 4# too. He'd had a sudden gain of 4# yesterday. They have a monitor set up in the bedroom that goes off at 9am every morning. It checks his weight, blood pressure, pulse, and oxygen levels in his blood. He was a little low on the O2 at 89%, so I had him lay down a while and put his O2 back on at 2L. By the time the nurse came, he was reading 93% in room air.
The dietitian came today. I've learned that I actually have done a pretty good job of preparing "low everything" meals. She was really good and now I think we'll be okay with that.
When the dietitian left, we took a walk outside for about 8 minutes, and then Mandy gave Wendell an overdue haircut.
She's also making supper for us tonite. She was here with the dietitian and listened and we ALL asked our questions. Wendell's was "Where can we get Ranch dressing that is low sodium and less than 5Gm of carb per serving?".. good question.. it's his favorite. Walden Farms makes one that is suitable in the refrigerated salad section at Giant Eagle. We'll try it first outing any of us make to a grocery.
For tonite, the menu is lemon baked chicken..mmmmm
Yes, we are having a much better day today.