GOOD NEWS: She has taken to oranges! She has eaten a half dozen in four days. FINALLY a healthy craving! Also, she is really trying to stick to a low-salt diet. She has limited her pickle intake and is eating graber olives instead of manzanilla olives. Graber olives have significantly less salt than manzanillas and she is limiting her intake to a serving at a time. She has that goal of driving again stuck in her head, and for now it is pushing her to do better. She is going to try to attend an orientation for volunteering at an animal shelter tomorrow (my boyfriend would be driving/helping her when she volunteers, which helps her to feel less dependent upon me) and possibly get some baby facetime with the grandkids.
Less-than-good news: I have had to take her meds from her and watch her take them again. She keeps taking night-time meds in the morning and yesterday, she took two morning doses and an evening dose, then looked for another evening dose after I put them away. I asked her to wait for me to confirm what she is taking, and she tries, but the concept fails when she asks me AFTER she has swallowed them. Thus, I will move them until she seems to be a little more clear-headed and can dose herself as normal. We do this from time to time. My worry is that it usually coincides with her getting sicker, but she seems to be physically healthier as of late. This contradiction worries me, and will be addressed this coming Thursday at her appointment with the liver specialist. I don't want her losing her marbles when she's finally getting physically healthier and making better decisions to stay alive. Another small bit of bad news is that we have to re-draw some blood taken last week. Her potassium levels are still low, and the primary doc had blood drawn to confirm before increasing the dose. The lab compromised the sample and we have to take her back in tomorrow before the orientation. This should not affect the liver specialist appointment.
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