Court today, went to office to meet with clients then court. Too much walking for Victoria. Finished and went home, getting lunch along the way.
Got to ID and had IV done. No issues. Staff noticed we were very quiet. The trial outcome was unexpected - not bad, we won...but not as expected.
Victoria's legs were very tired upon getting home.
We haven't talked about blood pressure and temps. Victoria gets fluctuating temperatures. Late afternoon it is not unusual to be near 100. By the time dinner is over, it is back to something normal. So when the drs and nurses ask if she has been experiencing sweats or temperatures, the answer is yes, but. Except the one day it was 102, she has been pretty consistently under 100. Morning temps have been in the 97 range.
Blood pressure and Victoria. If she is compliant with her meds, her pressure is just a little high (mid 130's over 70s). When she is not, it can be all over the place, high 180s not unreasonable.
She has been very compliant the last 2 weeks and most of the BP readings have been good. But Monday it was very high (188/77) and it was only marginally improved today (176/74). Not sure why.
Her sugar levels have been stable in the 100s (high 180-190s during the day, low 100's in the morning) After the 35, I have been a little gun shy about being agressive.
Long day and both are tired.
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Our daily dealings with a severe diabetic ulcer and the medical world
Cast of Helpers
Diabetic ulcers take a large amount of work by a lot of different people. These are the people helping us and where they work:
Home Clinic (5 miles) - Victoria's primary care doctor and local emergency care center (EMs)
ID - Clinic on other side of town (15 miles) where she gets her weekday IV and that houses WN, DrIV, BugN and CT
WEC - Weekend Clinic for IV only, further away from home (20 miles)
DrPri - Victoria's Primary Care Physician. We have been with her for about 7 months.
DrPod - Podiatrist at ID
DrIV - Dr supervising the infection and antibiotic treatment
DrIV#2 - Other Dr on this team
BugN - Nurse supervising the actual infection, works with DrIVs
WN - Nurse with a specialty in wound care. All she does is wound work.
IN - Infusion nurses actually do the IV work (there are 4 of them that rotate - although we see a total of 7 between weekends and covers)
CT - Cast technicians/sculptors (2 of them)
Dr Sur - Surgical Doctor with reputation of working well with diabetic ulcers
Insurer: we have no insurance. Diabetics are extremely hard to get insurance for and the state pool was too expensive for us to keep up with 2 years ago when the bk law changed
Home Clinic (5 miles) - Victoria's primary care doctor and local emergency care center (EMs)
ID - Clinic on other side of town (15 miles) where she gets her weekday IV and that houses WN, DrIV, BugN and CT
WEC - Weekend Clinic for IV only, further away from home (20 miles)
DrPri - Victoria's Primary Care Physician. We have been with her for about 7 months.
DrPod - Podiatrist at ID
DrIV - Dr supervising the infection and antibiotic treatment
DrIV#2 - Other Dr on this team
BugN - Nurse supervising the actual infection, works with DrIVs
WN - Nurse with a specialty in wound care. All she does is wound work.
IN - Infusion nurses actually do the IV work (there are 4 of them that rotate - although we see a total of 7 between weekends and covers)
CT - Cast technicians/sculptors (2 of them)
Dr Sur - Surgical Doctor with reputation of working well with diabetic ulcers
Insurer: we have no insurance. Diabetics are extremely hard to get insurance for and the state pool was too expensive for us to keep up with 2 years ago when the bk law changed
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