Am I recognizing the signs?
    I think I made a mistake, and I think I might be making another mistake, I'm not sure. A few hours after her breakfast I let Mom go back to bed. I had started doing some cleaning around here, nothing major, and invited her to help me. Although she wasn't into it she moved around some but kept dropping things, sitting down, saying she was tired. I gave in, I let her lie down. I wasn't thinking much of it.
    Now, I'm angry at myself for letting her do this. She is even more dehydrated than she was this morning. I had to stick her 4 times to take her blood glucose level. Her blood sugar is up to 140. I think, what I'm noticing, is the creeping of the metformin lethargy. I'm wondering if giving her metformin, even in circumscribed, circumspect doses is a good idea. I'm going to get her moving around, now. Become The Water Tyrant. I hate doing that and I tell her she is capable of monitoring her own water consumption, but secretly I am thinking she's not.
    Well, up and out. I'm going to try to see to it that I don't feel the temptation to give her metformin tonight. It's just too easy to give her that stuff and then not notice when it slowly sucks the life out of her.
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