December 3, 2024
I had asked to speak to one of the dieticians from Piedmont concerning David’s dietary needs since he lost a few pounds between visits. I was able to make contact today and we discussed more protein, high calorie foods, and supplementing. David will need at least 100 g of protein per day along with higher calorie foods in hopes of gaining the 2-3 pounds back or at the very least maintaining. She explained that while he is at a good weight, he cannot afford to loose more. Any loss puts him at nutritional risk. He is already weak from the anemia, and I can see his arms have lost most of the muscle they had. Amazing how fast this happens. We will need to supplement with Boost and/or Ensure alternating between the high calorie ones and the high protein ones. He isn’t too keen on this as he doesn’t like them very much. He usually drinks them down without complaint. We both hope that this extra nutrition will give him a bit more energy and he will feel better. The dietician also said light walking throughout the day was good. After the call, we bundled up and took a sunny, short, slow walk down our street. It was cold but it felt good breathing in the fresh air, He said he felt good after and seemed to be a bit more animated this evening. We had a nice warm extra cheesy, pepperoni and sausage pizza for dinner and it was so good. We like having cold pizza for breakfast, so we are looking forward to that tomorrow.
