text:  As above   and once transferred to the floor   patient had fingersticks monitored every four hours with a sliding scale . Patient reached goal of fingersticks between 50 and 300   which is what she maintains at home . Sliding scale was adjusted as necessary . Patient was continued on intravenous fluids until taking good po . Infectious Disease  The patient had an elevated white count upon admission   however   white count came down to 7.1 and prior to discharge   patient was afebrile and no clear etiology for elevated white blood cell on admission   questionably secondary to short gastrointestinal infection   however   patient is completely symptom free upon discharge . Fluid   electrolytes and nutrition The patient s electrolytes were repleted as necessary . Potassium was given with her intravenous fluids and phosphate will be repleted as patient increases her po intake .