Mom takes a poop

Saturday, April 20, 2019
Mom was sitting with the others doing some activity with balls.  She didn't have a ball.  The recreation aide seemed happy to hand mom off.  I tried to get mom engaged, but she didn't understand what she had to do.  I ended up taking her away.
I tried to get mom to eat an ice cream cone, Doritos, Cheesies and Veggie sticks and drink orange juice. I was there for a few hours.  Mom drank a bit of melted ice cream and ate a Dorito and drank some orange juice.  She was very feisty.  She made a huge mess and exacerbated it by trying to clean it herself.  She seems very cheerful and full of energy. Other people have remarked on this.
I toileted her.  I asked at the nurses' station whether or not mom had pooped.  The nurse gave me a suppository.  Mom did a medium poop.  I saw it hanging from her bum.  She insisted on taking care of it herself.  I gave her lots of toilet paper.  I tried to get her to throw the soiled toilet paper in the waste paper basket.  She got some poop on her hands so I immediately wiped it up, much to her annoyance.  She folded the poopy toilet paper in half and wiped again.  Some she threw into the toilet.  I just kept handing her toilet paper.  I used a warm towel that I had prepared to wipe up her hands and legs.  I used another paper towel to wipe her bottom.  Then I used paper towels sprayed with some cleaning foam to wipe her butt.  I noticed that she had some kind of sore on her bum.  I reported it to the nurse.  Mom was getting very impatient with me.  She stood up and tried to pull her pants up.  I was able to get her diaper back on. 
Now that she can stand, it is easier to toilet her.