The Crocheted Toilet Seat Cover

The result of hours of watching Rehab and tending to Nursing Duties...

Amazingly enough, it has taken me 4 months to post this masterpiece! Ahhh Hahhh.

While my mother was in the nursing home, I was the morning-girl, a miracle in itself considering my absolute lack of morning cheerfulness.  I spent most mornings for several months watching my mother slowly improve and crocheting circles.  I had a lot of them… When people asked what I was going to do with them, I always joked, “I am going to make an el-deluxe-o toilet seat cover.  You have never seen the likes of the vehemently rabid looks hearty octogenarian knitters bestowed on my uppity crocheting self! Its a wonder I survive to write this…

Changing the pouch…

* Disclaimer: This is meant to be funny, it is meant to make you smile, we know it it really hard to have a pouch, but it is important to laugh, so if your loved one comes into the bathroom to help you out adorned as we suggest below, grin and thank them for being there cause you know for sure that… they love you!

This is your nose… before you met up with the Ileostomy.  A nice place to be most of the time… Flowers, coffee, the newly cut grass, so sweet, so delicious… And then you or your loved one has an Ileostomy and you have to learn to… empty the pouch.  How can you do this?  I have found the best way follows.

This is your savior! You have it, you need it for the pouch, its probably right handy… Paper Tape!

With the tape in your hand, carefully but firmly SQUASH it onto one side of your nose.

Pull to the other side of your nose and secure with vigor.

With both fingers squash the tape frimly onto your face.

Open your mouth… you will have to use it to breathe for the duration.

Here is you nose perfectly prepared to help with your or your loved ones pouch!

If you are wondering what in the world I am going on about click here for a link to a lite definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ileostomy

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