Did the Right Thing
We got the house all cleaned out, though the garage is piled sky-high with their things. The carpet cleaner came in today. "Human urine all over carpets" in mom's bedroom, his text said. Will do my best, but can't promise, he added. This is so sad. The loss of dignity. She's been complaining of wetting the bed in her facility, said a therapist opened all of the windows in her room because of the smell. Is in diapers. But clearly has been incontinent for a long time. So I cry hard over that. But there's another feeling: relief. Because if she hasn't had this function for some time, and couldn't change her sheets or shower or the other things, we did the right thing getting her into a facility. I'm sad it took an emergency surgery and a global pandemic to do it, but I'm glad she's in one now. I'm not glad she's in one now. I'm relieved she's there. I'm relieved we didn't try to move her in with ...
