Life continues to be “interesting” here. Last week, the night before I was due to take my mother to see the surgeon in the “big city” my husband came down with a terrible stomach flu. It knocked a healthy 50-year-old to his knees for about three days. I stayed away from him, careful handwashing, he had his own bathroom, etc. I took mother to the appointment the next day without incident. The surgeon is satisfied so far that her hardware is still in place.
I have remained well. My husband has not been around my mother at all. I was with mother, I believe it was July 1, to take her shopping for several hours. She came down with the stomach bug in the wee hours of July 2.
The next day, when she told me this on the phone, she sounded well and as if she was getting along OK. She said she was making chicken and dumplings. She was holding food and fluids down. Yesterday she also sounded fine on the phone, said she was sleeping a lot. I’ve twice gone by and dropped off a sprite at her doorstep. There’s no hope in getting her to drink water. She will refuse. She had an accidental bm on the hallway carpet, which from the looks of it has not been cleaned yet. Again she’s getting around OK and is ambulatory, etc. She only complains of being tired and sleeping a lot.
Today, when I stop by, I put on a mask and gloves to go grab her trash from her kitchen and put her bone building medicine in her fridge. Her house smelled so bad from the trash, probably from the chicken wrapper from two days ago. She said she could not smell it. I’m still trying to keep my distance from her because my son is home from college, but going back in a couple of days. He needs to stay well to attend his classes.
Thursday I have a doctors appointment in her city. I'll stop by there and plan to do a thorough cleaning washer, dishes, etc. Does anyone have any brilliant ideas for getting liquid BM out of carpet? I mean obviously we have the spray on carpet cleaner. I’m reluctant to rent a steamer machine because then that will contaminate the machine. Life just continues to be not fun. I am way overdue for my own medical care. I was due for lab work early in the new year and a visit to the liver specialist. I’m trying to get caught up on that stuff.
My YD had a dog that NEVER was housebroken. She would put the spot bot on the stains and leave it there for a while. She used Rocco & Ritchie's Miracle cleaner--and it did a pretty good job.
After cleaning and rinsing the machine with supoer hot water, she'd run a weak bleach water through the machine.
Good luck in getting the stains out.
Or you could hire a professional cleaning service when your mom is up to it.
I clean the carpet with dog leavings with a concentrated solution mixed a little stronger than reccommended. Then rinse, rinse, rinse.
After the cleaning I BLEACH the carpet cleaners well and leave them in a sunny place to dry out. Any filters are removed and replaced.
If the carpet just cannot come clean--think about putting down linoleum.
I was absolutely shocked at the stuff that came out of my mom's apartment carpet. we thought we were on top of it--but holy cow--it was black as night and stunk to high heaven. It had been down for 25 years, tho, and I think that is far too long.
I do know some people who routinely have their carpets professionally cleaned. The pros have stuff to use that us 'normals' don't have access to.
Mom needs to be in a care facility so you can take care of yourself, husband and son. You need lab work, for Pete’s sake. A liver problem is nothing to neglect.
How much sacrifice must you make? How will it help anyone if you die before they do?