it has become apparent today that dad no longer has control of his bowels .This in itself it not so much a problem but what will be a problem is keeping him clean as he refuses to wear a incontenence pad as he says doesnt need one today he hadnt relised he had had an accident at all .
How on earth do we convince him that yes he does need one with out upseting him ?
The district nurse is ordering a hospital bed for him as the stairs are getting to hard mum feels she cant assist him up the stairs any longer for both her safety and his (her knee has had no chance to recover properly from her replacement op) but again how do we get him to use it all I can hope is that by the time it arrives he will have accepted that he no longer physicly get up the stairs.
He has oxygen to use but wont use it in fact today when district nurse came the oxygen monitor thing couldnt work as his levels were so low .It did come up at 85% after 15 mins on the oxygen but again he says he doesnt need it .
Dont know what to do or how to help anyone just feel useless and lost :(
