IN PRAISE OF PRAISE

14 Feb 23

First, Shit and Piss.

Both Miss S and the Maestro come to visit me, and I am keen to see them, but the conversation is almost entirely about shit and shitting. 

They are both in the process of trying to shit independently, which means moving from their wheelchairs to the toilet and out of their diapers. This is a big step in the life of some of the  patients here. 

But both of them have had disastrous toilet accidents, which meant that neither were able to shit in the appropriate place. They shat on the floor, which isn’t so unusual at this stage. But the Maestro is stressed and humiliated, and now begins to weep.