WASH DAY IS NOT A FAVORITE DAY
(Photos taken 1/01/2013)
There's no need to hair wash under a shower...thankfully. I find showers very traumatic as it's very hard for me to sit up in shower chairs. So Sam lathers up my scalp with sorbolene with a little water while I sit in my wheelchair wrapped by a thick towel. After a few minutes any dead skin is easily dislodged with a vigorous sort of gentle rub over with Sam's nails. I may look physically tough but I am far from it. My particular cerebral palsy makes me highly touch sensitive. And soothing body massage is anything but soothing.
Using a thick moistened face washer all sorbolene and dead skin is removed with several rinses. Then the bad news...I'm also having a hair cut and shave.
Sam's mum, who used to be a professional hair dresser in London, England, taught him to cut hair when he first started caring for me 19 years ago. Which proved handy since hair clippers mostly don't work well, so it was the comb and scissor treatment as usual. I'm told - once again - that some day we will find a good clipper...for both our sakes.
This is the condition I'm generally found in five minutes after any vigorous physical interaction with water and flannel...asleep.
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