He needed help sitting up to get out of bed this morning, while urinating on himself. I got him to the bathroom and he had a bowel movement and cleaned himself with toilet tissue. When he tried to stand, he fell and called for me to help him up. I tried many times and had no success. He then reached in the toilet and started pulling his feces and tissue from the toilet and placing it on the floor. I am ashamed to say I gagged until I could heave no more. I put on some rubber gloves and continued trying to get him off the floor. He was covered in feces and I finally had to call the fire department to help me. They got him standing and left and I proceeded to clean him up, removing his clothes and putting him in clean underwear and tee shirt as he went back to bed. This us the first time I experienced such an episode. I asked him why he would pull his feces out if the toilet and all he could say was that he needed to. I intend to phone the doctor tomorrow to see if I can get this figured out. He sleeps about 18-20 hours a day and I know this is not normal.
Does this scenario sound familiar to anyone? Does anyone have any suggestions. About an hour ago he needed help getting up and out if bed while urinating himself. I'm at a loss and have no idea what to do. I lost both of my parents when they were in their 50's and have never experienced this bizarre behavior before.
My husband is 63. If this had happened to us, I would have insisted on transport to ER,
This is a sudden change in his mental status, yes? Please call his doctor now and take whatever advise s/he gives.
I know people who have similar behavior with their toileting, but, they have dementia. Of course, it could be something else with your husband. Apparently, something is going on with his reasoning and cognition.
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