I'm constantly up at 2 am or 6 am or both, cleaning up after a husband with diarrhea. It starts with the smell that wakes me up and ends with a 3 hour ordeal of showering, cleaning linens, cleaning carpet, wiping and cleaning floors. He apparently walks around at night dripping everywhere. (I keep bedroom door locked so he is confined to our bedroom. He wears depends but pulls them off. I have hired help but his schedule is so irregular that he seems to strike when they are not here. I'm exhausted and wonder how much longer I can go on, but then I think about what a wonderful husband he has been to me and I'm so grateful to have had him in my life. I owe him more than I can ever repay.
Get rid of the carpet in the danger zones. Hard as you try the carpet will never get really clean and will hold bacteria and odors- plus it's way easier to clean poo off of a hard surface!
Anyhoo - two of the past four Sunday's have been a nightmare. I wake up at 4 and 5am to Rainman pacing between his bedroom and the bathroom- diarrhea dripping down the legs of his Jammie's and being walked through as he paces. I know all about the three hour ritual of the shower, the laundry and the floor cleaning and disinfecting- unfortunately these type of blow outs have been a part of my life for over 20 years. I mean, I don't even do things I LIKE at that hour of the morning, right?!!
There isn't a whole lot that can "fix" my situation - I don't know about yours. I feed Rainman a healthy, fiber filled diet, the bed is protected with water proof mattress covers and Rainman wears a heavy duty night time diaper - the diaper is largely ineffective, however. The one thing that while doesn't stop the mess - it does cut it back a little - is that Rainman wears adult, one piece footed pjs. I do cut the feet of as Rainman had a tendency to trip on them - but I cut below the elastic. That elastic at the ankle - along with a pair or socks - help keep more from getting onto the floor. Rainman wears the Pjs backwards so he can't undress himself or put his hands into the ick.
The only other suggestion I have is to be well stocked with rubber gloves, baby wipes and Clorox wipes - also bleach for the laundry. Having the right tools for the job does make things a teeny, tiny bit easier.