"I'm really sorry we don't have any female aides available right now," said Doug.
"It's okay", said Gina. "I've showered with cuter boys before."
For one of the few times in his young life, Douglas Anderson was at a loss for words.
"Oh relax, Dougie. You know I'm kidding, right?," asked Gina.
"That was pretty good," said Doug, quietly.
"Besides, I said I've showered with
cuter
, I didn't say you
weren't
cute," said Gina, winking.
Gina DeCassanna wheeled her shower commode up into the shower stall and locked her brakes, with Doug following close behind. Gina untucked the towel from under her arms, completely exposing her smooth, olive skin. The once-athletic 26 year old wasn't fat, but her muscle tone was a far cry from what it once was. A white disposable brief was fastened snugly around her hips, with a slim yellow catheter draining into a bag fastened to Gina's ankle. Gina handed her towel to Doug, who hung it on the hook outside the stall.
"Could I get a hand, please?" asked Gina, looking away.
Gina braced her arms on the rests of the commode, and gently lifted her numb sitting bones gently out of the chair. Doug simultaneously squatted down and gently pulled the brief down below Gina's knees, making sure not to tug on her catheter, but he realized her bag was getting a little full.
"We should probably drain the bag," said Doug. "You can roll over to the toilet, but there's a drain right here, and it's not like they don't go the same place..."
"Fuck it," said Gina, shrugging. "Everyone pees in the shower."
Doug gently unclamped Gina's leg bag, and gently manipulated her right leg so the bag drained directly into the shower drain. Once the bag was empty, Doug pulled the brief off of Gina, and walked over to the trash to dispose of it. Gina turned on the water and held it on to her arm to test the temperature. Once she had the perfect temperature dialed in, she began to wet her head and torso from the top down.
"Would you like me to close the curtain?" asked Doug.
The patient bathrooms at Foxe were wetrooms, designed to be completely soaked. The half curtain in the shower stall existed only to give patients some degree of supervised privacy. Gina moved her wet hair out of her face and held the portable showerhead away from face, onto her chest. Doug watched as the warm water cascaded down her creamy skin and over her flat belly, before finally shooting off of her useless knees.