NIGEL'S BED

It has occurred to me that when I speak of Nigel on my bed there may be some whose response is "eeeeuuuuwww--he is on her bed and he is incontinent." Which, after all, is reasonable. I feel a  bit the same way.
So here is how my bed becomes "Nigel's Bed":

1.This is my bed. My pillows. My blankie. My desk next to it. This is what we start with.

2.Stage one: I take off the pillows, flip the sit-up thingie I stole from John so the arms are behind the bed and put two canvas tarps on the bed that have plastic on the underside. These are waterproof and John buys them at Menard's for a pittance.

3.Now I add an old comforter that used to be carried in the back of the Van in case of emergencies. I'll have to get another for the Van. I have two: I bought a 2nd comforter at a goodwill store for $10. I switch so one is always clean.

4. I add a rubber-backed fleece pad to this. I don't like to leave things to chance. And then

5. one more water-resistent pad that we had purchased when Mitchell went down at the end of his long and happy life. One more  final touch, since the bed is about 30" off the floor....

6 THE STAIRS that I ordered online and are almost perfect. This is not to say slugging Nigel that final 6" onto the bed is not back-breaking. It is. But this is why I don't worry about the bed getting wet or nasty when he is on it. And finally of course Nigel gets to b on the bed. However a computer glitch has prevented that photo from showing up.

Taaaadaaaaa.