Ok I have a very dear and beautiful friend from Virginia who gave me the BEST idea.

Remember how I was lamenting about how yucky it is to not be able to wash my hair? OK if I didn't on the blog, I sure did in person...   I can't get in the shower because of the drains and tubes still in me and I can't bend over the sink or tub because it is just too excruciating. The hospital has a shower cap thingy that does a "dry wash) but since I wasn't able to rinse, after about a day or so, my hair felt sticky and grungier (is that a word?) than before.

I have another sweet friend who came and picked me up once I got home from the hospital, took me over to her home where she has an in home hair salon, and washed my hair for me. It had been over two weeks and I started to bawl it felt so good. To top it off she also cut and styled it for me and I felt very loved and very spoiled. I will be forever grateful for that act of kindness.

I can't do that all the time though so my hair is once again taking on a smelly life of its own. Well, my sweet friend from Virginia has had many health issues ever since she was a young girl (she was sledding and crashed into a tree, paralyzing her from the waist down ). She has worked hard to overcome so much and I admire her no end, but unfortunately she has had to spend a lot of time in the hospital. She is amazing though and is even sweeter and more loving than she was before the accident ~ and that was pretty hard to do let me tell you!!! She has the most amazingly beautiful long hair, and her friends came up with a way to help her keep it clean.I saw a pic of it on her facebook page and thought it was magnificent! 

She put her head over the side of the bed letting her friends support her neck. Then her friends placed a small clean plastic trash can directly under her head. They washed her hair using the trash can to catch the water and soap. I bet a towel under the can would make sure there were no big messes to clean as well.

I think it is brilliant and if you ever want to give a service to someone who has been hospital bound for so long, this is one any one can do, AND it will be appreciated so much more than you can even imagine.