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Ah poop!

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So every CNA has poop stories, and I am no exception. Disclaimer: I am not responsible for your body's reaction to the following post. A year ago on the 4th of July I was at the assisted living center for the holiday. This was a lot of fun, we had special flag services, we got to take all the patients, many of whom are veterans, out to the road to help them watch the parade. As we were slowly bringing in the patients, all of a sudden the activity director came running over to me telling me that my patient needed to go to the bathroom really bad and that I should hurry if we were gonna make it in time. Unknown to me, he had had some magic medicine called Miralax, a stool softener. I got him into the building as fast as I could, even choosing the main bathroom instead of heading all the way down to his room. What I hadn't remembered to be cautious of was the timing of pulling down his pants and getting him on the toilet. The entire floor, which was a 10ft x 10 ft room, was lit...