“Faith, time to wake up.”

Faith opened her eyes to see Julie sitting by her head. She yawned and urinated into the bladder tube.

“You slept for almost 18 hours…you must have been exhausted,” Julie commented. “Anyway, everything is ready for nozzle number 4.”

Dr. Jen let Faith see the nozzle that they would be using. It didn't look much different than the one used yesterday, except for one thing.

“Is that a…” Faith started to ask.

“Yes, it is a needle. It can inject something into your rectal wall, if desired, by pushing this button on the balloon pump,” Dr. Jen showed her.

“Now, don't make me have to use that today. I do have it loaded with saline just in case, though.”

“I'm going to lube you up first.” Dr. Jen pulled back Faith's blanket, put on a pair of gloves and dipped her finger in the Vicks. She then spread Faith's cheeks and inserted her finger up her bum. She twirled it around and moved it in and out for about a minute and a half, then slowly withdrew it.

Julie was already stroking Faith's forehead.

Dr. Jen picked up the nozzle and attached it to the main branch of the tubing. She then lubed it up generously.

“Next, I'm going to insert the nozzle. Ready? One…two…three.” She gently introduced the nozzle into Faith's bottom, pushing it in until it got into her rectum.

“Now, I'm going to inflate the balloon.” She then pressed on the balloon pump, which inflated it.

“Okay, Faith, I'm going to start the enema.” She released the clamp on the enema tubing. Faith kept her eyes on Julie the entire time, and Julie never ceased stroking her forehead and whispering encouraging words to her.

An hour later, the enema bag was empty. “Now, you must retain it for half an hour,” instructed Dr. Jen.

Faith was still looking at Julie. Julie smiled at her sympathetically and squeezed her hand with the one that was not stroking her forehead.

Finally, 30 minutes had passed. Dr. Jen deflated the balloon and released the clamp on the toilet tubing. Faith let all of the fecal matter out, as well as the enema.

“Nurse Julie, would you please come here for a second?”

Julie got up and gave Faith's forehead a couple of reassuring strokes. “I'll be right back,” she told her softly.

Dr. Jen and Julie talked amongst themselves for a few minutes. Then, Julie came back to Faith's head. “Well, Faith, I've got good news and bad news.”