I saw my Mother give my Father enemas. He didn't care. He never undressed. He'd open his pants and lay across the bed. Then he'd push his pants and shorts down his thighs. He'd be on his side leaning toward his belly. He'd pull up his right knee up as high as he could. His right pants leg would slide down to his ankles. He stayed like that the entire time. It seemed like an odd position.
I’d always clamp my legs together and clench my cheeks. Squeezing that tube between my cheeks was all I could do. Before it was through my legs were always crossed. From my butt down every muscle was clenched tight. Even my toes were curled up. That always happened though it seems funny. I was trying my best to hold in that water. Curling up my toes was funny though. Not sure how it helped.
With his right knee pulled up my Fathers cheeks were spread apart. He was completely exposed. When I was younger it amazed me how big his balls were and how far down they were hanging. Mom held the hose about six or eight inches up. It was a little stiff so by pushing the hose straight it would keep the nozzle in his butt. I figured it was because he couldn't squeeze the nozzle as tightly with his cheeks like I did even though he strained.
We had a big red enema bag. It held more than two and a half quarts. I don't know exactly. I don't remember Mom ever stopping the water once it started. From the look on his face and the way he groaned he seemed miserable. He also shifted his butt around and clenched and unclenched his cheeks all the time. My Father was desperate for the toilet before the bag was empty. He kept going till that gurgle sound though. I do remember thinking if he was that uncomfortable why did he take enemas. The only thing that kept me from running out the door was that paddle. I'm not sure which of the two was worse.
It was awkward for my Father to get up from that position. He had to be in a hurry to go. But it wasn’t easy to pull up his right pants leg. It was sort of like trying to tie your shoes with his gut full of soap and water. He couldn’t bend. Maybe he was just better at it than I was. Then he’d hold up his pants covering up his front. I guess he wasn’t worried about anybody seeing his butt.
Only one time that I remember he was frustrated with me. He told me to just push down my pants and lean over the bed. Thinking about it I think he was in a hurry to take care of me. His best friend may have been sitting outside in the shade. He was a lot of the time. All other times at least that I remember he made me take off my pants and shorts. It seemed funny that he didn’t. It would have been easier for him to get up.
I hated taking off my pants and shorts for an enema. It was embarrassing. That frustrated my Father. Of course being embarrassed gave way quickly to more important things when he opened that clip. I always started out trying to keep myself covered as much as possible. Long before I was done I'd rolled around and shown him everything I had. It wasn't the least bit important by then. Being bare from the waist down meant I could move faster when he let me get up. That's all I cared about then.
It was funny watching him trying to hurry down the hall. He’d be half bent over holding his belly with butt showing.