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So, how did that bed linen thing work out for you last night? Did you try that? Sure hope it helped!
@dconway817
Well how sweet! I was hoping it would help.
Hey, here's another one, BTW . . . .
When my husband was, years ago now . . . Geessshh, can't believe it when I say that out loud or write about it . . . BUT . . . .
Before he was properly diagnosed with his multiple serious illnesses . . . he would sweat through our bedding, right down to the mattress. And, because I was trying to hold a full-time job at the time AND take care of him . . . I was finding him walking around at night, looking as though he had just taken a shower . . . sooooooo, I decided rather than "remake" the bed at 1:00, then 2:00, then 3:00 o'clock a.m., every night . . . . for months, mind you . . . . I started "layering" his side of the bed with, first, a fresh mattress pad, then a fitted sheet, then a top/flat sheet, and a lightweight blanket . . . all folded in half, of course. That way, each time he woke up, drenched, I would just pull off those three layers of soaked linens, and just wash them in the morning when I got up instead of trying to launder everything each time we woke up with him so wet and having to lie there in those awful conditions. Unfortunately, we had to live that way for months before we finally insisted someone had to do something for us, instead of telling us it was "just", "just", "just" . . . . Maddening, for sure!