Documenting a DIY product inventionfrom @paulasojoro

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For the last five years I've had the same exact problem after every single shower: a wet ostomy bad. Which means that after every shower I either sit there and blow dry my bag for five to ten minutes, which, you know, takes time, or I swap the wet one for a fresh one, which can actually get expensive very quickly. Until the other day after my shower, I had the thought, better if I have a shower cap for my hair and it can stay dry, what if I just make a shower cap for my ostomy? And no, in true Paula fashion, I got to work. I recycled an old shower curtain and researched exactly what kind of fabric shower caps are typically made out of. I found out that PUL is one that's typically and most commonly used and also my fabrics worse happen to have it no it was perfect. It also happens to be the type of material that reusable diapers are made out of and also bibs So I knew that it was gonna be waterproof. I just didn't know how waterproof it would be, which is why I yes a shower curtain as an inner layer because my shower cap also happens to have a plastic insert. After a semi crash out because working with this plastic and the fabric was not fun, it was finally time to test our creation. So I hopped into the shower, had an everything shower to make sure that I did everything that I would normally do for a true, true test to see if it would worse. And it worked. Psych. I thought so. The front of the cover was completely dry, but then when I lifted it up and looked on the underside, it was completely wet. And my logic here told me that it was probably because of this opening of the bottom. So I took 10 steps back and restarted from the very beginning, beginning, dug the remaining shower curtain out of the literal trash because I had said goodbye to it the day before rank made do with the leftover fabric that I had by not making an opening at the bottom and just making it a one piece cover. I really thought this was gonna work. I'm not gonna lie. Like, look at it. It just made sense. Right? Like, it's one piece. Where's the water gonna come in? I feel like it even looked better than the first and more shower cap esque. So again, I was confident going into it, gave it a good rinse, did all the things that I normally do. And for the moment of truth, gave it a little prayer. Dun dun dun dun dun. Drum roll, please. Rip. I really thought this one was gonna work. That was just my face of pure confusion, you guys, because literally where is the water coming from? I don't think this is a fail though. I do think I'm onto something and we'll be back for a part three.