Cheating the Cycle of Life- A Padded Pony Collab

Nurse Tenderheart returned shortly with the changing supplies, which rested on a small tray that could be carted around the room. Resting next to the supplies was a pack of medical diapers, some of which had cartoon characters printed on them (but most were just plain white).

“Now, pay attention, Diamond Tiara,” Nurse Tenderheart instructed “You need to take great care when changing a diaper. If you do it incorrectly, you could leave the patient with a diaper rash, and those are very uncomfortable.”

“I know,” Diamond Tiara complained “Just show what I need to do, so I can take over and start helping the patients.” In her mind she was thinking to herself “Maybe I should’ve thought this through a bit. I’m going to be changing the diapers of fillies and colts. It’s going to be very nasty.”

But Diamond Tiara shook her head. She’d signed up to be a nurse-for-hire, and her father wouldn’t be too happy if she backed out now.

“Well, are you going to change me, or just stand there?” Flowery Language asked the two ponies standing beside her.

Diamond Tiara sighed, and grabbed a couple of wet wipes. “So, I just take these and use them to clean the patient’s coat?” she asked Nurse Tenderheart.

“Yes, but you need to do it carefully and properly, or you won’t completely clean up the mess.” Nurse Tenderheart explained, and proceeded to take the wet wipes, demonstrating how to wipe down a patient after they had used their diaper. She did her best not to go into too much detail.

“Now, take one of the diapers from the package, unfold it, and sprinkle in some foal powder,” Nurse Tenderheart instructed “Remember, you don’t want to overdo it on the powder, or there won’t be enough for everyone. But too little, and a rash will ensue.”

Diamond Tiara sprinkled a few puffs of the powder into the diaper she had grabbed, and gave the diaper to Nurse Tenderheart, who taped it to Flowery Language with minimal effort.

“And that is how it’s done,” Nurse Tenderheart said sweetly “Remember, as a nurse you need to focus on keeping the patient calm and relaxed. Don’t force your way too much, especially not at first. These poor colts and fillies are suffering enough as it is,” She then gave Diamond Tiara a pair of gloves, and a clothespin “Trust me, you’re going to need these if you want to survive tending to patients with the soil pox.” And she trotted off to tend to the other colts and fillies in need of diaper checks and changes.

“I hope there’s some sort of compensation for all of this,” Diamond Tiara thought unhappily to herself, as she slipped on the gloves and clothespin “And I pray to Celestia above that this epidemic fades quickly, for my sake. Perhaps now, parents will stop worrying about the faulty logic of vaccines causing autism, and actually get their children vaccinated!”

Taking a deep breath, Diamond Tiara mentally prepared herself for the messy tasks that would be required of her in the days and weeks to come.