Duche?

Before heading to the weekly farmer's market early this morning, I took my four legged child for his morning walk.  Imagine my surprise when I see Mr Hernan walking towards me on my way back to the house.  He smiled and came up and gave me a hug...wow, fast friends!  Anyway, he said the doctors suggested doing lab work and run some other tests before finalizing a surgery date within the next two weeks.  He will go back Monday for his lab results.

Before the husband and I headed for the market we drove up the street looking for my 82 year old father who had not returned from his morning walk. To our surprise, we finally found him hoofing up a hill right behind another much elderly gentleman with his walking stick.  We asked dad if he wanted a ride up to the house, but he declined saying that if the older fellow in front on him could make it up the hill, he would do just fine.

After we returned from the market, my dad took a quick shower.  Since he has had dry skin here, I had given him what I thought was a bottle of skin lotion which he has been using for a couple of weeks now.  He commented this morning that the lotion texture and appearance was very odd.  He showed me how when you rub it on the stuff just kind of became like a white matte finish on his skin.  I inspected the bottle label carefully (all in Spanish) and never once saw the words that would indicate skin lotion.  Instead all I could glean was "creme de duche" and "gel de ducha cremoso."  I told my dad I had no idea what "duche" and "ducha" meant.  My husband, who is just learning Español chimed in that he had just learned that duche meant "shower."  My dad then said, "oh, yes, I do remember that when I stayed at a hotel here a couple of months ago, the shower was labeled a "duche!"  Well, dad, I guess you have been using shower gel or soap for the last couple of weeks thinking it was skin lotion.  He said, "well, I guess I am prepped for my next shower."