I'm _elated!_ But I don't know if I can _say_ why, because the Mods hate to admit that there is any such thing as the body or bodily functions. Let's seeee....
One of the threats to my father's recovery has consisted in his inability, for quite a few days now, to _complete_ that internal sequence of events which _begins_ with eating food. But upon coming back from church, I heard from my mother that....Dad had just _completed_ the sequence of events!! God be praised: a certain stench is now a perfume of blessing!