You had an actual phone conversation? Try e-mail and skype messages... that she gets on her phone while she's at work. Ladies, line forms to the left. In other news, reference the above statements - I appreciate the advice. What has worked in my favour was that I hadn't checked my e-mail in several days so it went to the second page of my inbox and by the time I actually saw the e-mail, it had been sent over a week ago. That's just the universe watching out for me.
Question: one of my coworkers is hospitalized for a week or so with a surgery. I'm going to visit him tomorrow with swag to pass the time. What swag should I present?
Are they conscious? I went in for knee rebuilding surgery and was knocked out for 3-4 days after on heavy opiates, and my Mom sent me a gift basket from across the country. It was a fruit basket, and by day 2 the fruit had started to rot and by day 3 it was a fruit fly swarm. Day 4 was when everyone noticed the rotting fruit on the table beside the bed and threw it out. Nice idea, bad execution. I'd be tempted to call the nurse's station and ask them what they recommend.
Magazines, crossword puzzles, paper to doodle on, yo-yo, silly putty, etc. Think: disposable, cheap shit that he won't care about forgetting/leaving behind. He probably brought books and these days the rooms have pretty decent cable and movies.
Thinking back, the thing I most appreciated was a bottle of tobasco sauce... the food there was sooooo fucking bland.
Basic things like a toothbrush and toothpaste can go a long way if he doesn't have his own already. Or a decent cup of coffee. Otherwise, books and things to pass the time with.
This. Bring him any type of food you think he'd remotely enjoy, and hot sauce/seasoning to make what he doesn't enjoy at least palatable. Or see which restaurants deliver to the hospital and get him a gift certificate to one of them. I was in the hospital for a week with brain surgery I told people they were only allowed to visit me if they brought food. I was on so many pain killers and heavy sedatives I was carrying on conversations with the clock at certain points, but I still knew enough not to touch that food with a 10 foot pole. I still threw up most of what I ate, but at least it was good going down. Though the biggest gift you can give him is your time. If you have the ability, offer to spend some off-hours in there. You don't have to bring or do anything, just hang out. Especially if he's in there for a week, people are gonna get over the "newness" of it within the first few days and by the end he might as well be in solitary confinement. Just another warm body to talk to who isn't there to stick or poke him with anything (unless you're into that) will mean thousands of times more than any physical gifts.
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