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[rivka]

If you were going to be spending several days in the hospital at the side of your sick toddler, what could someone bring you that would make things easier?

My friend Emily's husband decided to cancel his business trip, so she's at least going to have someone consistent to help, and give her breaks. But she's going to be the one spending nights at the hospital and so forth. Zoe's still very sick - they've given up on the idea that she'll be able to go home before Thursday or Friday at the earliest.

I'm going by to visit tonight. I'm planning to bring coloring books, crayons, and stickers for Zoe, and my electric kettle filled with herbal tea and cocoa packets for Emily. (I suspect that all they'll have on the unit is a coffee pot, and Emily is an observant Mormon.) I'm also going to bring by a light and frivolous novel.

Any other suggestions?

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Suggestions from a nonparent

[(Anonymous)]

Some wet wipes might be nice so that she could freshen up without having to go home for a shower.

Would a baby monitor make sense? Something so that she could go take a bathroom or food break and still know if Zoe's woken up?

-Sumana

Re: Suggestions from a nonparent

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I'm sure you can't take something that uses radio waves onto a hospital unit, for fear that it will interfere with their telemetry. But in any case, I just don't think she'll be able or willing to get that far away. Fortunately, there's a bathroom right in the room.