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Suggestions, please.

My best friend is pregnant with her 3rd baby girl and isn't due until October. She was admitted into the hospital yesterday and has to stay until the baby comes - it could be next week... or it could be October. She says the baby is doing fine, but since she's got pre-eclampsia and is having a hard time regulating her blood pressure, she's got to stay.

Anyhow, it's in my plans to go stay with her for a few days since she lives close now (Kansas City). My question is this: what should I take for us to do? She'll be in the hospital and won't be able to leave (obviously), but I'm sure she'll be completely sick of the place. Do I just take myself and my good company or what? What you YOU do if it were your best friend? TIA!

"Always have faith in God, yourself, and the Cowboys...'-Eddie Sutton

Re: Suggestions, please.

  • Did you guys go to school together? This might be a dorky idea, but maybe you could bring your yearbooks or something if you went to the same school. She might get a kick out of those...I know I would! Or maybe old photos or something? 
  • I would bring a deck of cards and some board games. Do you have a laptop? If you both have computers, you can play games together online, such as Yahoo Games (there's Literati (Scrabble), a bunch of card games, other word games, board games, etc.).

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  • Since she will be bored out of her mind! Anything would be great really. Just remember don't tire her out too much. Some people have a hard time telling visitors to leave, especially if they are in town.

    Mani/ped's, do her hair, do her makeup (silly sleep over stuff, but still might be fun), just bring her books/mags that she might be embarrassed to ask her hubby for, etc HTH

  • If it were my bff I would take her magazines, crossword puzzles, and maybe a laptop--and some good snacks (if she's able to have them, of course).  We'd probably spend most of our time just talking and catching up with each other, so I really wouldn't worry about taking much more than that.
  • YES...good snacks.  Some homemade stuff.  Food is always perfect.  You should bring all of the most recent celeb mags so you can talk about things that aren't so serious and kinda fun.  Maybe bring a few catalogs that she'd like so she can do some shopping from the hospital bed. :)
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  • DVD player and chick flicks.
  • Thanks, girls! These are all mostly along the lines of what I was thinking, so it's good to know that's what y'all suggested!
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  • Your poor friend. You've got some great suggestions.
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