# A present for someone sitting by a hospital bedside

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-present-for-someone-sitting-by-a-hospital-bedside/689552>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [May 29, 2014, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-present-for-someone-sitting-by-a-hospital-bedside/689552 "2014-05-29T10:10:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-present-for-someone-sitting-by-a-hospital-bedside/689552/21 "2014-05-30T14:05:33Z")

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What about non-pen&paper puzzels? [Like these.](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=bl_sr_toys-and-games?ie=UTF8&field-brandtextbin=Monkey+Pod+Games&node=165793011)

They’re small, nice to fidget with, and don’t take a lot of concentration.

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**Author:** ![gracer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8e7dd6/32.png) [@gracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracer)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-present-for-someone-sitting-by-a-hospital-bedside/689552/22 "2014-05-31T19:54:42Z")

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Thanks for all the input, guys! I am reporting back to say what I ended up getting.

I really liked the idea of the gift bag, so I just got Paula lots of little things for in the hospital, a.o:

- the puzzle book + pretty pen!
- Body Shop hand cream
- Body Shop lip balm
- jar of sweets, picked out the ones I think I know she likes
- a pretty patterned scarf
- a really useful clip to clip your bag to any table, I have one myself and love it and she is always trying to find a good place to put her bag at the hospital

All in a pretty bag with a chrysanthemum stuck in there, too. And then… inside that another bag! Because we talked about how she missed Will, I made them both a Romantic Hospital Date Night Kit. Be warned, it’s exactly as lame as it sounds. It had two electric candles, a little bag of fake rose petals (yeah, I know!), two “love crackers” (like Xmas crackers, but errr “love”) and a bottle of children’s champagne and two champagne glasses.

She was excited but I didn’t stay to see her open it all. Also, Will is doing a lot better which is really great. 🙂

Many thanks for all your great suggestions. To those of you who spent time at the bedsides of loved ones: you are angels! I hope everything is better now.

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**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2014, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-present-for-someone-sitting-by-a-hospital-bedside/689552/23 "2014-06-01T16:18:52Z")

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Well done Gracer, they will never forget your kindness!

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