"Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> "Ozgirl" > wrote in message
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>>> I'm thinking an omelet with ham and mushroom. I spent 5 hours at a
>>> hospital with my son's girlfriend, sitting in a hard chair and not a
>>> scrap of food since 7 am until 3pm. Interesting to hear the
>>> conversations from the different cubicles. It seems you don't ask anyone
>>> if they have voided or used their bowels anymore. Its "can you wee in
>>> this container for me?" or "have you done a poo today?" I heard more
>>> poo, wee stories today than I have since my kids were babies. The old
>>> dear in the next cubicle obviously had dementia. About every 3 minutes
>>> she would call out "yoohoo! nurse! I need to wee, dear". The nurse would
>>> go in and say you have a catheter in and it is working nicely... The
>>> fun began when the nurse went on lunch break and two other women who
>>> didn't even look like nurses took over. The little voice called out
>>> "nurse! I need a pan dear!" One nurse decided she couldn't get the pan
>>> under her (while my son's GF and myself were wondering when she would
>>> realise the woman was catheterised..) so she calls for help and they
>>> drag in a commode chair. Then came the moment of enlightenment I
>>> think the old lady had a lucid moment at one point because after calling
>>> out to the nurse because she needed to wee (and not getting an immediate
>>> answer) she called out that she needed to vomit Three nurses and a
>>> little old lady chuckle later.... Oh, and out of one cubicle I heard
>>> a nurse say to the guy in there, "can you tell me why you are breathing
>>> so fast?". I thought ok, isn't that the medical staff's job to find that
>>> out? He had swollen feet, chest pains and a funny cough. I suppose self
>>> diagnosis was always on the cards. So, that's why I don't want to cook
>>> tonight.... Actually a can of baked beans is looking good. I arrived
>>> home at 3 just as one son was heading out the door to work and I found 5
>>> empty tuna cans on the bench so I'm guessing I am not having tuna.
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>> Angela had an omelet earlier today. It was actually a frozen one. I
>> have to buy them like that because she can't eat a dozen eggs before they
>> go bad. Plus she won't cook eggs herself. This one had cheese in it.
>> She has another one with ham.
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> Speaking of frozen. I just went looking for a tide me over until dinner
> and found one last flavoured low carb yoghurt in the back of the fridge.
> But it was frozen... I stuck it in the micro at 30% for 2 minutes and it
> was still frozen so I put it in for 1 minute on 50% and it turned to
> liquid, very disappointing The whole food thing is turning out bad this
> afternoon, lol. I planned to give the boys the last of the pork chops
> (only enough for two). Jasmine with her low muscle tone and tendency to
> gag can't eat meats like steak or pork only chicken, minced meats etc. So
> I knew had a few cocktail franks in the fridge and that made me happy that
> dinner was sorted and I would be having the omelet. When I came home I not
> only saw the empty tuna cans but my 16 year old son and my ex husband
> happily munching on the franks! So now I have to pull a rabbit out of the
> hat for her dinner
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> At this rate it looks likes something on toast But that's ok, she did
> cooking at school today and they usually cook a main meal for that.

No yogurt here either. I found three in the fridge that expired on June 22.
Also a container of artichoke dip and a package of bologna which all oddly
expired on that same date.