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i hope he recovers quickly, Lee
"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> This is the hospital where my dad is. Too soon to tell really how he is
> doing but he seems not to know a lot of things and forgetful of others.
> Foods for instance. He seems to think he hates everything, until he gets
> it and eats it. He was eating raw veggies with a fork, dipping them into
> Ranch dressing. He did hand my mom his cucumbers which he has always
> done. He does hate those and she likes them. But then he dipped his roll
> in the dressing. And then he debated whether or not to dip his cookie in
> it! Thankfully he decided against that.
>
> He is on the diabetic diet. It was somewhat limited. I didn't look at
> the breakfast options. Just the lunch/dinner which is what we ordered for
> him tonight. Everything had the carb count listed. It was either 0, 15
> or 30 grams of carb. Sandwiches could be ordered in half or whole. There
> were several salads and quite a large choice of low carb veg. Those were
> listed as 0 carbs. For the 15 count veg there were peas and something
> else. I can't remember what the other thing was. I don't recall seeing
> any potatoes listed. But white rice was. The meats were rather limited.
> Turkey breast, salmon, braised beef and maybe one other thing. He had the
> braised beef tonight and I was quite annoyed that it came with peas and
> carrots. It was more like a stew. Not enough to count much in terms of
> carbs but given that Angela does have that pea allergy I felt they should
> be listed.
>
> He also had mac and cheese. This looked like the real thing but the sauce
> was a bit runny. The portion was very small. There was a choice of white
> or wheat roll. There were some dessert choices listed. Some had no carbs
> such as the lemon lime sugar free Jell-O. I think there were a couple of
> other things in that category but I can't remember what they were. There
> was sugar free pudding, regular pudding, ice cream, sherbet, angel food
> cake and cookies. Tonight my mom chose a sugar cookie. It was huge and
> not a sugar cookie but a Snickerdoodle. I have to wonder if that was
> really the right thing they gave him. She said last night he had a peanut
> butter cookie which was tiny and tasted terrible.
>
> There were quite a few beverages listed. Coffee, tea, and the decaf.
> versions of both. Several different bottled waters, diet sodas, milk, and
> some sort of diabetic meal replacement shake. I don't think any juices
> were listed at all.
>
> My mom said he was told at the hospital that he could have up to 85 grams
> of carb per meal but his Dr. has him on 45 grams which is more like what
> he ate. She did order more than that but he only ate one bite of the roll
> and a few bites of the cookie.
>
> It is up to the patient to order their own meals. They could, if they
> wanted, order one of each meat and one of each low carb veg.
>
> But the problem? My dad is at the point where he really isn't capable of
> doing anything for himself. He just isn't thinking to do it. So somebody
> has to be there to order the meals for him. Which my mom has been doing.
>
> They do have a hotel attached to the hospital. She may wind up having to
> stay there. She has been taking a cab and my brother or SIL have been
> driving her home. My husband is going to take her there in the morning.
>
> At this point we do not know how long he will be in there. He has started
> some physical therapy but needs a lot more. If he qualifies, he can do it
> there for two weeks. If he doesn't, he will have to go elsewhere for four
> weeks. I think we are all hoping he will be moved somewhere closer to
> home, even though we don't necessarily want him to be stuck in some place
> for longer. Unless of course it is what he needs.
>
> They had what appeared to be a really good cafeteria although some of it
> was closed today. During the week there is a taco bar and also a deli.
> Those were closed. The salad station was also closed but wasn't supposed
> to be. There was a steam table with very limited choices. And the burger
> place was open. Very limited menu of beef burger, turkey burger, salmon
> burger, all with a variety of options, including no bun. French fries and
> onion rings. I made the mistake of ordering the "big" order of fries and
> assumed I wouldn't get too many based on the $2.00 price. OMG! They
> could have fed all 6 of us plus the next table! I won't be doing that
> again!
>
> They also had some self serve things including pizza, salads, sandwiches,
> hard boiled eggs, cheeses and sushi.
>