A couple years ago, MIL had her gallbladder removed (went in for gallstones, I believe, they found out it had ruptured because the thing was completely "rotten," according to her doctors), and they've never really gotten the infection under control. Around TG, she went back in because the infection flared up again, was supposed to have some lingering gallstones removed, but they discovered the infection was too widespread, so they tried to clean the area out, antibiotics, tubes, etc. She was supposed to go in for her follow up surgery after Christmas, but they have pushed it out til January.
She's incredibly depressed about it. She doesn't want to leave the house, they had to cancel their plans to come see us over the holidays, etc. and so forth. I'd like to mail her a care package to try to lift her spirits, but I'm struggling to come up with ideas for what to include, since she's on a liquid diet.
So far, I have a couple of books (she loves to read, we swap books all the time), some small tins of green tea, homemade hot cocoa mix. Anyone have any other thoughts of things that I could include?
"And when they use our atoms to make new lives, they won’t just be able to take one, they’ll have to take two, one of you and one of me..."
--Philip Pullman