HELEN UPDATE

I just talked to Helen - she was overjoyed to have just eaten solid food!!! WOO-HOO!!!! 

Dr. Vanguri came in, pronounced that she could eat and she was brought a standard tray like all the other patients - Salisbury steak, squash and rice.  Now, of course, I questioned the squash (with seeds) for a patient with diverticulitis, and the rice for a bariatric patient, but she didn't eat either of those anyway, and was able to finish about 1/4 of the steak. 

So things are looking up!  They're still not giving her a definite go-home date, they're just taking it day by day!

Thanks,

Tia

I think those of us who are post op can really appreciate the first time we got solid food *Grins*

I question giving her salisbury steak though... anyone looked at a frozen package of that and just how little protein it has vs. calories???  But at least it was soft and moist!!!

Congrats to her!!

I questioned the WHOLE MEAL!!  However, since her doctor decided right as the trays were coming to give her solid food, I guess that's all they had.  Franklin Square, unlike GBMC, does NOT have a dedicated bariatric wing.  Some of the nurses had NO clue about what her diet should be!!

Hopefully, she'll be home soon enough so she can get on track with healthy eating.

Even the meals at St. Agnes are questionable in my book!

I mean I was on pureed food on day two and they sent me creamed corn casserole... ugh carbs???  I got apple juice, full sugar jello, etc.

I guess in this case, you really are the one who has to be in the know about your own body!

Thanks so much for the update! That poor woman!

You know you've been in the hospital too long when the food starts tasting like gourmet stuff!!!  Actually, she said she THOUGHT it was Salisbury steak.  I didn't even go there - she's had enough trauma!!!

I'm loving the new picture Tia.. Did you get my reply on FB to you this morning..

~Danielle~

Thanks, love!!!  I'll go check!!!

T

Can't find it!!  You didn't.....*gasp*.....block me, did you???

Thanks for the update on Helen. It seems she is getting better, slowly but surely. I can't wait for her 1st post, I'm sure it will be a hoot! She probably didn't even complain about the food, since it has been so long since she has had any. That is the only way they get  their patients to eat the food, starve them for a while first!!  Leslie:)