jmcquown wrote:

> Mom's home (thanks for the good wishes) and has yet another pill to
> take daily. Dad called and told me he's going to make clam chowder
> for dinner. Heh. This means he's going to open a can (or two) of
> Campbell's chunky clam chowder. Well good! She's cooked for him for
> 60 years; it's about time he heated up some soup for her. He
> mentioned toast, too. So, soup and toast. And he's making it.
> Well, heating it up. It's a start. <G>
>
> All she got to eat yesterday was broth and the ever present green
> Jell-O. Do they have a special Jell-O person on staff at all
> hospital cafeterias? For that matter, at any cafeteria? How much
> Jell-O can one consume in a single hospital stay? And why is it
> always the green stuff? Was there a sale on green Jell-O 40 years
> ago? Just curious... it seems to show up everywhere, sometimes with
> shredded carrots in it, sometimes pineapple chunks. Sometimes all by
> itself. It's like that science fiction film 'The Blob'.
>
> Jill <---glad The Blob didn't get her mom but not saying it didn't
> try!

Good to hear!

When I was on a similar diet in a hospital, I found out that visitors
could bring me milkshakes from the coffee shop.

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