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[lexin]

It was my mother's 85th birthday a few days ago. I'm going to see her tomorrow, a day trip to Nuneaton by train. Today, I'm working from home due to the tube strike and I have to work tomorrow morning.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a present for an elderly woman, confined to bed, who is in hospital, and which might be obtainable at a railway station in the UK? (For those who know railway stations in the UK, it's Euston.)

Edit: The hospital does not allow flowers. I have no idea why.

Comments

[oursin]

Maybe the belief still rules that o noez flowerz b steeling teh oxygen?
Possibly, these days, allergy issues.

[lexin]

I think it's that they are "too much trouble" for ward staff to deal with in these days of straightened circumstances. But you could be right about the allergy issues.

That was my brother's suggestion, btw.