Gift for wounded comrade?

[sundial]

If it's a boo boo from a bike, have your LBS repair the damage to the bike.

As for your friend, homemade soup is always nice.

[Cataboo]

If she happened to have torn her handlebar tape from a booboo from a bike shop, new tape helps.

[lph]

you're a sweetheart, Eden.

When I was bust up and pathetic I would have appreciated comfort stuff like:
different magazines, some girly, some sporty, some news
dark chocolate
some different tea bags
a fat candle
a soft blanket

and yes, a tune-up at the lbs would have been fantastic.

[Eden]

The overriding theme here seems to be soft - so I found some plushy, plushy socks and the softest, lightest throw blanket I've ever touched. The whole team will be pitching in and helping with all the daily living stuff (errands, meals, etc.) when she's out of the hospital. Thanks everybody!

[indysteel]

That's really nice of you Eden; I think you chose well. Heck, I'd be happy with any of those gifts even if I wasn't injured. The only other I'd add is a GC for a massage (depending on the nature of the injuries).

[Eden]

We have a sponsor that gives us a monthly hour of massage - I'm sure that the next one will go to her. In fact, I've just suggested it - though I'd be willing to bet I'm not the first.

[Aquila]

Sounds like you made a great choice!

In case you end up needing another idea:

When one of my friends had abdominal surgery, another friend suggested a picker-upper stick. It was about two and a half feet long, with a magnet and a two prong thing at the end that could be squeezed together with a little lever thing on the handle.

My friend still tells me that it was about the best gift ever.

So, if your friend has problems bending over or something, a picker-upper stick might be good.

[kacie tri-ing]

When my DH had his accident/surgery a few weeks ago, a friend of mine got our home cleaned. When we came back from 4 days in the hospital, our home was in perfect shape. It was wonderful!

[malkin]

I was happy when someone stopped by and took out the trash.

[Kano]

Looks like I am coming into the thread a bit late, but it seems to me that cabin fever will hit sooner or later, and an outing of some sort would be nice, especially for someone who's used to being active.

I didn't see what sort of injuries your friend is dealing with, but things that will make "doing it myself" easier can't hurt either -- we all get tired of needing help after a while! It will also be time to re-enter the real world soon, back to work, or whatever. For a youngster who broke his arm and couldn't use his hand to write for a couple of months, a sketch book and pencils, along with a short lesson in "contour drawing" was helpful in developing eye-hand coordination so he could write better with his "wrong" hand. For DH, the fattest pens I could find (and there are many more options for people with gripping problems now) helped him, as he writes all kinds of notes as he programs computers. Possibly some easy on, easy off clothing that's not pajamas for real world time?

I hope your friend is feeling MUCH better by now!

Karen in Boise