takethewatch
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- Dec 13, 2024
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- Loved one DX
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- 10/2022
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- US
Hello,
I'm looking for ideas for a Christmas gift for my mom who has ALS.
She was diagnosed just over two years ago and now she is on a ventilator at home. She can't move around on her own, so she's living from her recliner and bed, mostly just using her iPad with the eye tracker. She listens to audiobooks through the library and reads ebooks and watches hulu and YouTube and Great Courses. I think there are a few games she can play--the NYT crossword and Wordle and things like that.
I'm kind of stuck on something to give her for Christmas because there's so little she can do or use on her own, and she already has plenty of like, blankets and cozy stuff (she's constantly too hot from the ventilator and all the pillows propping her up, so that kind of comforting item wouldn't be used). I know that everyone says what they most want is you to spend time with them--but I'm already doing that, and I'm going to continue. So that's not really like, a gift, it's just our normal routine.
I would most like to gift her something that we can do together, but not sure what. A subscription to something we can watch together maybe? (Like back during the height of COVID theaters and ballets would stream their performances online, something like that that comes out on specific dates so there's things on the calendar to look forward to.) Or if there's a board or card game app that we could play together that would be perfect.
I appreciate any ideas you have!
I'm looking for ideas for a Christmas gift for my mom who has ALS.
She was diagnosed just over two years ago and now she is on a ventilator at home. She can't move around on her own, so she's living from her recliner and bed, mostly just using her iPad with the eye tracker. She listens to audiobooks through the library and reads ebooks and watches hulu and YouTube and Great Courses. I think there are a few games she can play--the NYT crossword and Wordle and things like that.
I'm kind of stuck on something to give her for Christmas because there's so little she can do or use on her own, and she already has plenty of like, blankets and cozy stuff (she's constantly too hot from the ventilator and all the pillows propping her up, so that kind of comforting item wouldn't be used). I know that everyone says what they most want is you to spend time with them--but I'm already doing that, and I'm going to continue. So that's not really like, a gift, it's just our normal routine.
I would most like to gift her something that we can do together, but not sure what. A subscription to something we can watch together maybe? (Like back during the height of COVID theaters and ballets would stream their performances online, something like that that comes out on specific dates so there's things on the calendar to look forward to.) Or if there's a board or card game app that we could play together that would be perfect.
I appreciate any ideas you have!