Gift/Encouragement Idea Help!!!

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Since my dad's stroke in the beginning of June, he has been in the ICU with a 2 day stint in a long term facility before he was rushed back to the ICU and has finally moved back to LTC facility this past week. He is going to have a long, long recovery and I'd like to give him something to help him/ encourage him along the way since I'm so far away.
I was thinking about how in stepmom she gave her daughter a quilt with family pictures on it. I would LOVE to do this for my dad. He can't currently have outside materials because he has MRSA and a secondary infection where they removed skull/brain tissue. But I'm hoping in about 6 weeks he will be able to have something like this.

What says MN? I'm also open to other ideas. He can use his hands ok and he can focus on the TV/photographs. I was able to FaceTime with him twice this past week.

ETA: Something like this:
www.etsy.com/listing/92267072/custom-photomemory-quilt-12-picture?ref=sr_gallery_23&ga_search_query=picture+quilt&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=ZZ&ga_min=0&ga_max=0&ga_ref=auto1&ga_search_type=all

[brandienee]

I love that idea.

Maybe also one of those digital picture frames. My mom loves hers.

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Aug 27, 2012 15:55:55 GMT -5 brandienee said:

Maybe also one of those digital picture frames. My mom loves hers.

Ah that's a good idea!!!

[basilosaurus]

Ask to see if they'll allow outside materials that will be disposed of. If so, blow up some good family photos, poster size (costco does this), and have someone hang them all over his room until you can get him something more permanent.

I did that for H when he was in the desert. I also blew up landscape pictures that were really colorful (to counteract all the beige of everything) from places we'd traveled together. He loved it.

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Good ideal, Sibil. I'll have to ask my sister how his room looks because my sister did make a poster of info like he's deaf in one ear, the name he likes to be called, etc. He can't talk yet but he kinda moves his lips. I can only facetime/skype with him when my sister is there since he can't really press buttons or hold the phone.

[crimewatcher]

My Stepmom had a quilt made of all my dads funny shirts and shorts/clothing after he passed away.

Do you and anyone else you want to include have old shirts laying around? Someone at her school made it for us but it looks like there are places online that do it as well.. (http://www.campusquilt.com/ www.toocooltshirtquilts.com/gift-guide/)

I love mine. And could be a way of remembering you without pictures.

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My dad wasn't really involved in my high school life since he was too busy with his alcoholism. Most of my dad's stuff was sold or tossed when we liquidated him. For his recovery from both stroke and alcoholism we're trying to focus on the family. Especially since my parent's divorce was finalized a week before he had his stroke. So us kids are trying to surround him with support.

[crimewatcher]

Aug 27, 2012 18:18:56 GMT -5 @lemonlover33 said:

My dad wasn't really involved in my high school life since he was too busy with his alcoholism. Most of my dad's stuff was sold or tossed when we liquidated him. For his recovery from both stroke and alcoholism we're trying to focus on the family. Especially since my parent's divorce was finalized a week before he had his stroke. So us kids are trying to surround him with support.

I was talking about his old clothes. I meant your shirts. If HS shirts or old shirts would bring up bad memories then ignore my idea.

[erin2903]

I really love the idea of the quilt. It s so sweet and useful.

[prettyinpink]

I love the quilt idea. And transferring photos to fabric is really simple. I can't remember but do you have any nieces or nephews? You can have them draw pictures and transfer those to fabric as well.