Ms. Hunting Creek is a writer in Virginia. Her work has appeared in The Toast, The Airship, The Washington Post, and Medium. When she isn't rooting for the California Golden Bears, she designs textile art, reads cookbooks in bed, and wrangles two cats, a golden retriever, and her husband..
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Comfort Fabric
If you or a family member have spent any time in the Medical Industial Complex, you'll know what I'm talking about. Some nice nurse hands you a drab, limp, depressing hospital gown and draws the curtain. I've done my time at our local hospital, in fact, I have another MRI scheduled for later this month. But it never occurred to me (shame on me!) to make my own hospital gowns. This morning I was reading the Lazy Girl Designs Blog, and she told of how she made some gowns for her father, who has been ill.
She even linked to a free pattern to make our own hospital gown. Wouldn't this be a thoughtful gift for a sick friend? I am making one for myself, so I don't have to wear those horrible depressing things in the MRI area. Something cheerful, like this. Or maybe this.
It can be as goofy or silly as I like, because it's a hospital gown, for pete's sake.
Any cute cotton will do. I feel cheered up just thinking about making my own.
Amything that helps make a sick person feel better is a wonderful thing.
Thank you, Joan.
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3 comments:
The sound you just heard is the sound of me slapping myself upside my head and saying why didn't I think of that? What a great idea! I'm going to make one for me, for my annual visits to the ob/gyn, for my annual mammogram and physical. And I think they'd make adorable gifts for my similarly aged friends! Thanks for passing this along!
That is an excellent idea! I hope the MRI goes well.
Strange that you should be forced to wear a gown... I was in hospital for 2 months last year and I only had to wear a gown once, and that was for the surgical theatre (we'll not go into those horrible compression leggings, eww). All the other times I was encouraged to wear my own clothes and pyjamas to feel more comfortable. Even for my MRI I just wore my normal clothes.
Is this common in the US or something (I'm in the UK)?
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