"Heart" Pillow
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fabyan64
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BigOwl,
I meant to post this last night, but the server may have been down. Thank you for dubbing me an honorary Texan, but.............
I am a true Texan (the only Texan in my family at that), born in Corpus! I left this country (Texas) in 1988 due to a psycho female and in part to the sour economy affecting Houston around the time of my departure for the land of cheese - Switzerland. After 20 years there, Altria (Philip Morris) decided to spin-off Kraft Foods, and asked me if I wanted to go to Chicago. I decided it was a good idea and time to do something else. So I did! LOL
Regards,
Roderick
I meant to post this last night, but the server may have been down. Thank you for dubbing me an honorary Texan, but.............
I am a true Texan (the only Texan in my family at that), born in Corpus! I left this country (Texas) in 1988 due to a psycho female and in part to the sour economy affecting Houston around the time of my departure for the land of cheese - Switzerland. After 20 years there, Altria (Philip Morris) decided to spin-off Kraft Foods, and asked me if I wanted to go to Chicago. I decided it was a good idea and time to do something else. So I did! LOL
Regards,
Roderick
MissMelis
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Yay for heart pillows! I got not one but TWO...one after valve replacement and another when I had to go back a month later with infection 
I tried to tell them I already had one so they could keep this one for a new patient.
I have since given one to my best friend's dad who's sick with cancer. They brighten up the room and are nice to hold on to.
I kept the other one...but if someone comes along who needs one, I will happily pass it on, as I see it now as a symbol of strength, since it helped me come through OHS.
Melissa
I tried to tell them I already had one so they could keep this one for a new patient.
I have since given one to my best friend's dad who's sick with cancer. They brighten up the room and are nice to hold on to.
I kept the other one...but if someone comes along who needs one, I will happily pass it on, as I see it now as a symbol of strength, since it helped me come through OHS.
Melissa
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Ironically, I never used my heart pillow in the car....
A friend of ours from the church Mom and Dad attend made a stuffed animal for me. I still have it ... and it is on my bed right now ... waiting for me to get to bed.
*sighs*
If only I could sleep...lol.
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mattwisconsin
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I was given a red, heart-shaped pillow. However, for the most part I have been bracing one arm against my chest and hugging it with the other, since I am coughing a lot and don't have the pillow with me at all times.
The wrapping your hands around someone's neck sounds a bit problematic. I would refer to anyone who has more knowledge of physical therapy than I do, which is most people. I would think by doing this you are still causing your arms and muscles to support your full weight, which I imagine is more than 10 lbs. When I needed help standing up in the hospital, the nurses told me to use my hands to balance myself but not to hold on tightly, while they lifted me. I would be interested if anyone else has an opinion on this one.
The wrapping your hands around someone's neck sounds a bit problematic. I would refer to anyone who has more knowledge of physical therapy than I do, which is most people. I would think by doing this you are still causing your arms and muscles to support your full weight, which I imagine is more than 10 lbs. When I needed help standing up in the hospital, the nurses told me to use my hands to balance myself but not to hold on tightly, while they lifted me. I would be interested if anyone else has an opinion on this one.
