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Gift after a stroke?

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ferry23 Sun 28-Sept-25 19:17:43

My son in law's Mum had a stroke a few weeks ago. Although we live at opposite ends of the country, we've spent lots of Christmases together and also been on family holidays. She's a lovely lady and I'm sure we'd be good friends if we lived closer.

She's in a stroke unit where she's having intensive therapy. I'd really like to send her something but I'm struggling for an appropriate gift. Looking online there's a lot of gifts to "aid recovery" but I don't feel we're close enough for those sort of gifts to be appropriate. I'm at a bit of a loss - any ideas gratefully received.

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Mojack26 Tue 30-Sept-25 21:18:06

I can only speak from experience of having a stroke. Concentration was poor so reading was difficult,took years to come back to normal! Dexterity was not good either. All good now. Nice bath/shower gift as I hated being in stoke unit..it was only place I mostly got to be on my own. I hope she makes a good recovery. I am now 95% good and luckily left with minimal damage.. I was lucky as it was through a procedure,inserting stent after a
HA. It was in an awkward place and as a result dislodged some plaque in artery....stroke! They obviously knew right away so as speed is key my speech came back within a few hours with no real damage but it was a big big shock! So I feel very lucky. I hope this helps.

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NotSpaghetti Wed 01-Oct-25 16:02:42

Bath gifts for my mother-in-law who was only able to have bed baths was not a good idea.
If you don't know, please don't buy bath/shower "treats".

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