Today is Donna's birthday !

Last night when we arrived with her homemade daily dinner (well, I'm trying to get her fatter because sh's awfully skinny now and hates the hospital food) we found Donna very upset. Apparently Nurse Ratchett ( the crazy one from One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) was all over Donna. While Donna knew I was bringing her some "real" food, she attempted to eat a little of the hospital prepared meal in the dining room. This crazy old nurse made a point to examine how much dinner Donna had eaten, scolded her, made an example of her to the others and basically embarrassed and humiliated Donna as if she were a naughty child. Donna was outraged and very upset. Once I heard about all this I found nurse FRAN and gave her a piece of my mind. A very big piece! Then I called and reported her to Donna's case manager who promises to make an official complaint with the hospital. Hopefully we will never see this horrible woman again. Everyone else has been wonderful, I guess there is always going to be at least one jerk who acts up. I've made quite a big deal of this woman's inappropriate behavior and strongly suggested she get some additional training on how to work with Stroke patients! The case manager was very apologetic and promised to take care of things. Hey, don't mess with my sister when she is down! ! ! ! ! (My red-headed temper let loose on this one and that's not a good thing. Louie calls it 'Doing a Darlene ! Some of you know what that means.)

On to better topics - today is Donna's birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, could be more stinky than to have to spend your birthday in a hospital? Not much! No worries though, we plan to make this a memorable birthday - one she'll never forget. First there are lots and lots of presents. (She really has no where to put things, except a very small closet and even smaller bedside table). Then tonight we plan to bring in some special food from a nearby restaurant and an ice cream cake ! Probably some balloons and colorful plates, etc. We would love to take her out to dinner but don't think it's quite time. She'll have candles to blow out and we'll sing - unfortunately for her, she'll have to listen to our rendition of Happy Birthday ! I'll try to take some pictures of the birthday girl and post them tomorrow.
Side note - Donna and I are 14 months apart so there are a few months there (my birthday is November 24 and hers is February 11) when we are actually 2 years apart. That makes me feel OLD so I always like it when her birthday finally arrives and I am only ONE year older rather than TWO !