I've got a friend whose 4 month old is having surgery at Egleston this upcoming Thursday and will be there for a few days. A few of our friends were wanting to get some giftcards to nearby restaurants and coffee shops. Does the hospital have any on site, such as Starbucks? I couldn't find anything on their website as far as what they have. Also, does anybody have any tips for post-surgery for cleft palate repair? He'll have his arms restrained for 5 days to prevent from tearing the stitches and didn't know if anybody had any tips for keeping him distracted from that.
ETA: We all live down in south GA and I've never really been around the Egleston hospital or I would know or could drive around to see what is there.
Re: Restaurants/Coffee Shops near Egleston
***Twin fraternal girls born at 35w6d in 12/2008***
Unfortunately, Dusty's closed and was replaced by Pig n Chik. There is a Caribou at the intersection of North Druid Hills and LaVista (the one in Emory Village closed).
***Twin fraternal girls born at 35w6d in 12/2008***
Here is a list of restaurants in Emory Village:
https://www.emory.edu/home/about/visiting/index.html
I think you can get gift cards to almost all of them.
This is the area I'd tell them about. It's right near Egleston. Everybody's pizza is good and next door to it is Steady Hand Coffee house. They have really good coffee.
I'd third these suggestions and T&P to your friend's LO. As for baby entertainment, what about things LO can do with his feet? My DS had a Fisher Price piano that he played with his feet loooong before using his hands. Sorry no linky but this was the one he had (though there are others!): https://www.google.com/imgres?q=fisher+price+piano&hl=en&client=safari&sa=X&rls=en&biw=1280&bih=599&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=9L3ZB2lKLf5oDM:&imgrefurl=https://northbay.canadianlisted.com/kids-products-toys/fisher-price-piano_1103767.html&docid=bwMRgJV9zSsn1M&imgurl=https://images.canadianlisted.com/nlarge/fisher-price-piano_5755842.jpg&w=666&h=500&ei=zx4XUO3RDIbjqgHPsICQBA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=974&vpy=4&dur=712&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=164&ty=65&sig=102464270914687552824&page=1&tbnh=118&tbnw=144&start=0&ndsp=14&ved=1t:429,r:13,s:0,i:135