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[quote=Anonymous]Call the Ronald McDonald House where they're staying and ask them where the residents can get easily.  Then get a gift card from there.  I used to work at a Ronald McDonald House, and the only places people could get *easily* were KMart and McDonalds - everyone wanted to know how to get to Walmart but there wasn't one for 20 miles.

Also - find out if their hospital charges for parking.  If so, find out if they'll take a charge card.  If they do, get a prepaid Visa and tell them it's for hospital parking.  After about a month people can *sometimes* get a break on hospital parking, but not much - and those costs can really add up.

Also - find out if they're interested in Caringbridge, which is a kind of facebook specifically for people who are seriously ill to share updates with their friends and family - they might not want to put medical info on facebook, but Caringbridge lets you control who has access a little differently so people can sometimes be more open.  The hospital where the baby is can probably hook them up.

Finally - if she's interested - there's a group locally called "Mended Little Hearts" that's a support group for people with kids with heart conditions - they might be national, I'm not sure - that she might be interested in contacting.
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