Mom's Fake Plant Turns Real

My mom had surgery a few days ago on her parathyroid. It ended up being a much more difficult surgery than expected when they found out that the parathyroid was buried in the thyroid. She has had a problem with her heart the last 20 years causing her heart rate to increase to a dangerous speed. Since they had to deal with her thyroid, this caused her heart to increase to 169 for two hours after surgery. She was released the next day after giving her some meds that caused her heart to be normal. She is still having some problems with the fast heart rate, but is at home and recovering well.

Here is a funny story that kind of brightened the situation. I wanted to get her a plant to take to the hospital...roses are pretty, but they don't last. She has several plants at home, so I knew she would like a plant better than roses. The gift shop had one plant left, so that's the one I bought. Going up the elevator to her room, I realized the plant was fake as I looked at the straw in the bottom of the pot. I was very frustrated and embarrased as I took my mom a fake plant. Of course she didn't care and said she would still use it. My dad looked at it and swore the plant was real. We just kind of laughed at him and said there was no way the plant could be real with straw at the bottom. Besides that, it really did look plastic. Yesterday my mom called me before school and said the fake plant I got her was now wilted and really needed water. There really was dirt in the bottom past all of that straw. It was pretty funny...and I felt better I didn't get my mom a fake plant! :)