brennen@maenad i don't know her well (or hardly at all), but sending good thoughts.
when i was in a facility for a while as a kid, getting letters from people was pretty huge. also somebody got me a deck of cards and i played a truly staggering amount of solitaire.
a bag of hard candy or the like can be pretty great when you're killing time, though as others have mentioned that might not be allowed.
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