Please help!!! What can I have for my dinner party?

Question

My mother had a very serius operation where they removed a tumor out of my mothers colon; her doctors were so wonderful, the hospitals nursing staff was beautiful and my family and I are trying to show our appreciation for the wonderful care that they gave us. We are going to have a sit down dinner and I was thinking about a rib roast and cornish hen, but I wanted to stuff the cornish hens with something but I don't know what to stuff them with; I want several vegetables. I want a lot of food out, I have 3 doctors and 5 nurses that will be there. Can anyone give me any ideas on dinner. Before dinner we will be handing out gifts., I wanted to give them plaques like best doctor or nurse, but my family says that was stupic and they wanted to give gift certificates to the day spa but 2 doctors and 1 nurse is male and I know they wouldn't want to go to the day spa. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Why not take a couple of party platters to the hospital with a card expressing your gratitude?  Unless you knew them personally before the surgery it really makes no sense to invite them to your home. You could also put a ad in the newspaper stating how much you appreciate everything they did for you mom and make  donation to their cancer ward in her name.

Answer 2

Wow, well call me Scrooge, but I don't think this treatment is appropriate.  I know you are very happy about your mother's serious operation, but that's what doctors and nurses and in the business of doing - serious operations that save people's lives.

Now I could be all wet, but at least I recommend you ask each doctor and nurse what they think about your idea of having a dinner party in their honor in this way.  Perhaps they are just dying for someone to do this for them, but in my mind I am thinking how would a doctor or nurse ever have any free time if each grateful patient or family member threw them such an elaborate party.

For sure, you can write each doctor and nurse a beautiful, heartfelt letter of appreciation.  Thanking him'/her for their expertise, compassion, etc., I'm sure they all want to know that.  You could also write to the hospital administrator, or anyone else that should know about this exceptional theme.  You could write an article for the local paper, etc.

You also could figure out just how much money you were willing to spend on this dinner, and donate it to the research foundation for colon cancer.

That's just my opinion.