milk in hospital

[marsala1]

Trying to figure out how to have cold milk in a fridge in a hospital for 2 weeks. Obviously DH will visit every few days but there is no fridge in the room. I know this seems silly but I have one of those healthy shakes every morning for breakfast now ( just last month and have put on weight!! was better off not having breakfast). Anyway I'm used to them now, There is a patients fridge but how will I know that someone hasn't opened my milk and drunk out of it. I know, I know it's unlikely but this is not a general ward. Basically I want my DH to deliver 1 litre of milk every second day. I thought of those 600 mls plain milk , heaps of them and if the get nicked I don't care, Any better ideas? I realise this is niche and weird. Considering bring my own little friidge into my room!

This thread appears to have gone circular for some reason. I'm not answering the same questions again, but thank you for your kind interest , I'm quietly terrified,

@marsala1 consider you might not want to eat anything. I've had three hospital surgeries where I've been in for a long day/overnight in the last year and I couldn't consume anything but water even if they'd forced me I wouldn't have eaten.

Tastes change in hospital.

How about a small cool bag then ask your DH to bring the milk in frozen with an additional ice pack? It should be fine for a couple of days that way. That’s what I do when I go camping and the milk stays cold for a good 2-3 days.

Thanks all. There is a cafe downstairs that sells milk. I have so lost it I didn't even think of that. No this particular ward in this hospital doesn't have the trolleys for food, you have to get it yourself ( maybe a 10 metre walk) obviously not a post-surgery ward. Otherwise in other wards and other hospitals they do the rounds with the trolleys.

Do what people in student houses do: write “I have spat in this” on it and put it in the fridge. Obviously you don’t really spit in it, but who would take the risk?

Ive worked in a couple of hospitals, and lots of wards and departments, and we always supply milk to patients if requested.

Small cool bag. Husband replaces ice packs daily.

Brilliant, I will write a series before I go in, on post it notes , or maybe masking tape, each gradually more gross.

I think the cool bag is the winner ( and the shop). Thanks all.

Hospital wards I’ve worked in usually just give patients milk (count of full or semi skimmed usually). Might be a worry you don’t need to have!