Sign up for a convenient time and bring in or rent a favorite funny video. Bring in age appropriate games, puzzles, and books. A friend brought in a bag full of fun stuff from the local dime store. Food Buying meals day after day in the hospital cafeteria is expensive. Remember to put your name in a prominent place on your containers.
Many hospitals have cooking facilities for families where they can cook or microwave favorite meals.
Ask family and friends to bring food in when they visit, and consider ordering extra items to come up on your child's tray. Ordering out for dinner can also be a nice change of pace for you and your child. As long as there are no medical restrictions, there's no reason why pizza can't be delivered to the hospital. Ask the nurses if they have menus from local restaurants. Just the smell of food nauseated my daughter.