In the land of the starving the fat guy is king.
That vase in the picture is ceramic. Fragile and easily breakable!
If we send him a vase we should make it of steel. Heck, we aren't making these mark 4 casings anymore! Remove the fins, stand it up, buff it up, paint a peaceful field of flowers on it and ship it to him as a new year's present! :)
Glad to hear that your back is sort-of better. I agree that sometimes the risk is that the doctor won't make you better, and you end up worse than you feel right now!