In the "big" metro hospital where I have been, you can order food anytime and have it delivered in good time and they really try to accommodate you except for their "healthy heart" policy. They allowed my husband to have his soft, high carb diet and then gave him insulin to cover any high numbers. That made it easier for them. They wouldn't listen to me because my husband wouldn't sign the paper giving me access to his treatment. He won, I lost. I cooked two different meals at home until he died. Dorisena