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@brandysparks You have alot of decisions to make..I can share this much.. my younger sister had to put my parents (in their 90's with serious health considerations in an assisted home living.. alot of medical issues.. it was a 2 bedroom "apartment" which was very expensive.. they would actually take patients to their dr s on Tuesdays..they lived in Cincinnati.. they fed them good meal and had quality health care providers 24/7..my Daddy passed with a siezure after several strokes in 2023 a month before his 99th birthday..and Momma passed last year July 3 at 95.. now she was NOT place on hospice until about a week before she passed.. she did not eat her blackeyed peas Jan 1st.. and said "I'm just gonna see what happens" (this from someone who carried them to me in the hospital 30 miles each way when I had a hysterectomy..I was appalled.. but knew she was giving up without my Daddy ..married over 70 yrs) so she got a perforated bowel and afib.. and she was ok for several months but then declined rapidly..then and only then did the facility recommend hospice.. and she was only on it about a week or two I think.. please be careful.. the medical system is very ..well.. crooked and I remain suspicious of all of them..check the cost of those meds... when my David had cancer in 2011.. his Nexavar was $12,000 a month.. (we finally got it free from the VA but they did not tell us it would not effect the lymph node cancer just the liver and kidney.. we were so hopeful. until he said "I think I need to go to the hospital" and they lady did a PET scan and said " the cancer is all over him and he's gonna die real soon..I almost fainted!! Ju
st recently I got a Xolair shot and it would have been $4000 an month.. I hope I've helped you some.. you are a good child ..wishing and praying the vest for you!!

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@standinginfaith - Thank you so very much dear person! It is a business - healthcare, healthcare facilities, and their "vendors", not to mention the mega insurance industry, but I won't go off on that this time.

Sincerely appreciate your sharing your experiences. Hard to know who in these healthcare fields to trust, and rely on, if at all.

I hope you are well otherwise. Take care of yourself too!