My suggestion would be someone to be there with you AS MUCH OF THE TIME AS POSSIBLE. After experiencing my mother's multiple hospital stays and then my husband's - I ended up with the feeling that, even at the best of hospitals, a "patient advocate" is essential.

Best to you,
Anita


Husband Dx 12/02 Stage 4 Tonsil Cancer T1N2bM0; surgery, radiation, chemo 1/03 - 4/03.