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[quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry you lost something that was so meaningful to you, but the reality is when you go into any type of care setting with something valuable (or not even valuable!) you run a very real risk that it will go missing. People's sweatpants and knickknacks go missing too--sometimes stolen by someone who should know better, sometimes legitimately lost in laundry or whatever, and sometimes taken by another patient with dementia or whatever. The best you can do is send someone to look behind drawers, under beds, talk to everyone at the homes in person etc and hope it turns up, but it's pretty unlikely to. The fact you didn't even know where it went missing means you don't really even know where to look. Lesson to the future--don't send anything you're not willing to lose into a group care situation.

I'm so sorry and I hope you make peace with it, or better yet that it turns up somehow. (And for the love of god, if it does, go fetch it in person instead of trusting the mail!)[/quote]

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