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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If my child was hospitalized I would go, no question. People in the hospital often need a advocate. However well intentioned the average college student has no experience with that and their friend group would likely be very inadequate.[/quote]

NP. This is an excellent point. From experience I know that even adults who are able to communicate OK while ill or injured still do need someone with them to listen to the doctors, ask questions and be an advocate. And while my DD has a terrific, intelligent group of very devoted friends at college, I would not expect any of them to take that on, nor would I think any of them would have the life experience to know what to ask and when to get assertive with doctors etc. (For context, DD is at a college a six-hour drive from us; flying would actually take longer by the time we got to and from airports on each end, got a rental car to get to her, etc. So we would drive if needed.)

OP, are you concerned about your own kid going off to college next year and what might happen in the event your kid was hospitalized? Or does your kid have any specific condition that could land them in the hospital so you're worried? If you have specific questions around that, let us know and I'm sure you'll get some good input here.  [/quote]

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