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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I have a child with a chronic condition on her tenth hospitalization. She's now 12 and has never been alone[b] even for the time it would take to get coffee.[/b] I just get amazed each time I'm here how many kids are in their rooms totally alone. Little kids and babies. It makes me sad.[/quote]

Why?!  How crappy is this hospital that you don't think that your DD is going to be ok for 15 minutes by herself???[/quote]

Medical mistakes happen far too often.  I wouldn't leave my kid alone in a hospital room unless I really didn't have a choice (e.g. other kids at home and no caregiver/NICU with no overnight accommodations with parents/my ability to keep insurance or a roof over our head is in jeopardy), until my kid is old enough to reach out to me to tell me that someone has come in to give them something.  It sounds like OP's kid may not be there.

My elderly mother, who is 100% with it cognitively, was in the hospital with a broken bone.  i asked her to let me stay but she was embarrassed.  That night the nurse made a significant error.  I wish I'd pushed harder. [/quote]

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