Hospice Care

My dad called this evening concerned about my mother's care  My mother's back has been hurting for the past three weeks, making it difficult to move or eat.  And she is sleeping a lot.  Her doctor has suggested placing her in hospice care.  So the four of us need to decide about a facility.  My brother and I are  supportive of my dad's decision...will help in any way we can.   I would never have foreseen a back problem as the cause of putting my mother in a nursing facility.  I am not the only one with family issues.  A good friend is dealing with his brother's cancer, his son's and wife's illness.  He said that he knows God only gives us as much as we can handle, but that he has reached the top.  And yes, I would say he has.  I jot him a note every day, and hope that some day when he has time, he will read them.