Thanks for the support, gayleggg and Frankbtl. I'll be leaving soon and am nervous about it, but I keep thinking of that book title "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway," so that's what I'm going to do. I'm sorry both your parents have passed away, Gayle. I know that has to be terribly hard. While my mom was gone, and even now still because she doesn't feel like talking on the phone and is sleeping a lot, you can feel the void. I thought to myself, "What if this were permanent??" And I know one day it will be unless something happens and I go first. My parents are both in their 70s. Time does go by very quickly, and I know one day they'll be gone. I think the hospital was the turning point, and I took them for granted way too much that they'd always be there. My parents do mean so much to me. I don't know what I'd do without them. They've helped us a lot. My sister lives close by so I kind of feel maybe I'm not needed - she's right there to call on and could be there in a minute. But I'm going to try to help any way I can anyway. I know food will be an issue - dad's not much for cooking. As well as cleaning and washing clothes, shopping... So I'll just see what's going on I suppose...