I can totally get that. My last hospitalization lasted almost a month and my parents had to come help my husband raise our son (was 4 at the time I think). I was involved in leadership and that time I thought they'd give me a couple days to wrap things up and try to make arrangements. Nope, you got one hour at home to pack (and the only reason they gave me that is because they were sending me to one 5 hrs away and the car had just brought someone back and was an hour out, and I had a history of going willingly.