I have a question. My son has mental health issues that are going to require him to be hospitalized in the near future. I am wondering what parents of more than one child did while one was at the hospital for any reason. Did you stay near the hospital so you could be near the hospitalized child? Did you stay at home with the other children? Did you go see the hospitalized child every day?

The hospitals he would go to are atleast an hour away from my house (maybe two hours). I don't want to just leave him there. I would want to see him every day, but with the price of gas I know it would be more affordable to stay at a place like near where he is going to be. My other children are nine and twelve. Daddy would be with them and grandma lives downstairs from us so she would help out daddy. What do you think I should do?