I would add more rooms, because some people may prefer being around friends, so the child dies happy and their friends have fond memories.
The hardest thing about being in a hospice is seeing children who are struggling to live and knowing they're about to die, especially when I think that I have many problems, but how bad it must be for them when they (and their families) have even more.
It shows me how lucky I am despite my problems. Quidenham, one of East Anglia's children's hospices, is tremendous in the way it helps people who are dying because they all have a positive outlook and don't talk up "the d word".
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