As a matter if fact, I called his ENT yesterday because he has a leak in his trach going next week. Dread it for him. When he was on hospice, they did prescribed morphine but his current doctor prefers Lortab. You do have to be careful because of her weight. The only difference I see between them and home health is they will pay for most things and provide an aide 3 days a week just to bath him. With HH I get 1 day a week for bathing that's all. How is your mom today? Do you feel like you are watching her die a little each day? That's the way I feel. Isn't it heartbreaking! Didn't have to wake up with him last night. What a difference a good night sleep makes. Yes I do have mucus leaking and I'm not sure why. Some days it's worse than others, I'll ask the ENT next week. I'm not sure in SC how long you can stay on hospice. I've heard up to 2 years. Of course they have to re evaluated every 3 months.