She has encured all of the chemotherapy she can stand and the metasteses is in her liver - last scan said the largest spot in the liver is 2.8 with others at 2.6, etc.

Her bloods are now a bit of a problem.

What I'm asking, today, is if she were to go into hospice - would blood be given? When her hemoglobin is down it really affects her tremendously. Get it back up and she's a new woman. I'm dreading, terribly, the day she goes into hospice.

-That's a "durned" good question, (which I don't know the answer to). I ran some searches and some hospices said "mild to moderate anemia", yet here says "severe anemia" http://www.healthandage.com/PHome/

How be you call or contact the local hospice(s) and find out? Find out if that's a criteria that you can demand. And/or if it would be denied or cost more.

While you're doing that, find out if "hospice" can come to your home, so you can keep Mom home as long as possible, if that's what seems to work for the time being (and since you're so far away from "care"). Since this and/or other issues may come up.

Your mom's done real good in your care (1998 to now). Plan for the worse, hope for the best and since I don't know the availability in your area, perhaps it's time anyhow to make some initial inquiries? and/or preparations for the future.

- Hospice care in our area (North Carolina, USA) would not give her transfusions as they would consider that a life-prolonging treatment which is not their goal. A peaceful and natural death is the goal of our local hospice care center. That is why my late wife never entered hospice care.