>i keep looking at his sweet innocent hopeful face and
>thinking how heartbroken he's going to be when he gets back
>home. i just dont want him to go through that. but this is
>life and life goes on.

Letting your blood go back into an environment you know will hurt them brings such frustration, because you know what should be done and yet you're powerless to do anything about it.

Hopefully you can both stay in contact with him enough, and show him enough love to help blunt the other difficulties he'll go through. If he feels loved, that should help. We were lucky that my cousin is close to my brother due to age, and they were still able to spend time together.