GoingNorth
Crazy Cat Lady
Talk to him! And, get the docs and nurses out of the room if you're going to have "clinical" discussions about his condition, prognosis, etc.
When my husband was in a medically induced coma and on a paralytic drug that left him unable to move a muscle, and on a respirator because he had very little functioning lung tissue left.
He told me on the two lucid days he was off the respirator, that he heard and understood every conversation that took place in that room. Not only that, he was desperately attempting to correct medical staff and otherwise take part in the conversation, and horribly frightened and angry because he not only couldn't do so, he was totally unable to move.
Tell your husband about your day, what's going on, what the weather is like, how much you love him. Touch him if infection control allows for that. Do whatever you can to maintain that bond between you.
It may be that the silver cord of your bond might be the only thing that keeps him here.
When my husband was in a medically induced coma and on a paralytic drug that left him unable to move a muscle, and on a respirator because he had very little functioning lung tissue left.
He told me on the two lucid days he was off the respirator, that he heard and understood every conversation that took place in that room. Not only that, he was desperately attempting to correct medical staff and otherwise take part in the conversation, and horribly frightened and angry because he not only couldn't do so, he was totally unable to move.
Tell your husband about your day, what's going on, what the weather is like, how much you love him. Touch him if infection control allows for that. Do whatever you can to maintain that bond between you.
It may be that the silver cord of your bond might be the only thing that keeps him here.