Who Would Speak for You in a Medical Crises?

I know it is kind of a scary question but it is one that I had to face. We knew that my husband needed a heart and lung transplant operation. We had years of waiting on a donor list. Yet when the donor became available, he received his long awaited operation; we were totally unprepared for the rocky road to recovery we faced. He suffered a coma, seizures, 20 surgeries, 2 organ transplants, many infections, hundreds of medical procedures, 8 months in intensive care (where he could not speak for himself). At that emotionally crippling time, I had to learn how to be his voice