Hello @Aylin - Thanks for your update.
I have linked this update to your introductory post as I thought it would help to keep the information together and for you to find the help in “one place.”
You can access that by clicking on the below heading.
My husband suffered a severe ischemic stroke
With regards to your husband’s responsiveness and weight loss, these are likely the result of time spent in bed and also the medication. The fact that he has only just placed a feeding tube to provide him with nutrition, may help explain the weight loss. Being nil-by-mouth is a bit of a disadvantage in the sense that you don’t get to eat the hospital meals. But now with the tube in place, he will hopefully get his daily calories and the weight will start to come back up.
It is not nice this has happened, but it is not unusual. My Mum was on IV drip for a month before they put the tube in and even then it was because we queried why she wasn’t being fed or given any nutrients.
It looks like your husband is going down a path not too dissimilar to my Mum’s. If it helps, Mum came though it and has made slow but steady progress. She has been through a heck of a lot and she was 89 when she had the stroke. Your husband is in a much better starting position from that point of view. Age is on his side and he will be offered more help as a result - by that I simply mean he will not be discriminated against on the grounds of age.
Wishing you and your husband all the best.
Namaste|
