My mother died from a huge stroke.
She seemed unconscious all the time, from she was found until her death.
We knew she was dying, she would not be able to live on with the huge damage to her brain.
When me and my brother first visited her in the hospital, the first day, it didn’t seem she had any awareness of us being there.
The next day, a doctor called me and asked if I wanted to visit. I said “no, not really, she didn’t seem to notice us being there’ and the doc answered:’you never know, she might hear you”
So I picked up her hearing device, went to the hospital and talked to her. She was still connected to all those devices you might find in a hospital.
I was closely watching her heartbeats. And at the moment I started talking, her heartbeats went up.
Two days later, she was still alive, I went again, and found no response.
In the evening my sister arrived, and we went again. My mothers heartbeats was now irregular. We couldn’t get ourselves to talk to her this time, for all the crying. But my sister was petting her, holding her hand, etc. And the heartbeats went regular.
My mother have had several smaller strokes before, without being unconscious. Later, she’s had no recollection at all. So if she had survived this, I’m sure she wouldn’t had this time either.
But the talking and the petting had an impact for sure.
