Thanks Under Over. This has been really hard and I doubt it will get easier. Medically he isn't likely to live a long time but he was also expected to be taken off life support and pass quickly a week ago and instead he woke up a couple of days before the paperwork was through. So what happens next is impossible to predict. He's at extremely high risk of having another huge stroke and his heart is in bad shape too. But what that means in reality is anyone's guess.

It's just a sad situation and I wish I could be more involved than calling the nursing home to check on him once a week.