Finding Your Voice

Abstract

Despite being cognitively intact, patients with Guillain Barre Syndrome are often unable to communicate. Because of this, goals-of-care decisions may need to be made by family members/surrogates. Here, I describe a patient with Guillain Barre Syndrome whose voice was initially stifled by dysarthria, then hypophonia, then intubation, but who ultimately managed to express herself and convey her wishes regarding goals-of-care.