Lois firstly thank you for your kind words and secondly yes the whispering voice is par for the course also.
Rob lost his voice almost completely about week 4 and he never really got it back again.Be prepared for anger and frustration at this stage Lois as he will get very frustrated when you cant hear or understand what he wants to say,and the effort and pain it will cause to keep on repeating himself will make him a bit snippy.Also you may need to start being his voice on occasions with doctors and things where you know what he is trying to say and cant.

The hardest for me was when people rung up and he wouldn't or couldn't speak to them.It got so he wouldnt answer the phone even if he was sitting right next to it and i was the other end of the flat.
Official calls were a nightmare as they wouldn't speak to me without his premission and he had to croak down the phone that it was ok for me to speak on his behalf.
Get him a pad amd pencil and let him write things down,it will help him and hopefully head off any confrontation.

love liz