By Lisa Ansay — May 13, 2012 6:46am Back on April 3rd (Flagstaff ICU) Taylor had plastic surgery to repair and stabilize fractures. When inflammation subsided, the devices used to secure his jaw became loose and Taylor was able to move his jaw a bit. Taylor arrived at St. Joseph’s on April 13th, and within…
By Lisa Ansay — May 12, 2012 10:45am Taylor has been awake during the day for the past few. He has PT/OT in the mornings and yesterday he did stand, with a little help from his team. And then he wanted to do it again! He is a fighter, for sure.…
By Ron Stark — May 11, 2012 12:07am Taylor’s vital signs have been excellent.! He has recently had short times of very coherent memory that is very encouraging, not only to us but I am sure to him also. Yesterday I told him I would be behind him on the…
By Lisa Ansay — May 9, 2012 5:03pm This is how his room is set up for watching Netflix or movies or whatever else. The televisions in the rooms are WAY up high on the wall next to the tall ceilings. Tough to see anyway since they are maybe 22″ers.…
By Lisa Ansay — May 8, 2012 9:21pm Taylor has several teams actively involved in his treatment and recovery: neorosurgical; critical care; infectious disease; endocrinology; respiratory; physical therapy; speech and occupational therapy. The only teams that have not visited him at least daily since he has been in ICU are the speech,…
By Lisa Ansay — May 7, 2012 1:24am Sodium levels were high through the night, so by morning Taylor was not responsive – and vitals were unstable. Even the vitals that were typically rock solid were faltering, and T was struggling. It seems there was a loss in translation between the…
By Lisa Ansay — May 6, 2012 3:21am My apologies for the late delivery of this journal entry. I know many of you have been waiting to hear. Unfortunately after generating journal entries three different times where my connection was lost before I could publish, I decided to just wait…
By Susie Roemhild — May 4, 2012 5:33pm Results from Taylor’s MRI showed some fluid accumulation on his brain. Also He has not been as responsive today as the previously. With this new information they are now taking Taylor to the ICU. There they will put a drain tube in and watch him…
by Lisa Ansay — May 3, 2012 2:03pm Taylor had a quiet morning, and slept through most of it. His doctor is lowering pain med dosage (fentanyl patch) and adding some provigil, which will wake him a bit. Taylor will have another MRI with contrast today to see the condition…
By Lisa Ansay — May 3, 2012 1:06am Taylor has his new “speaking trache”, which means the valve at the top of the trache is now configured so he inhales as he always has through the tracheostomy, then exhales through his mouth with breath passing through his vocal cords along…
