By Lisa Ansay — Feb 2, 2013 8:27am The “shunt-scan” yesterday showed a slow drain through the shunt – too slow – so surgery was scheduled for Saturday a.m. to repair/replace it. It is not a long surgery (30 – 90 minutes) then back to ICU for the night. He…
By Lisa Ansay — Feb 1, 2013 10:09am A mighty wind blew night and day. It stole the oak tree’s leaves away. Then snapped its boughs and bulled its bark until the oak was tired and stark. But still the oak tree held its ground while other trees fell all…
By Lisa Ansay — Jan 31, 2013 8:29am Taylor and I have been in Minnesota with family the past two weeks, for the passing of our super-amazing, super-beloved Grandma Fran. It was wonderful to be surrounded by family, and exhausting as well. Taylor was very tired, taking longer than usual…
By Lisa Ansay — Jan 16, 2013 8:02am As Suzie mentioned in the previous journal entry, there was a meeting with the maxillofacial surgical team at Barrow Neurological Institute Craniofacial Center. This meeting was to discuss the remaining facial fractures and the repair/reconstruction required for Taylor’s full recovery. These issues…
By Susie Roemhild — Jan 15, 2013 2:02pm Hello everyone! Today is is an important day for Taylor, as he is meeting with all his specialty doctors concerning his progress and his next steps forward. This meeting will determine a decision of whether or not they will move forward with…
By Lisa Ansay — Oct 4, 2012 12:17am Taylor spent the night in Barrow Neuro ICU last night. He has had awesome days, and some confused days this week, and the confused days even alarmed Taylor himself. He had a very hard time remembering things, and for the past two…
By Lisa Ansay — Oct 2, 2012 11:20pm I just got off the phone with Lisa, and Taylor has been admitted back into the hospital thru the ER, into the neuro ICU unit. Taylor has been very quiet over the last 3 days with brief moments of “Taylorness!” Taylor was…
By Lisa Ansay — Sep 11, 2012 9:41am Generally, whether it’s Ron or me starting the day with Taylor, things go about the same each day. About 6am, Taylor is ready to either be tucked in for another hour or so, or his arms are behind his head, knees up,…
By Lisa Ansay — Sep 9, 2012 8:12pm The day began with breakfast. Taylor ate some Cream-of-Wheat and drank a full container of orange juice, as if swallowing was never an issue. We were both amazed at how easily he was able to do so. He wanted to shower, so…
By Lisa Ansay — Sep 7, 2012 10:37am Taylor had a busy day yesterday, with a lumbar puncture performed in Radiology, and a CT scan immediately thereafter. The cerebral spinal fluid collected during the lumbar puncture looked good; in fact, his white cell count was “1”, which is great. And considering…
