Update 04/18/12
By Ron Stark — Apr 18, 2012 8:29pm Taylor got to sit in his chair for a bit today but needed to lye down because of a coughing spell. His collar has come off and will be off whenever he is in the bed. They put the collar on for…
By Ron Stark — Apr 18, 2012 8:29pm Taylor got to sit in his chair for a bit today but needed to lye down because of a coughing spell. His collar has come off and will be off whenever he is in the bed. They put the collar on for…
By Lisa Ansay — Apr 17, 2012 9:10pm First thing this morning, Taylor’s pulminologist changed his trache tube for a completely different one. This was not a friendly process for T, and he had a bit of respiratory distress when they tried to reattach him to the ventilator. The RT…
By Lisa Ansay — Apr 16, 2012 11:27pm Every morning, I walk through the hospital campus and wonder how his night went – if he’s okay – if he’s still running a fever…and of course that list goes on and on…and on… This morning, I walked into his room to…
By Ron Stark — Apr 16, 2012 1:37am Taylor is resting comfortably right now.. His temperature at 11 pm was a cool 98. All other vitals were great also. He responded for mom today many times by wiggling toes and nodding his head for yes and side to side for…
By Lisa Ansay — Apr 15, 2012 1:15am Taylor is resting, and not a lot is being asked of him at this point. He is still battling fever, and more tests have been run to solve the mystery of its origin. There is a possibility that the fever is neurogenic…
By Ron Stark — Apr 14, 2012 12:58am Phase two of T’s recover will be long and anxious. His new stay is not an ICU. Lisa or I will be with him continuously until he wakes up. This phase is to get him off of the respirator assistance and remove…
By Ron Stark — Apr 13, 2012 3:19pm Taylor has been flown to Phoenix for the next part of his journey. We will post more later.
By Lisa Ansay — Apr 12, 2012 5:32pm Taylor has been off sedation all day, and is slowly waking. They say it might take a few days since he has been sedated for nearly two weeks. He is breathing on his own with only minimal supplemental oxygen. His vitals have…
By Ron Stark — Apr 11, 2012 6:27pm Today, Taylor had the day off from all of the rigors of the ICU. They are letting him rest peacefully after a chaotic day yesterday. He still has a slight fever at times that they are regulating with a simple room fan.…
By Ron Stark — Apr 10, 2012 10:22pm T is resting on medication after a long day for him. His results from his Lumbar Poke are still inconclusive at this time. He had a wake-up assessment tonight. As they lowered his sedation level Lisa read to him many of the…