By Lisa Ansay — Jul 9, 2012 2:30pm Taylor’s healing is becoming more and more evident each day. The cranial nerve that was causing trouble for him on the right side of his face is really coming around. He can open and blink his eye, and it is moving in…
By Lisa Ansay — Jul 6, 2012 7:11pm There are a couple surgeries coming up: an ENT surgeon will address the frontal sinus fractures (in the lower forehead); a cranial/facial plastic surgeon will take care of the eye socket/orbit, cheek, and whatever else necessary. It has not yet been decided if all…
By Lisa Ansay — Jul 3, 2012 9:16pm Taylor had a surprise visitor this moring during his PT session, an ENT (ear, nose and throat) doctor. This particular doctor was called in to visit Taylor last week after T was complainig of a sore throat, which nurses suspected might be thrush.…
By Lisa Ansay — Jul 2, 2012 9:54pm Monday mornings may be dreaded by some; time to get back to the daily grind. For Taylor it’s a little different. He enjoys the days filled with activity and challenge. He likes his rest too, but getting back into the swing of…
By Ron Stark — Jun 30, 2012 11:46pm Taylor’s day off was filled with a lot of rest and relaxation. In the early afternoon we went to the gym where we found a floor mounted punching bag that he thoroughly enjoyed. “smack the old man for making you work on…
By Ron Stark — Jun 28, 2012 10:04pm Taylor has been told how important communication is going to be and that he really needed to work hard on swallowing to be able to eat. The last two days he kicked it into a higher gear for speech therapy to work…
By Lisa Ansay — Jun 26, 2012 9:38pm Today was the appointment with the ophthalmologist Taylor was referred to by his plastic surgeon. This particular ophthalmologist works a lot with facial trauma as an oculoplastic surgeon. Oculoplastic Surgery is a surgical subspecialty of Ophthalmology that deals with the medical and…
By Lisa Ansay — Jun 25, 2012 8:25pm This is the schedule board posted near the Nurses’ Station, which is how the rehab patients are booked for each day. As you can see, these are very full days for everyone. One column per patient – T is NR02W, or the second populated…
By Lisa Ansay — Jun 25, 2012 11:31am Taylor is healing up amazingly. This is the side he had his recent plastic surgery on the jaw, cheek bone, etc. Looking good. Can’t even tell. SOOOO many miracles.
By Lisa Ansay — Jun 24, 2012 10:36pm Days have been filled with much activity, even on the weekends.Taylor prefers to be out and about wheeling around in the wheelchair, or working in the PT gym during off hours. He enjoys pedaling the bike, or working on standing, walking, balancing, etc. …
