Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Surgery Update

Taylor did well in surgery. He's not back to his room yet, but the Doctor said he did well.

One of the procedures that was planned was to replace a small portion of skull that was previously removed to allow for swelling. The Doctor said that he found a little swelling, so he decided to wait to a later date to complete that procedure.

We can't see Taylor until at least 3pm today.
5:45pm

We did visit Taylor and he looks a LOT better with the airway out of his mouth. He did have an airway that was in his mouth and down his throat, but that was replaced with a Trach so his mouth is now clear. I know he will be very happy not to have that anymore. He REALLY didn't like that airway. He will also be able to try to talk some now whenever he feels a little better.
He's now resting, although he is really groggy.

1 comment:

Susie said...

Hi Al & Suzie & Lauren & Taylor
Just wanted to let you know that Dave & I have been thinking about y'all today as well as all of the other days of your ordeal. I haven't wanted to disturb you - but did want to pass our well wishes on. If there is anything we can do for you, just whistle.

The "Taylor's Progress" blog is wonderful. Thanks for keeping everyone updated.

Dave & Susie Brewer