Taylor traveled to a hospital in Highlands County today for an EEG and CT scan of his head. Apparently, the people that do the scan got all distracted by his collar and decided to scan his neck instead. When the Nurse looked at it on the way back to rehab, she noticed it was so bad it had no value. Hello? Scan the noggin', ya'll.....not the neck.
He has a scan of his fracture set for a week or so from now, so it will all be done at Lakeland Regional Medical Center where he was treated for 2 months.
Tomorrow, his friend Lucky and I will transport Taylor to the Opthamologist to examine his left eye. Although the rehab facility has transported in the past, he has to sit in a wheelchair in a large van and the ride is rough on him. When I learned we could transport him our self, we signed up to take him. The rehab folks didn't like the idea but, oh well. He'll be MUCH more comfortable in Suzie's Odyssey than he would be in an F350 Ford transport van.
I watched Taylor stroll about 500' with the walker today. And, stroll he did. He walked quicker and better than I have ever seen him do. He still has a long way to go, but if he continues to improve like he has so far, he may try to start a soccer team at the facility. He knows there may be some plateaus in his progress, but his drive and determination to improve is truly something to experience.
He continues to eat soft foods under supervision by the speech therapist to strengthen the muscles in his throat. It will be at least another month before another camera will be inserted in his nostril and to the back of his throat to watch how he does, but now that he's able to swallow thick liquids and soft solids he'll just improve each day. He's counting the days until he can drink Gatorade Lime Rain. It was one of the first things he wrote with his left hand while in the hospital. We have a case of it waiting for him at home.
He has a scan of his fracture set for a week or so from now, so it will all be done at Lakeland Regional Medical Center where he was treated for 2 months.
Tomorrow, his friend Lucky and I will transport Taylor to the Opthamologist to examine his left eye. Although the rehab facility has transported in the past, he has to sit in a wheelchair in a large van and the ride is rough on him. When I learned we could transport him our self, we signed up to take him. The rehab folks didn't like the idea but, oh well. He'll be MUCH more comfortable in Suzie's Odyssey than he would be in an F350 Ford transport van.
I watched Taylor stroll about 500' with the walker today. And, stroll he did. He walked quicker and better than I have ever seen him do. He still has a long way to go, but if he continues to improve like he has so far, he may try to start a soccer team at the facility. He knows there may be some plateaus in his progress, but his drive and determination to improve is truly something to experience.
He continues to eat soft foods under supervision by the speech therapist to strengthen the muscles in his throat. It will be at least another month before another camera will be inserted in his nostril and to the back of his throat to watch how he does, but now that he's able to swallow thick liquids and soft solids he'll just improve each day. He's counting the days until he can drink Gatorade Lime Rain. It was one of the first things he wrote with his left hand while in the hospital. We have a case of it waiting for him at home.
2 comments:
Al,
You can always ask the speech therapist to thicken some Gatorade for Taylor. See how he likes that!!
Denys
i agree! why not a slushee?
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