10:34pm
Taylor cranked it out in rehab again, walking about 150' with the walker, then later walking another 100' or so. It will still be a while before he can walk on his own, but he increases his stamina daily.
Head injury patients have a risk of seizures, so he gets medications daily to help prevent that from happening. Taylor said that during speech therapy he had to sneeze, but had 3 or 4 false starts right in a row. He said during the false starts the speech therapist looked panicked when his face contorted as he tried to get the sneezes out. She said "Are you OK????" and then he finally sneezed and he said "Yea, I just had to sneeze". She said "My heart sank to my feet....I thought you were going to have a seizure - waive your arms the next time you're going to sneeze so I know you're ok". He got a big kick out of that.
Tomorrow we meet him in Lakeland for an appointment with his Neurosurgeon for a check up. After a serious game of Who's on First with rehab, we rescheduled his appointment to see about the Trach coming out until next Monday. He was a little bummed about that, but after this long, another few days won't matter. He may not get it taken out then, but it will at least be replaced with a smaller one that should make things a little easier for him.
Taylor cranked it out in rehab again, walking about 150' with the walker, then later walking another 100' or so. It will still be a while before he can walk on his own, but he increases his stamina daily.
Head injury patients have a risk of seizures, so he gets medications daily to help prevent that from happening. Taylor said that during speech therapy he had to sneeze, but had 3 or 4 false starts right in a row. He said during the false starts the speech therapist looked panicked when his face contorted as he tried to get the sneezes out. She said "Are you OK????" and then he finally sneezed and he said "Yea, I just had to sneeze". She said "My heart sank to my feet....I thought you were going to have a seizure - waive your arms the next time you're going to sneeze so I know you're ok". He got a big kick out of that.
Tomorrow we meet him in Lakeland for an appointment with his Neurosurgeon for a check up. After a serious game of Who's on First with rehab, we rescheduled his appointment to see about the Trach coming out until next Monday. He was a little bummed about that, but after this long, another few days won't matter. He may not get it taken out then, but it will at least be replaced with a smaller one that should make things a little easier for him.
3 comments:
I'm sure Taylor won't "remember me from Adam" but tell him the old songleader from Camp Meeting has been keeping up with and following his story. Blessings on all,
Jack Horner
Al and Suz,
Everyday I get online to see how Taylor is doing and everyday I leave with a smile. I am so glad to hear him not only progressing so well, but showing at every turn that he is your son. You two have done a great job with both of your kids and they are lucky to have parents who taught them to be so strong and to have a sense of humor about life. Hard work and time are great medicines, but so is laughter.
Sending my love and smiles to you all, Jenna
I've been reading most every day (as Al knows). This is the first one that made me laugh -- the picture of Taylor being told to wave his arms if he has to sneeze, and the image of Taylor doing just that. A picture that belongs in the camp albums! Blaine
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