Taylor has worn a collar for his neck fracture for three months. This Thursday he returns to the Neurosurgeon to review the CAT scan and determine if it can be removed. Cross your fingers.
The collar extends 1/2 up the back of his head. I told Taylor on the way back to FINR we'd stop and get his hair trimmed, since he'll have a "mullet" once the collar comes off. He said "Yea, that's the last time you'll ever see ME with a Mullet". We talked about the mustache and goatee he grew when he was in ICU for 5 weeks. During a moment of borderline consciousness, he figured out he had grown it and motioned for me to cut it off. When we talked about that the other night, he said "I woke up and looked like Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean)". He is becoming another Henny Youngman - King of The One Liners.
Tomorrow we take him back to the ENT to have the hearing in his left ear checked. He has a substantial hearing loss in that ear. During a previous visit, the Dr. indicated that injures like the one Taylor sustained can result in permanent loss that cannot be corrected with a hearing aid. But, the problem could also be one that time or intervention can correct. Hopefully we'll know something tomorrow.
Taylor had more visitors yesterday, including the Pastor, Rob Patrick, from the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church. He visited Taylor a lot when he was in LRMC and has made several trips to visit Taylor in rehab.
The storm that hit Florida yesterday is gone and skies are blue. We're taking Taylor on a short road trip somewhere today to give him a change of scenery. We'll just roam the county for an hour or so and head back. His only outings so far have been to the hospital or Dr's office, so today will something a little more fun.
I wish those who read the blog, who are too far away to visit, could have seen Taylor then and now. Words used to describe what has happened to Taylor - amazing, incredible and the like - really to tell the tale. I told Taylor in my 30 years of being a Deputy and now PI, dealing first hand with tragedies that have struck other families, I've never seen anyone as close to death recover so well and so fast.
It's still a little hard for his him to fully grasp his brush with death, since he was not conscious to experience it. He knows it happened, and thanks God for saving him, but his appreciation for what he's been through is different from those who witnessed it firsthand. He's still trying to cope with missing so much time. He said "I went to sleep in February (the last day he remembers) and woke up in April".
Last night, we were watching a comedy show that poked fun at American Idol contestant Sanjia. We don't watch it, but it's hard to escape hearing his name everywhere. Taylor didn't get the joke and said "Who's Sanjia?" I told him that was another While You Were Out..... thing that happened, but like most others, it's nothing that mattered. I told him that once he's home he'll see he really hasn't missed that much.
A couple of months ago, I could have never imagined sitting with Taylor talking about a television show this soon. We are the luckiest parents of the luckiest child I've ever known.
The collar extends 1/2 up the back of his head. I told Taylor on the way back to FINR we'd stop and get his hair trimmed, since he'll have a "mullet" once the collar comes off. He said "Yea, that's the last time you'll ever see ME with a Mullet". We talked about the mustache and goatee he grew when he was in ICU for 5 weeks. During a moment of borderline consciousness, he figured out he had grown it and motioned for me to cut it off. When we talked about that the other night, he said "I woke up and looked like Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean)". He is becoming another Henny Youngman - King of The One Liners.
Tomorrow we take him back to the ENT to have the hearing in his left ear checked. He has a substantial hearing loss in that ear. During a previous visit, the Dr. indicated that injures like the one Taylor sustained can result in permanent loss that cannot be corrected with a hearing aid. But, the problem could also be one that time or intervention can correct. Hopefully we'll know something tomorrow.
Taylor had more visitors yesterday, including the Pastor, Rob Patrick, from the Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church. He visited Taylor a lot when he was in LRMC and has made several trips to visit Taylor in rehab.
The storm that hit Florida yesterday is gone and skies are blue. We're taking Taylor on a short road trip somewhere today to give him a change of scenery. We'll just roam the county for an hour or so and head back. His only outings so far have been to the hospital or Dr's office, so today will something a little more fun.
I wish those who read the blog, who are too far away to visit, could have seen Taylor then and now. Words used to describe what has happened to Taylor - amazing, incredible and the like - really to tell the tale. I told Taylor in my 30 years of being a Deputy and now PI, dealing first hand with tragedies that have struck other families, I've never seen anyone as close to death recover so well and so fast.
It's still a little hard for his him to fully grasp his brush with death, since he was not conscious to experience it. He knows it happened, and thanks God for saving him, but his appreciation for what he's been through is different from those who witnessed it firsthand. He's still trying to cope with missing so much time. He said "I went to sleep in February (the last day he remembers) and woke up in April".
Last night, we were watching a comedy show that poked fun at American Idol contestant Sanjia. We don't watch it, but it's hard to escape hearing his name everywhere. Taylor didn't get the joke and said "Who's Sanjia?" I told him that was another While You Were Out..... thing that happened, but like most others, it's nothing that mattered. I told him that once he's home he'll see he really hasn't missed that much.
A couple of months ago, I could have never imagined sitting with Taylor talking about a television show this soon. We are the luckiest parents of the luckiest child I've ever known.
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