Taylor comes home - but just for a few minutes

11:44pm

For the first time in almost 4 months, Taylor came home. It was truly bittersweet.

He had an appointment with a Podiatrist to treat ingrown toenails on both feet, and asked to go home for a few minutes. It was very emotional for him. He sat on the porch swing and visited with Hollister, our big, goofy dog, then went inside. He layed down on his bed and hung out with his cats, then sat in the living room for a minute. He walked all over the house and checked out the contents of the refrigerator.

Taylor has ridden through Bartow many times in the past 2 months, going to and from Doctor appointments, but he never wanted to go inside the house before today. It was not an easy thing for him to do, especially knowing he had to leave and won't return for good for another month or two.

His patience for therapy seems to be getting a little short. His physical rehab is held each day in a large room filled with Nautilus and other equipment used with him and other patients. He's been using his break times to continue to work out on machines. The 15 pounds he's gained back is all muscle. He still has a way to go before he gets back to his pre-accident weight, but he's eating everything at meal time and still getting 12 hours of tube feeding of a high calorie solution, so it won't be long before he's back where he was.