Taylor walked Friday afternoon with no walker and no support from anyone. He walked about 200' along a wall with a handrail in case he needed it. Almost every day he moves closer to walking completely unassisted. In the past week he's gone from a slow deliberate speed to a normal walking gate (with the aid of a walker) to walking unassisted.
He said he walked "like a drunk", but he did it. Walking unassisted has been his top goal and he's finally gotten there. He still has a lot more work to do to get back to it becoming as natural to him as it is to all of us, but his progress today is a MAJOR step (pun intended).
He's talked about his concerns of having a permanent limp, and has said that he's accepted that he may never walk like he once did. But, when I watch him walk with the walker, I don't see any evidence of a limp. He's still very thin, and has to put on 25 or so pounds to get back where he was the day of the accident. It may be that he feels he may have a limp because he can't walk as easily as he once did, but when he replaces the missing muscle we feel certain that he will walk with the same bounce in his step that he's always had.
10:30pm
Taylor received a "care package" from Roland Martin, legendary angler whose television show "Fishing with Roland Martin" has run for 20 years. Suzie's cousin, Emily Simmons of Valdosta, GA, has a business relationship with Roland, so she made a call and hooked Taylor up. (another unavoidable pun..."hooked"...get it?) Taylor was pretty excited to get it.....he told me about that before he did about walking!
He said he walked "like a drunk", but he did it. Walking unassisted has been his top goal and he's finally gotten there. He still has a lot more work to do to get back to it becoming as natural to him as it is to all of us, but his progress today is a MAJOR step (pun intended).
He's talked about his concerns of having a permanent limp, and has said that he's accepted that he may never walk like he once did. But, when I watch him walk with the walker, I don't see any evidence of a limp. He's still very thin, and has to put on 25 or so pounds to get back where he was the day of the accident. It may be that he feels he may have a limp because he can't walk as easily as he once did, but when he replaces the missing muscle we feel certain that he will walk with the same bounce in his step that he's always had.
10:30pm
Taylor received a "care package" from Roland Martin, legendary angler whose television show "Fishing with Roland Martin" has run for 20 years. Suzie's cousin, Emily Simmons of Valdosta, GA, has a business relationship with Roland, so she made a call and hooked Taylor up. (another unavoidable pun..."hooked"...get it?) Taylor was pretty excited to get it.....he told me about that before he did about walking!
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