Taylor thought outside the bun

9:02am

Yesterday, Taylor was able to have lunch from Taco Bell. He just began eating, and depending less on the feeding tube, on June 20th. Since that time, he has progressed very quickly and is 1 step away from having a normal meal that is not pureed, ground or chopped. He is still on the feeding tube from 6pm until 6am each day, in an effort to put more weight on him. He is still 15 pounds under where he was the day of the accident.

In typical Taylor style, he ate like a horse yesterday - 5 soft Tacos, 1 Taquito and an Empanada. Normally, he could have eaten more but he needs to do some stomach conditioning before he goes back to the old days of ordering a 12" Subway sandwich that he would chase with a 6" one.

The speech therapist thinks that by mid next week he may be eating a regular meal. Then, if that goes well, he'll get the feeding tube out within a couple of weeks after that.

This coming Saturday Taylor will be attending the wedding of his friends Tim Valdez and Katie Kimelton. We've taken him on a few short field trips around Hardee County, but this will be the first time he's had a chance to see friends outside of a hospital or rehabilitation center.