Rosebushes and thorns

7:40am

Yesterday the EMG testing was done to determine whether or not the trunk nerve was sending signals to the nerves that control the left side of the face.

The nerve was stimulated with electricity, then needles that act as probes were inserted into muscles in his face to see if they are even getting a signal.

The results weren't good and the Dr. indicated there was no activity of the nerves. It was not what we were hoping to hear.

Although if the nerve was to regenerate, they would have expected to see something by now there are cases that defy the norms so we're hopeful that Taylor will again be one of those patients.

We return on 8/30 to meet with Dr. Adelson again to see what our options are. There is no easy or definitive fix.

This morning, Taylor's mother commented on a cross stitch that hangs in our house. It reads

"You can complain because roses have thorns,
or rejoice because thorns have roses"

We do rejoice because we have Taylor again. And, we really try not to complain when we run into problems. We've met too many other parents who have much bigger issues they're looking at, and we could have easily been just like them. The facial paralysis is the last major hurdle to jump. I guess because we have been given so much, the selfish side of us has just come to expect that everything will be ok.

And, it may very well be. We've just gotten started on this phase, so we still have a long way to go. Taylor has already demonstrated that miracles really can happen, so we're expecting him to pull this off too.