Shogun.........at last

10:30pm

Yesterday afternoon, Taylor and I met Larry Ashley at Beef O'Brady's so Taylor could have his first official legal beer.

Larry is Taylor's Godfather, and was the first person we called in the middle of the night on March 1st, when enroute to the hospital. He, Mary Toothman and Tommy Ray were all awakened and were at the hospital before we knew it. Larry spent countless hours, week after week with us at the hospital, and was with Taylor when his intercranial pressure began to quickly rise, resulting in emergency surgery.

1 beer to make it official, and Taylor was done. He knows now is not a good time to do anything that could interfere with his balance, and as he puts it "drinking isn't on my radar".

Larry joined my Mother, sister and the rest of us for dinner at Shogun, courtesy of my Mother. Taylor settled on lobster, steak and shrimp. It's tough turning 21.

Taylor is not one for ever having leftovers, but he ate a late lunch and couldn't finish. But, at 1:00am this morning, I heard the microwave going and knew that he couldn't make it through the night without finishing up what was left.

This coming Monday we return to the University of Florida -Shands Hospital to meet with the Doctor to go over the results of the EMG. We already know the test of the facial nerve didn't go as well as we had hoped. Now, we'll find out what we can - and should do.