Feb 5th - plans to be made for surgery

6:55am

On February 5th, Taylor will visit the Doctor he's been seeing at University of Florida/Shands Hospital to finalize plans for surgery. The left side of his face remains paralyzed, and there is little hope that the nerve will regenerate.

The current plan is to transplant a chewing muscle in the left temple area down into the cheek. That will be hooked up to a new nerve and muscle system and should help with controlling the left side of his mouth.

Originally surgery was planned for Spring Break, but Taylor wants to do it in May when this school term is over, just in case there are any problems. After the surgery, the Dr. said he'd be in ICU for a day or so to keep a close eye on him, then maybe another day or so in the hospital, then he'll head home.