6:15 am
The surgery went well yesterday. Originally scheduled for 8 - 9 hours, it was completed in about 7. Taylor was in a lot of pain last night, even after being given Dilaudid. His mother said he was starting to bruise beneath the eyes and his face was swelling. If the procedure he had done at Shands last year is any indication, the swelling will be significant. The Dr. said it could take up to 9 months for all of the swelling from the muscle transplant to go away.
He spent the night in ICU last night and if all went well he'll be released this afternoon. Suzie's cousin, Robert Claiborne, lives in Baltimore so they'll be staying with him until this weekend. They plan to stay next week with Suzie's friend, Amy Goyer, in Alexandria, VA. It's about an hour from Johns Hopkins so should anything come up they won't be far away.
Given the pain and soreness, it will probably be a while before Taylor will want to try to flex the muscle that will create the smile on the paralyzed side of his face.
This is very likely the end of a long, often very bumpy, road that Taylor has traveled. Unless he decides at a later time to do the eye surgery, this should be the last accident related medical procedure.
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