Swelling and Pain

8:10 am

Swelling and pain - and Taylor has a LOT of both.

He was kept in the hospital an extra day until he could control the pain with the medications the hospital sent home with him. The Dilaudid caused itching that about ran him crazy, especially since he couldn't scratch his face. He only slept for 2 hours at a time and was miserable. He was switched to Morphine an Oxycodone, then finally just the Oxycodone. They had to tweek the milligrams and time between pills before hitting on the right combination to keep the pain controllable. His left eye is swollen shut, and the entire left side of his face is huge, and there is even swelling on the right side.

He went with his mother yesterday to the pharmacy to get out some, but didn't last long. His head began to hurt so he went back to the Claiborne's home. Tomorrow they'll move down to Alexandria, VA to stay with Suzie's friend for the next week.

The Dr. said Taylor should wait at least 2 weeks before attemtping to smile, so that all the internal work has time to heal enough to give it a whirl.