Taylor's Progress

It was 3 years ago today that Taylor's "life changing event" happened.  He has recovered in ways that we really wondered, in t...

Taylor was in a traffic crash Friday night that could have been scarier than it was.  Fortunately, no one was hurt. I was out of state, so...

Today is Taylor's 23rd birthday. It sure is nice to say "is" and not "would have been". He is still working the mus...

12:15pm Last Thursday, a client called to see if I could immediately serve 2 Subpoenas in Hardee county. She told me that the individuals w...

9:52 am Taylor continues to exercise the transplanted muscle and the smile is getting a little bigger. Most probably wouldn't consider ...

6:30am Yesterday we saw what can be described as the first "official" smile. Before the muscle made the corner of Taylor's mo...

10:45 PM The muscle that will create the smile is definitely responding when Taylor clenches his teeth, but just not much. In fact, I'm...

9:00 am Taylor comes home today after being gone for 2 weeks - the longest since the 5 months he was gone from home after the wreck. The pai...

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 ...

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 las...

8:00 am Taylor's surgery was moved up to 9:30 am. I just spoke to him and he was getting ready to go back to the staff can get everyth...

7:21am This week Taylor received insurance approval for the facial reanimation surgery at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. He'll ...

11:02pm Taylor met with the eye Surgeon on Friday. After some testing and measuring, she is changing his eyeglass prescription again to furt...

3:10pm The Baltimore trip was a success! Taylor met with Dr. Byrne yesterday in Baltimore. He has approved doing surgery, and we'll get ...

4:15 pm It's set up. Taylor has an appointment on Monday, March 23rd to see the Doctor at John Hopkins. The Doctor will likely make a ...

11:00 PM Last night we learned that Taylor appears to be a good candidate for the facial reanimation surgery. While I was driving back from ...

6:45 am The eye surgeon did some additional testing yesterday and everything looks good for the surgery. We're waiting on the delivery ...

2:14 PM Today is the second anniversary of Taylor's accident. It will pass without too much fanfare, but the past two years will certain...

2:13 pm Taylor met with the eye surgeon in Tampa this morning. She did some testing and concluded that his condition ...

2:00pm So, we got a $2,300 bill today for anesthesia. Problem is, it was for the day of Taylor's accident ....March 1, 2007....almost 2...