Sunday, December 10, 2006


Taylor had another sleepless night. She would wake up every couple of hours with her body shaking and saying that she was scared. Who could blame her. The doctors described them as panic or anxiety attacks. They are going to give her some stuff to help her sleep better tonight. She had a lot of visitors this morning. Her friend Olivia from school stopped by to visit her. They laid in the bed and watched "Cheetah Girls". Taylor had a great time. Later they were going to decorate her room to fit the holiday season. Taylor is continuing to eat on her own without the assistance of feeds through the tube in her stomach. The doctors also turned down the amount of oxygen that the machine gives her with each breath that it provides. Normal are is saturated with 21% oxygen and previously Taylor was set at 50%. Today they turned it down to 21%. This would allow her to breath using the Frantic Pacer only using the outside air. One of the surgeons stopped by and mentioned that it might be January when she gets the pacer put in to replace the ventilator. They mentioned that with the holiday scheduling and training Taylor's nurses it might be better to wait so that the staff does not have scheduled vacation days during Taylor's care.