Taylor is still having a dificult adjustment to daily life. Chartwell who is handling her respritory equipment sent a representative today to review some of the equipment with her nurses. The are hopeful that with time Taylor will be able to breath on her own. This would help with some of the anxiety that Taylor is experiencing. It is still a long road ahead and Taylor must work hard to achieve that milestone. Taylor's family is hopeful that she will become more relaxed in her surroundings as time goes on. She has brought the therapy bike home with her and is starting back on it tomorrow.

Taylor has been having a rough time with the transition home. She is trying to get used to the new equipment and nurses. She is also still trying to get used to the life she now has at home. She has been getting out and trying to have fun. She went to the movies and saw "Shrek 3" with her brother and family. She enjoyed the movie and had a great time. She has been visiting with friends that stop by to see her and has enjoyed their company. She is still trying to get used to everything. Both Taylor and her family know that it is still a long road ahead.

Taylor enjoyed her first night home in over 6 months. She was excited to be home and even got out today and traveled around to see Chico again. She had a restful night and is very pleased to be back in her own room. Although she stopped by her dad's office and told him that she liked his office in Sacramento better. She will be slow in getting things back to normal. It is difficult for her to get out to much. When she is outside her secretions get worse and cause her to need more suctions. She has switched the cap on her trach to a closed cap to have her air go through the normal passages to filter the air. On her first night her nurse was Lisa who is a great friend of Taylor's. Taylor was surprised that Lisa stayed up all night at her bedside.

Taylor had a great day today. She was excited the whole day about her departure tomorrow. She went up to the ICU to say goodbye to many of the nurses that she met up there. She also had an endless string of people coming by to say goodbye to her in her room. There were a lot of pictures being taken and tears flowing. She will definatly be missed by the people in the hospital. Her family is working to have the bike follow her home. If not they will need to replace it with a new one. She has continued to be in great spirits and is working hard for recovery. Once home she will move at her own pace and get out when she can. She is hoping to see more of her friends and horses. She should be leaving early in the morning. Hopefully she sleeps well tonight given the excitement about tomorrow.

Taylor is another day closer to going home. She is very excited. She is missing her home, horses, friends and home cooking. She has been having more fun. Yesterday she went to a "fun day" event that they had planned here at the hospital. She got to see one of her new friends from Auburn who was here to visit. She was very excited to see her. Today she got out and went for longs strolls around the hospital neighborhood. She is still finding new things to do with the stuff in the hospital. She has been having a lot of fun with the suction tube.

It has been a while since the last update and a lot has happened. Taylor has continued to improve and is now getting out of her hospital room. She has been cruising around the area and on Thursday went to her Grandma Judy's house and saw her horses. She got to watch her horses tail get braided. Things are getting setup in Chico for her return home. She is expected to go home this Tuesday. She is very excited to go home. She said that she will miss her nurses but not that much.

Taylor has had a boring couple of days. Due to the infection in her lungs she has been confined to her room on the ventilator. She has also had to be on a mister for most of the day to help loosen up the secretions in her lungs. She continues to work towards going home. She is hoping to be able to go home later this week. Today she got to get out of her room and celibrate mother's day with her family. She also got to see video of her benefit Barrell Race in Orland today and was very excited to watch her horse Lady run the barrels.

Taylor has had a interesting couple of days. She got to move back down to her room after the morning in ICU on Monday. She continued to struggle with her oxygen level and since then has been back to ICU once and had a procedure done with some anesthesia. She has continued to improve in her regular room and is now spending most of her time off of the ventilator.

On Tuesday she got a special visit from Sara. Sara came to visit Taylor and talk with her about exactly what Taylor is going through. Sara brought her service dog and talked with Taylor for a while. Taylor was very glad that Sara stopped by and hopes to see her again soon. Sara shares Taylor's love for horses.

Taylor is looking forward to watching her favorite horse Lady run the Barrels at her Barrell Race in Orland this weekend. She was promised a video tape of the run.

The doctors still say that none of the things that Taylor has experienced this week will prolong her return home. The family still has not been given an exact date and hopes to be going home soon.

Taylor's day did not go as planned. She got moved up to the ICU unit early this morning at 3 AM. She was not happy about the move and was wanting to get back to her old room. Her oxygen levels were low and the doctors were concerned about her levels dropping to far. After x rays they found that it was just secreations in her lungs that were causing her oxygen levels to drop. Later today she got moved back to her old room. She was upset that she was unable to go to her Grandma's ranch and see her horses. Hopefully she will get to go soon. The doctor's assured the family that this episode did not set back her expected departure for this month.

Taylor had a busy day today. She got a day pass to go see her family in Woodland. She was out of the hospital allday. She is very excited to take a trip to her Grandma's and see her horses on the ranch tomorrow. She is excited to see Blackie, Lady and many more. Her brother is going to go with her. The trips out of the hospital are fun, however they make her more eager to go home.

Taylor has had a very good couple of days. She has been venturing out of the hospital more in preperation for her return home. She has been visiting friends and family that live around Sacramento. She has enjoyed the freedom from the hospital. She is still doing her exercises in the morning before she goes and she has to be back to the hospital by 8 pm. She continues to get more and more anxous about her return home. She is very excited and does not want to spend any more time in the hospital than she has to. She is excited to see her horses more and get out. Tomorrow she plans to be out as well.

Taylor was in a great mood today. She was in her chair from 9 in the morning until 8 tonight. She did the bike and went to school. At school they tried to stump her with some of the things they taught her and were amazed when they could not stump her. Her teachers continue to be impressed at how advanced she is. She is really looking forward to going home. She says that everyday and is reminded that it won't be long.

Taylor had a very long night last night. She got very little sleep. She is getting very homesick and wanting to go home. The good news is the end is near. She is scheduled to go home in 2-4 weeks. She watched some movies and took some naps to catch up on her sleep today.