Taylor’s speech is improving every day. However, it is still very slurred and sometimes I can’t understand what she’s saying. We’ve worked out a system where she will spell out a word that I don’t understand. She says a letter and I will repeat it until I have the letter right. Then we’ll go to the next letter in the word, and so on until I’ve figured out the word and she confirms with her airy, “yes.” As you can imagine, this can be a tedious process, but Taylor has shown surprising patience with me in trying to figure out what she’s saying. (Well, sometimes she does say, “Never mind.” LOL). Through this process, we have had a few conversations. This is what I’ve learned. She does not remember running with her roommate and having a cardiac arrest. She does not remember being at Massachusetts General Hospital at all. She does not remember taking the plane ride to come to Colorado with me. Her first current memory is her first day of rehabilitation at Craig. And, she cannot see. She can see whether it’s light or dark and she can see that there are colors, but she cannot see anything clearly. Of course, this is very scary for her and she and I have both cried about it. The good news is that her physician thinks this will improve. To what extent, we don’t know. However, Taylor has not lost her sense of humor. Today, when she was eating her pureed spaghetti (an idea that we both didn’t think sounded appetizing), she was surprised to learn that it didn’t taste as bad as she thought. Then she added, “I bet this would be less appetizing if I could see it.”
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I’m so glad to hear you’re still your old self 🙂 I can’t wait to see you again, I was so jealous when my mom got to visit you in boston while I was school. Shed call me after seeing you and tell me all about how great you were doing, I have no doubt you’ll be 100% in no time. We should get the old gang together and have another one of your famous bond-athons cause we all know how much you like those 🙂
Xoxoxo,
Vaitaire
Dear Taylor,
Reading about your progress has made me so happy and excited for you.
I still remember knowing you in high school, from our nights talking on iChat freshman year (hey teafortay!) to wishing I had gotten the same grade as you on that impossible math test. In each of those moments, and right now, you have never ceased to amaze me with your incredible abilities and personality.
Taylor, I wanted you to know that you are incredible. You have always been somebody who has positively affected the people around you, with anything from your easy smile to your sharp wittiness to your mountain-moving intelligence. You are beautiful, inside and out. You are perfect.
You’ll always be in my thoughts and prayers. Wishing you a speedy recovery from LA.
Love always,
Nathan
Almost started crying reading this but in a happy context. I love that you’re talking again!!!
Taylor, when I read that, I laughed out loud. We miss your humor back in the lab, but we are so happy you’re improving so much at Craig. We love you!
Every update is so impressive! I’m so thankful taylor is doing better and better. Taylor I’m flying to Brussels and Austria this week and I’ll be thinking of you especially when I go look at some Rene Magritte paintings 🙂 sending you all hugs!
Ps: Jason sent your package so you should get it any day now!
Hi Veronika and Jason, we’ve received the package of the paper cranes (and they are hanging in her room again) and Taylor’s 2 paintings. Thanks so much for sending them!
Kit, every morning, I am going to pray to St. Therese of Lisieux that Taylor’s eyesight improve quickly.
What a fantastic choice Craig Hospital has been. Everyday you ignore the limitations of your initial diagnosis, proving the doctors wrong – Taylor you are such a rebel!
Taylor I’m so excited to hear how well you’re doing!
Hopefully me and a couple other architecture people can make it up to Colorado in the next couple weeks!
Keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.
Crying is useful. But humor is the best remedy for dealing with life’s challenges. Keep up the great work, Taylor and Kit.
Taylor, you are doing really well, keep going! Kit, you are a great mom!