Taylor will be in the ICU at least through the weekend, but they said he's been steadily improving. He's been on morphine a good bit of the time to keep him calm, so he's only been awake a handful of moments over the last 2 days. You can be sure all of us have been constantly holding his hands, rubbing his legs and speaking words of encouragement into his ears along the way.
They felt good enough about his condition that they're inserting a feeding tube today at 1 so he can begin getting formula again. (It's been 3 days since he's eaten food! Ugh) Tough little fella.
The doctor is set to review the latest chest x-ray with us in a few hours...hopefully it mirrors what the stethascopes have been telling us. The other way they determine how well he's doing is how long he can stay off the oxygen before his stats drop. When we entered the ICU, he couldn't be off the mask 2 seconds without it dropping. Yesterday, he could go about 3-5 minutes. The goal for him to check out of the hospital will be 24 hours off oxygen without his stats dropping. (Stats meaning oxygen saturation, heart rate, # of breaths/minute...etc)
Lane and I understand from many different sources there are huge numbers of prayer chains all across the country in effect for Taylor. We're overwhelmed with the outpour of love, affection and concern all of you have expressed. With the improvement Taylor has seen in the past 48 hours, it seems some of you have pretty solid ties with The Big Man upstairs! We are so fortunate to have friends and family like you. We count our blessings everyday. Thank you thank you thank you.
Love,
The Carter and Taylor families
You can count on prayers from friends and family of ours from south Carolina to Florida to east Tennessee and everyone we can reach...we are in constant prayer in Memphis...huge praises for his improvement!!!! Love from Memphis and thank you for updating poor Isabel has had a full time job trying to keep us informed! Suzanne clay Murphy and Madden Culpepper
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ReplyDeleteHi guys....I was just sitting here thinking HOW tired I was from work when something said to click and read about Taylor. I haven't read since X-mas. So I was saddened to see his setback, but I know that the Lord is with him and you guys!!! I am about to get ready for church because I need to send up a special prayer for you guys.
ReplyDeleteThanks Taylor for giving me the strength that I didn't think I had. I see you fighting buddy and that encourages me!!!
Lane and Chris...HAPPY NEW YEAR'S!!! You are model parents. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. KEEP YOUR HEADS UP!!! Know that we are all praying and rooting for a speedy recovery, and singing praises for all improvements!!!!
Chris get Lane some Swiss Miss add Hershey's choco syrup then pour coffee on top of it all...stir with love from you and Taylor...top it off with a lot of whipped cream drizzled with choco syrup...take care of Lane and let her rest. Love you guys!!! Muwah!!! XOXX