tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74086900862585119782024-02-19T06:58:15.572-08:00Taylor Ryan EllisFollow the years in the life of Taylor who is a survivor of a Retinablastoma.....Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-43490345197843150422011-11-30T20:53:00.000-08:002011-11-30T22:38:26.065-08:00Taylor...another try at reconstruction<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28nHTtMrdbeiikjBlfnOxcdjjdseEZv8Fp5z9jMnW5Wk_HcRnjtFss0lPefQaHfP1R6NmoArpt8Tpa8ne5cnRQuyhGB94BoDJzv5MtQRFLMXKofhrymx_h6jW98xxcHZUk_mf_JYhaoLc/s1600/TayNoShaveNovember.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681018941925374578" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi28nHTtMrdbeiikjBlfnOxcdjjdseEZv8Fp5z9jMnW5Wk_HcRnjtFss0lPefQaHfP1R6NmoArpt8Tpa8ne5cnRQuyhGB94BoDJzv5MtQRFLMXKofhrymx_h6jW98xxcHZUk_mf_JYhaoLc/s320/TayNoShaveNovember.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 222px; width: 132px;" /></a> Well, November is here and it's time for Taylor to get his new implant. After having a 3-D CT Scan done, a replica was cast of Taylor's skull and a team of engineers made an implant to mimic the right side of Tay's face. We made a trip to Albuquerque to look at the model of the implant and give the thumb's up. You will find the replica with the model (in red).<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdjrYSJcKVxASJXmtSo3COcNidIBBp3p_Crk_wG1FMUhngCUuIuT4dQ0TxmJAEORlZb_WPF5XN89IouVhU5WqBrbDq3AntAUbLEnRQH1oNxtl7tst-8Lv-Q4V2jnc-C_Y-jCRw0YCK-ze/s1600/TayReplica3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdjrYSJcKVxASJXmtSo3COcNidIBBp3p_Crk_wG1FMUhngCUuIuT4dQ0TxmJAEORlZb_WPF5XN89IouVhU5WqBrbDq3AntAUbLEnRQH1oNxtl7tst-8Lv-Q4V2jnc-C_Y-jCRw0YCK-ze/s320/TayReplica3.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>We decided to not go as far into the mid-forehead as the model and Dr Escudero felt that we would probably be best to split the implant into two pieces in order to make the insertion easier and not quite so complex. Also, missing the nerves to the brow and the lower jar for movement was a concern.<br />
Taylor decided to grow his beard for "No Shave November", thus the hairy face. He felt that he would end up losing all the facial hair for surgery so he cut down to this lovely mustache...<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlh-KHTRKHJ939KXkshubg4f2Wvtmvq3W4CMH2vrM_piz_MivctOji-nvks2Us8wkoqU2WNn1TZn9PA0DALWCayx-sh9w7S0HudHYont9VFtJwx51UskBw1mNGKf6r0pxQ1eidcDsFwA9b/s1600/TayMustache.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681020861495023570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlh-KHTRKHJ939KXkshubg4f2Wvtmvq3W4CMH2vrM_piz_MivctOji-nvks2Us8wkoqU2WNn1TZn9PA0DALWCayx-sh9w7S0HudHYont9VFtJwx51UskBw1mNGKf6r0pxQ1eidcDsFwA9b/s320/TayMustache.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 215px; width: 161px;" /></a>Yikes...i know!!<br />
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Moving onto the evening of Monday, November 28, Bryan and I drive to Albuquerque to meet with Taylor and the sweet boy was clean shaven. Hallelujah! I didn't take a picture, but he was back to the baby face which I love. He did it for his pre-op appointment with Dr Escudero, and I for one was thrilled!!<br />
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Tuesday am and Dr E came in to check on Taylor before meeting him in surgery.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tjA4LUCUQhQ1Y9d4b5TajSFkNexsig7fLYK1wzpTaOgVTVUAaDDrH931dnMwAU2tdn4B1jiHr5MkEPOT4PClIPVm5B6dF0XC11qOR7aKElpg48j4hFCq2zuTbKlcsExn7vV8R9kwmkpB/s1600/TayEscudero.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681021904101036034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tjA4LUCUQhQ1Y9d4b5TajSFkNexsig7fLYK1wzpTaOgVTVUAaDDrH931dnMwAU2tdn4B1jiHr5MkEPOT4PClIPVm5B6dF0XC11qOR7aKElpg48j4hFCq2zuTbKlcsExn7vV8R9kwmkpB/s320/TayEscudero.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; height: 217px; width: 229px;" /></a>After the picture, off came the fluffy hat and now the shaving begins (much to Taylor's horror--he had decided to grow his hair, too) then the sharpy came out to mark the areas where he would be cutting and the implant would be covering. You can see the remnants of the past surgery where the bone paste was applied and turned rocky.<br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">Half of the implant will be inserted through the side of the temple and the other inserted through his mouth and up into his cheek are and screwed down with 2 screws--careful to steer clear of the sinuses. Surgery lasted about 2 and a half hours and we were told it was a great success by Dr. Escudero. Taylor was pretty swollen post-op and somewhat queezy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">After sending a picture of him to his sister, Lauren, she replied with a sweet note and a picture from Taylor's favorite niece saying "We will get through </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">this together". Taylor grinned as big as he could at th</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8gCh65RUYsD1A41ExXGe1lGI9Me9UUHPLxoAiFVHCLkKQROEa8jYcoIn4olPaDlcNdp-F5nJiMzQMc9023IX1cRsVfpHiHWYwdNw2m88foRCEk4mnP8xzbGMYtfvcvnfiwaTkXH-ys0p/s1600/TayLil.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681034386446812162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk8gCh65RUYsD1A41ExXGe1lGI9Me9UUHPLxoAiFVHCLkKQROEa8jYcoIn4olPaDlcNdp-F5nJiMzQMc9023IX1cRsVfpHiHWYwdNw2m88foRCEk4mnP8xzbGMYtfvcvnfiwaTkXH-ys0p/s320/TayLil.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 121px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 163px;" /></a><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">at </span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">point at the sweet look-alike picture that he got from his sister.<br />
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The giant pillow on his head is an icepack...<br />
All was we</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-weight: bold;">ll for about the first hour, and then the nausea and the vomiting hit---ugh. This continued for the rest of the afternoon. Jump ahead for a few hours---Taylor's nurse, Allison thought maybe it would be best for Taylor to be admitted as an inpatient....to spend the night since they couldn't get him settled. A phonecall with the Dr and that plan was nixed. He felt that if we could just get him transported it would be less chance of infection and of course the bed would be MUCH more comfortable. The Dr upped the drugs and Taylor was settled long enough for us to load him up and get him to the hotel. One more time losing his cookies and he was then settled for the night! Hallelujah!! </span><br />
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After an appointment the next morning where his turban (and alot of the pressure) was removed<br />
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we made the trip to Clovis.<br />
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Taylor hit the couch with Oliver and this is where he has remained. He will have 6 days to recoop before he will catch a flight home via Great Lakes Airlines to prepare to go back to work managing Lids Hat Store. Check back for updates on our guy to see how he is doing. Oh! And btw...he ate 1/2 a can of chicken noodle soup tonight and kept it down!! Now that's what we call PROGRESS!!<br />
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A few weeks ago, Taylor began to have pain in his left cheek area (more than usual) where his implant was put 6 months ago. On the outside of the skin there was a blister.<br />Pictures were emailed to his Dr in Dallas 1/5/10, and he felt that Taylor was okay, but to err on the side of caution, he prescribed an antibiotic for a few days. Jump ahead a few days and Taylor began to feel better...a few more days go by and the pain is back, it's intense and the blister is not really a blister but a large red area with some bruising.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqazTdLD79I3EA_L7NoZihUgAqf3PzD6YywCccZsGRy94z3aeCqILpMspsPFfX9vzwTs7hTkOCWgOWQL3LVCs2uTL7yVtyX1gh2lh5596HsotLL6iBnowskGQCjzjPV8k_ImcOwS_x-cOD/s1600-h/photo(5).jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 178px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqazTdLD79I3EA_L7NoZihUgAqf3PzD6YywCccZsGRy94z3aeCqILpMspsPFfX9vzwTs7hTkOCWgOWQL3LVCs2uTL7yVtyX1gh2lh5596HsotLL6iBnowskGQCjzjPV8k_ImcOwS_x-cOD/s320/photo(5).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441631034419819602" border="0" /></a><br />We made a trip to Albuquerque 1/15 where we saw Dr. Ronald Escudero who agreed that there was an infection raging in the cheek area and even went so far <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sa6cnOpzc_s_vDCSOzurtnSxaFwbzudrLOcHhSZpeaBGT-k6NURJhlbFc4MCTX2zvLxDvO7dkavKTZsGE2pJe63V2fFYiMPxtSYJ3oexoiIwLLpqtWMVGg6VbMrFh_AJ4JPQ2owMBi65/s1600-h/photo(6).jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 179px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-sa6cnOpzc_s_vDCSOzurtnSxaFwbzudrLOcHhSZpeaBGT-k6NURJhlbFc4MCTX2zvLxDvO7dkavKTZsGE2pJe63V2fFYiMPxtSYJ3oexoiIwLLpqtWMVGg6VbMrFh_AJ4JPQ2owMBi65/s320/photo(6).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441631156948736338" border="0" /></a>to use large needle/syringe to pull out some of the liquid infection. A scalpel was then used to create a drainage hole so the area could breathe while Taylor was again put on antibiotics, a much stronger dosage that would hopefully kill the infection. While in the office, the Dr discussed with Taylor about how he should be sleeping (not on the Left Cheek Implant) it came to light that due to a 90% blockage in the right nostril, Taylor couldn't lie on his right side and breathe comfortably. So, Taylor was told that someday, further down the road he really needed to get that fixed.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxTT5I49RiYZo-Fy4ns51TQbZ4vpTSBUsuOFo_rvifsHXUPS5S3c4GxDt4J6hyphenhyphenDPHBwUApuX0aRioXjDrgCiP_PVBSqQ6RLhkAUCHmWHpbQcT5c5v1xzm8ntgSeZ7PpnOzkUMw_XAhLcL/s1600-h/photo(3).jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 148px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIxTT5I49RiYZo-Fy4ns51TQbZ4vpTSBUsuOFo_rvifsHXUPS5S3c4GxDt4J6hyphenhyphenDPHBwUApuX0aRioXjDrgCiP_PVBSqQ6RLhkAUCHmWHpbQcT5c5v1xzm8ntgSeZ7PpnOzkUMw_XAhLcL/s320/photo(3).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441628783999976802" border="0" /></a><br />No such luck on clearing up the infection and the implant, in it's state of rejection, it actually started to work it's way out and 2 days before surgery began poking out of the skin right beneath the eye---so poor guy, now he has 2 open holes under his left eye.<br />This all leads us to today where we are currently in Homewood Suites in Albuquerque where Taylor is post-op from having the implant removed (through the mouth), having a septoplasty where the cartlidge was straighted and the turbinate surgery as well (http://www.ent-consult.com/turbinatesurgery.html). It was rough getting through recovery post-op (3 hours) but we finally got him back to the hotel. We will see the Dr tomorrow afternoon for a post-op visit and the<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lV-sIFwzkfxAcgEQlKTvuje9CEmySvKxriwcinnqPnKFKVoBcqKLh90F0DdAiEE7LRT_hT85jNuusILkkh6zfyPP280w9nR9f7rRcvqx-eqm8SgdOz0tT9iQ8POzdNUgFflscAMTpa7K/s1600-h/photo(4).jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 197px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0lV-sIFwzkfxAcgEQlKTvuje9CEmySvKxriwcinnqPnKFKVoBcqKLh90F0DdAiEE7LRT_hT85jNuusILkkh6zfyPP280w9nR9f7rRcvqx-eqm8SgdOz0tT9iQ8POzdNUgFflscAMTpa7K/s320/photo(4).jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441629082946746786" border="0" /></a>n hopefully be on our way home by mid-afternoon.<br />Taylor will stay home for the rest of the week and our hope is that he will be able to go back to Lubbock the beginning of next week so he can resume his classes in Criminal Justice. I'm sure his professors are missing his quick wit and winning attitude in his classes.Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-14319622513920052642009-08-26T16:29:00.000-07:002009-08-27T21:57:24.926-07:0012 Days Out and then some.......<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCr4PeAoIb7S5IB9EUQsKZPIevQmE442xGQ8IGBSddpP_Xb1AqQBuqNhmMf8Vo0miRXRWZyr99cPqHQTqwf-jIIzai1BUClVAbx7rgEhng8YqR2r-zsAkDaLavCSzRTiPSvG8Re2AZRpY/s1600-h/TayUp2.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUCr4PeAoIb7S5IB9EUQsKZPIevQmE442xGQ8IGBSddpP_Xb1AqQBuqNhmMf8Vo0miRXRWZyr99cPqHQTqwf-jIIzai1BUClVAbx7rgEhng8YqR2r-zsAkDaLavCSzRTiPSvG8Re2AZRpY/s400/TayUp2.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374873070143230914" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />Above picture taken Wednesday, Aug 26th, 13 days postop ---After a concern that the cheek implant had possibly moved, Taylor was seen in Dr. Genecov's office on Thursday afternoon in Dallas. The Dr. assured Taylor that the implant was in the proper place and that the problem noticed the prior day was from his prosthetic eye. The eye had moved during the night due to pressure placed on the side of the face. This had never happened before and so there was concern on our part as well. All turned out just fine and we are all relieved and also glad that Taylor was able to speak to the Dr about any questions or concerns that he had about how he has been coming along.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzrUUwZwXMlKgN95ZKSF7nppyobfWdD-l4S3W5751WMileuxgsyXs-cU74pqe0uqrS6aVarO7L4NRPFh_83STZHC7fKyKaM9AXC7XVEoVPFfDzilG5N5Y7LSu-wPIgkpfFjDzuUqRZsT-/s1600-h/TayUp1.jpeg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 386px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSzrUUwZwXMlKgN95ZKSF7nppyobfWdD-l4S3W5751WMileuxgsyXs-cU74pqe0uqrS6aVarO7L4NRPFh_83STZHC7fKyKaM9AXC7XVEoVPFfDzilG5N5Y7LSu-wPIgkpfFjDzuUqRZsT-/s400/TayUp1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374868708549262130" border="0" /></a>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-69684862372754031382009-08-24T10:41:00.000-07:002009-08-24T10:54:24.751-07:00Friday, August 21...<div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbACuePHTr0sn49Jk-ABKiCiUuOj19bgUMYNggScI0kfgmoTpnzOR3yDX4k9a3JXQ7cRrcRQsRdEFJD82rQRgrsdeybZZSK6lAHA0Yn0avlYO6eUN6H6KyVY_ZJooq24SSmHq6m6dxhFq/s1600-h/Tay1.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 333px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 457px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373587329591036002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCbACuePHTr0sn49Jk-ABKiCiUuOj19bgUMYNggScI0kfgmoTpnzOR3yDX4k9a3JXQ7cRrcRQsRdEFJD82rQRgrsdeybZZSK6lAHA0Yn0avlYO6eUN6H6KyVY_ZJooq24SSmHq6m6dxhFq/s400/Tay1.jpg" /></a> Taylor is feeling better and just kind of doing his own thing. Here is a picture of him after he woke up on friday a.m. You will notice the swelling/puffiness under the left eye and out towards the cheek which has turned out to be extremely firm (unsure what it is that we are feeling?? note into the Dr.'s office) and the upper lid has not poked out from all the swelling that see is seen.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq33Fa2EkHoffL5XsuKuX1LfNCXBKdvDj7uBsyAE4BMwYcYP89QKS9sJPHNySD2svzhKVae9B42cb8KHorbXVbKMeUHXwm2ICNnrfccwrgs77oadkAmDGl1Pjz_piOg4a3GhVxoHqkvIqb/s1600-h/Tay3.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 301px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 422px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373587784703213138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje7hh_oxUdiGO9vRwABpxYT4uNoYaCzlfrSAgcGlAWnDruvDDhY6CG_rairwXQb8j_hQv0rCKW-ojsazhD66YspS3sxi0neFR5uDF3MRX9pI5kaGyEUUWWTg1wxoGj3cH8pHqY2owanuZq/s400/Tay2.jpg" /></a></div></div>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-24816641247118384962009-08-18T11:29:00.000-07:002009-08-18T12:21:07.642-07:00Post-Op<span style="font-weight: bold;">Post-Op Day 5</span><br /><br />On the Road to the Dr. on Monday, Taylor was having a struggle with Nausea although not alot of pain. Those on the Central Expressway got more than they bargained for if they looked over at Tay at just the right time. By the time we got to the Dr, he had lost most of the liquids he had taken for the morning.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPUQsdwIsZJ0zcNtjVDQAMy_UWQLuMY7j5c5xeUJs1t_KuUubyN1OciHCgktxiiWLVPtdJ2L_gKPs5cQIALu0KJu6Obyv9-SRL7W_geNKBpvCbK5YSGP6spjFL-ezVy0RYRO74CK8Ni5P/s1600-h/TayMon"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 153px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHPUQsdwIsZJ0zcNtjVDQAMy_UWQLuMY7j5c5xeUJs1t_KuUubyN1OciHCgktxiiWLVPtdJ2L_gKPs5cQIALu0KJu6Obyv9-SRL7W_geNKBpvCbK5YSGP6spjFL-ezVy0RYRO74CK8Ni5P/s400/TayMon" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371378966722173058" border="0" /></a><br />Dr Genecov left town during the weekend and Dr. Barcelo did Taylor's followup and agreed to let him head home to NM. He changed Taylor to all liquid medications with the hope that the change in meds would keep down the nausea and allow Taylor to begin eating and regain strength. We left immediately after the appointment, headed to our headquarters in Arlington, packed up and were on the road a little after 4 Texas time. A quick trip through Abilene, Taylor, Oliver and I made it back to Clovis a quarter til 11 NM time.<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Sunday---Day 4 Post-Op.</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY87OVevhxzoSoiDcrlWbtu6EBGpJRAgdCg7AMVCToV7KM9MZHh6W7aX84Qn1EzbRCbJTIUGP00bhVjzpLVnwtKjMDObH5xG2iKfaF_E_IY5GmQXf8-656A1sPs5CTmsSQeWrAlRnIJj0/s1600-h/TaySun1"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 190px; height: 255px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY87OVevhxzoSoiDcrlWbtu6EBGpJRAgdCg7AMVCToV7KM9MZHh6W7aX84Qn1EzbRCbJTIUGP00bhVjzpLVnwtKjMDObH5xG2iKfaF_E_IY5GmQXf8-656A1sPs5CTmsSQeWrAlRnIJj0/s400/TaySun1" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371376648786430850" border="0" /></a> This is the day that Taylor had been looking for. Back to solid foods! He opened the morning with half a mini-bagel. Able to eat some, get out of bed a for quite awhile. Thought that he was on the mend until he woke up on Monday nauseated again... Face looking good symmetrically on the temple and cheek. Looking forward to the "final" look after swelling reduces more. Bruising is starting to lighten.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUi19QuluR1PsiuKtt3GcUBgxgkDhqpbxbmJcmKjcChfxVZKEGxHwQReSbWV8yihD7iNzEY_-LhxbR6ZAAJh8ENDB9dyRzSvZfmCQna1O4NwLHzA6fjAIAaEAmoZEjYec23827NCEl-Drf/s1600-h/TaySun"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 224px; height: 296px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUi19QuluR1PsiuKtt3GcUBgxgkDhqpbxbmJcmKjcChfxVZKEGxHwQReSbWV8yihD7iNzEY_-LhxbR6ZAAJh8ENDB9dyRzSvZfmCQna1O4NwLHzA6fjAIAaEAmoZEjYec23827NCEl-Drf/s400/TaySun" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371376529533804402" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday---NOT a good day... 3rd day post-op</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0r8niGF7TAXqxDEz0yErnNl6WAwodSSTwTOJDy2fkYIlxI857zBzF4BGc2gpk0s1uFiZ1Fbv1PF95jhpA_HhkRFjcH86v56eHmAFiN8TDmVCA8yiPwGe9qlgfXq7h-oWJ7pjqgh6h8P2/s1600-h/TaySat1"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 333px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL0r8niGF7TAXqxDEz0yErnNl6WAwodSSTwTOJDy2fkYIlxI857zBzF4BGc2gpk0s1uFiZ1Fbv1PF95jhpA_HhkRFjcH86v56eHmAFiN8TDmVCA8yiPwGe9qlgfXq7h-oWJ7pjqgh6h8P2/s400/TaySat1" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371376388788733442" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Taylor woke up this morning feeling awful. Had vomitting all day, and had to make a late night run to the all-night Walgreens Pharmacy in Longview to get some Phenergen so the boy could get some rest and some relief. It appeared the swelling had moved into the other side of his face and the area under his chin/neck took on some swelling as well. Spent the whole day in bed except the times that he attempted to sit in the LR and ended up back in bed.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElENVynhs-PImBvtObg7X3YZaFS4tAFRW5y2FThylmqBw2IBLAQx6RFfi5ZPflAPXvQ9zcmcQKnW4xRIN_WbdMAfS8dMuKhvO10-9R8ElgbS8r9z_bgpqmFYamTGXQ5Wq-v_oaKdCBxIj/s1600-h/TaySat"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 258px; height: 343px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgElENVynhs-PImBvtObg7X3YZaFS4tAFRW5y2FThylmqBw2IBLAQx6RFfi5ZPflAPXvQ9zcmcQKnW4xRIN_WbdMAfS8dMuKhvO10-9R8ElgbS8r9z_bgpqmFYamTGXQ5Wq-v_oaKdCBxIj/s400/TaySat" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5371376264078866450" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">No Posting for Friday.</span> <br /><br />Way too busy shuffling Bryan to the airport,<br />sending out invites for "2 Shabby Divas" and moving to<br /> Holly Lake Ranch for the weekend.Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-39291192533426613592009-08-13T18:12:00.000-07:002009-08-13T18:39:44.482-07:00Thurs Evening...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJDWcVk9Uxh9txnswihyphenhyphenNK6p9O3st-poUw8RD7NrqfjpKF70d42qXDdqQ0Hqx-ryN06d2C8DIWp2EkreKMIXn8UTPJ8fqTthi_wWDpV3RNKkvbfxT__jIFsnZxx6wIvoG_xsqrxe7X64S/s1600-h/TayOli.jpeg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJDWcVk9Uxh9txnswihyphenhyphenNK6p9O3st-poUw8RD7NrqfjpKF70d42qXDdqQ0Hqx-ryN06d2C8DIWp2EkreKMIXn8UTPJ8fqTthi_wWDpV3RNKkvbfxT__jIFsnZxx6wIvoG_xsqrxe7X64S/s400/TayOli.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369627489978186450" border="0" /></a><br />Ahhhhh....Taylor came home today! Well, to Aunt Holly's & Uncle Jim's. I got the call that he had been discharged a little before 11 a.m. so off I went to go get him and his pa from the hospital.<br /><br />Tay made the 40 minute trip back to the house just fine and then had some chicken noodle soup (swallow noodles, don't chew) & strawberry cheesecake yogurt for dessert, at the table.<br /><br />A little downtime in bed and on the computer in the afternoon, and then up for some Ramen (swallow the noodles, don't swallow) for dinner and again---at the table!<br /><br />We feel that he is moving along just fine at a pretty rapid pace. Swelling is starting to sub<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtp4HdpnBabHnZjent7TMkICAn4R3imh-1r0PS4IGKDEljb4aVb6zfaLJhqEpEtcA1r6uDYf9mJXi_AIpFQsG0Dl17-NsOkQ84xxkVuOF4rx54penClHL22AP9gXTacgvwZUrPrDvTkBQ/s1600-h/TayThurGlasses"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivtp4HdpnBabHnZjent7TMkICAn4R3imh-1r0PS4IGKDEljb4aVb6zfaLJhqEpEtcA1r6uDYf9mJXi_AIpFQsG0Dl17-NsOkQ84xxkVuOF4rx54penClHL22AP9gXTacgvwZUrPrDvTkBQ/s400/TayThurGlasses" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369627645571052786" border="0" /></a>side and pain is not too horribly bad.<br /><br />It appears with the swelling of his face that he had a wisdom tooth pulled and his suffering with extensive swelling. He says the side of his face is numb and basically can't feel when touching it.<br /><br />Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers...Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-24434721229655115422009-08-13T07:21:00.001-07:002009-08-13T07:24:22.596-07:00Morning After....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7z2XuG1bACDPdBNcVleJWmdN34EmH7cdcxnkLPciJqT3SRDWd6KD9AOJS8ZB41Px1k6u3VUl_JxA7q6m4dyxtWDwpR5LEKnBumkTTNUtBlhiDapm2sHOQQ_nxtH056u3Ajh2xglL7nZIx/s1600-h/Tay"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7z2XuG1bACDPdBNcVleJWmdN34EmH7cdcxnkLPciJqT3SRDWd6KD9AOJS8ZB41Px1k6u3VUl_JxA7q6m4dyxtWDwpR5LEKnBumkTTNUtBlhiDapm2sHOQQ_nxtH056u3Ajh2xglL7nZIx/s400/Tay" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369453514039216898" border="0" /></a><br />So it's the morning after and Bryan has sent me via IPhone a morning pic of Taylor. Dr. came in at 6:45 and pulled the drainage tube. Taylor is keeping down his liquid diet and pain is minimal.<br /><br />Still unable to tolerate an icepack to the face so his swelling may be more than expected, but hey---if he's okay with it, then I am!<br /><br />Off to the store to get his liquid diet for the week!!<br /><br />We are told he will be discharged somewhere between 11 and noon...yay!Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-81810394642813490252009-08-13T07:04:00.000-07:002009-08-13T07:21:02.946-07:00Taylor After Surgery<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUQiiOhRDlLnmtH2E5-lbx_DZ619LyHBT3_i2MY6Al6EtH2KZ9gD3Alam5LOu7sJdC2ESJwt_IKM-642ZMNsv9ZqwQaAk6_ZEf6LmyL5xA_oJOxvOIDqtOcvcAaFaAsD6CeoGg-Cbdhd1/s1600-h/TaylorIV"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 188px; height: 251px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieUQiiOhRDlLnmtH2E5-lbx_DZ619LyHBT3_i2MY6Al6EtH2KZ9gD3Alam5LOu7sJdC2ESJwt_IKM-642ZMNsv9ZqwQaAk6_ZEf6LmyL5xA_oJOxvOIDqtOcvcAaFaAsD6CeoGg-Cbdhd1/s400/TaylorIV" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369449417763257298" border="0" /></a><br />Surgery went well. He was in for about 2.5 hours. Along with the previously mentioned procedures, the Dr. decided to go ahead and put more fat into the bottom eyelid. Interestingly enough, the tissue came from the inside of the naval. So no scarring, no "fat" lost from my 118 lb boy!<br /><br />The filing down on the temple was more extensive than originally thought so a drain hose was needed to remove any fluid buildup that may cause pressure and additional swelling.<br /><br />An outpatient stay became an overnight stay which we were very thankful for. His liquid diet wouldn't stay down and without the morphine he was a miserable guy. <br /><br />And just so you know, if you are new here, these pictures are posted with Taylor's permission.<br />Bryan stayed the night and I came back to my sister/brother in laws to stay the night with Oliver.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZoD_ix83ZUSdd5bH-b-Yk5HJBwvGOwjU6zaSilclCrWi5Z00-t6tAU9uhZlI8zNhjIXuHOGwSA8SIYm1yLSmRcHk7lK5uTE5EGjM0AOEmHvNaEYUDYg8wiYlgEo7iZHPCu6M6vVsmF_Q/s1600-h/TayBruised"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 293px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZoD_ix83ZUSdd5bH-b-Yk5HJBwvGOwjU6zaSilclCrWi5Z00-t6tAU9uhZlI8zNhjIXuHOGwSA8SIYm1yLSmRcHk7lK5uTE5EGjM0AOEmHvNaEYUDYg8wiYlgEo7iZHPCu6M6vVsmF_Q/s400/TayBruised" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369451772428903154" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBjyW-T8qBRckI5uDzSa_lat-N12mBatoIaWQNBn6b_lVdjpbnFX_4A_mpFsytZ1J9f748kM5pgchETpMw2V39bxPAy_EiulWNmgDYI8N1vPq0P0_oaTVRhf1_p7WmKB7k1ErSM96JZAR/s1600-h/TayPostOp"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 268px; height: 357px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBjyW-T8qBRckI5uDzSa_lat-N12mBatoIaWQNBn6b_lVdjpbnFX_4A_mpFsytZ1J9f748kM5pgchETpMw2V39bxPAy_EiulWNmgDYI8N1vPq0P0_oaTVRhf1_p7WmKB7k1ErSM96JZAR/s400/TayPostOp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369450586423861378" border="0" /></a>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-75310375074061027262009-08-12T12:22:00.000-07:002009-08-12T12:39:01.875-07:00Surgery at Noon Today...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2DA-g2BKYGiL5xYu4tQY3phLCZmyC4Hja_XaGlkPEQXCHWL6apdMnWpqeK8kxrC0Zc9NXtWkYkd0n0l8aiZYNP36OJdHqPuStIDsuuWxsZQMQ8kfPPKjD5gnVlnOa1VCfGLxcIkf6t2x/s1600-h/DSC_0023.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2DA-g2BKYGiL5xYu4tQY3phLCZmyC4Hja_XaGlkPEQXCHWL6apdMnWpqeK8kxrC0Zc9NXtWkYkd0n0l8aiZYNP36OJdHqPuStIDsuuWxsZQMQ8kfPPKjD5gnVlnOa1VCfGLxcIkf6t2x/s320/DSC_0023.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369161970239797650" border="0" /></a><br />If you are new here, please check out all the way to the beginning to understand why Taylor is having surgery in the first place! A victim of Retinoblastoma when he was 3 years old, he has endured numerous surgeries and radiation. Now 18 year later, Taylor has had the opportunity to get reconstructive surgery to fix the left side of his face where radiation caused the bones not to grow and to fix the eyelids that have needed some "plumping up".<br /><br />He went in for surgery at 12:55 and we are expecting him to be in surgery for 2 to 2.5 hours. The Dr. told us yesterday that it should only be day surgery We will, however, be staying in the Dallas area for a week or so.<br /><br /><br />Today: 1) Insert cheek implant through the mouth, slide into place and attach via screw. 2) Remove fat (if you know Taylor, he has zero on the body--but any-who) from abdomen and insert into upper eyelid. 3) Make incision left side of head and work way up to the left temple to file down and smooth the bone paste that was inserted last surgery in April, making more even to match the right temple.<br /><br />Thanks for checking in on Taylor! Your prayers and well-wishes are most appreciated.Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-85675058847794475982009-07-31T16:37:00.000-07:002009-07-31T16:39:32.158-07:00Gettin' ready for surgery #2As we make a "gotta getaway visit" to the UK, we are preparing back<br />home with Taylor to gear him up for the second surgery!<br /><br />He has his pre-op on the 11th and the day surgery for his cheek implant<br />and eyelid extension on August 12th.<br /><br />More info to follow....Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-5122823020391516222009-05-09T09:29:00.000-07:002009-05-09T09:41:22.058-07:00Saturday's Post...but actually for thursday...<span style="font-size:130%;">....these are thursday's photos...<br /><br />We are ecstatic at the results!!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">At our followup on Thurs, Dr. G said that<br />we only need one more surgery. Due to<br />all our schedules we are looking at August<br />to get the cheek implant (slides through<br />the upper portion of the mouth to fill in<br />the cheek area) and insertion of fat into<br />the upper eyelid. I offered for Dr. G to use<br />my fat but he said that wouldn't be happening.<br />Not sure where he's gonna find an ounce of<br />fat on Taylor...but I guess we have 4 months<br />to fatten him up!</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgL0iSI_TXK_g5gtc08oUvAt0bZvRWXM8rLa3oaKzKEl8IWapA331otsmxCvte2sydJXa2TRnhovG-FRa8Kteif6eXoPrCTt2__mc7jgohmjdDGAxJLhLga-SSefaxHJxusVyevQRbws4D/s1600-h/IMG_0838.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 279px; height: 371px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgL0iSI_TXK_g5gtc08oUvAt0bZvRWXM8rLa3oaKzKEl8IWapA331otsmxCvte2sydJXa2TRnhovG-FRa8Kteif6eXoPrCTt2__mc7jgohmjdDGAxJLhLga-SSefaxHJxusVyevQRbws4D/s400/IMG_0838.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333862456076159634" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />A picture with our wonderful hosts before we<br />took off Thursday afternoon for home...</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPwpR30trYX_jpAjXgFHuA9uZxVG4qq8EuoOgI4KaPm_td68mWZ_Hh_ikc6S8hpXH4dt4IzcpuGon6ZKnp6lXreIZYJmEzn6ZVwx6tucSn151umC0iIaHLF-iz090XLP2FYJD2jijDZrS/s1600-h/IMG_0841.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 378px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxPwpR30trYX_jpAjXgFHuA9uZxVG4qq8EuoOgI4KaPm_td68mWZ_Hh_ikc6S8hpXH4dt4IzcpuGon6ZKnp6lXreIZYJmEzn6ZVwx6tucSn151umC0iIaHLF-iz090XLP2FYJD2jijDZrS/s400/IMG_0841.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5333862573809691970" border="0" /></a>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-33571462761402725542009-05-08T09:23:00.000-07:002009-05-08T09:41:20.490-07:00skipped thurs, it's friday!<span style="font-size:130%;">Got a fabulous report from the Dr so we jumped in the tahoe, and went to Hollys and packed up and did an all night drive to get home! So it's friday a.m. and I will post pics later today. Everything is awesome and we are now home.... check back later! <br /><br />thanks....<br /></span>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-47019294286654310792009-05-06T19:50:00.001-07:002009-05-06T20:58:26.677-07:00Wed, Day 6...making great progress!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52at25l0WgTmLZ-5CqSMFEB-ApkcgRFcWl4lR7DfnR30LBQKMv_SEq5HsxogkAIemcp6y-eCPfJoJUS5eoUqZ4KvL55F8cyyZIo3rcTSufq43zI3MNJnwtEVSxuv-VuJKbBzXRW1_M10x/s1600-h/tay32.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332923953511577474" style="WIDTH: 334px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 502px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj52at25l0WgTmLZ-5CqSMFEB-ApkcgRFcWl4lR7DfnR30LBQKMv_SEq5HsxogkAIemcp6y-eCPfJoJUS5eoUqZ4KvL55F8cyyZIo3rcTSufq43zI3MNJnwtEVSxuv-VuJKbBzXRW1_M10x/s400/tay32.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Bryan flies in at noon tomorrow and Tay's</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">appointment is at 3. We will know more then!</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">I can't imagine that Dr. Genecov won't give</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">the thumb's up to send us home for a couple of months</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">until he is ready <br>to start on surgery #2 (it's a series of 3).</span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;">Hugs to you all........</span>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-41880789529396050862009-05-05T19:25:00.000-07:002009-05-05T21:50:46.079-07:00Tues, Day 5.........<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi982mdyxD0QZM6C7LEd0_jppR02GIKUfne7NTKr2Xv2Pyfo17mrP1KuHNxDymmbN_1eGwlYiN_xaArb5jq9vliXs7iYM3KYdlG9u0c5xNXC_OrfxTDn-LHyWtfaL56ialLuz9XY0-yn-hn/s1600-h/IMG_0821.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332532646819510706" style="WIDTH: 417px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 327px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi982mdyxD0QZM6C7LEd0_jppR02GIKUfne7NTKr2Xv2Pyfo17mrP1KuHNxDymmbN_1eGwlYiN_xaArb5jq9vliXs7iYM3KYdlG9u0c5xNXC_OrfxTDn-LHyWtfaL56ialLuz9XY0-yn-hn/s320/IMG_0821.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">It's always a good day when <br>you get to be with Aunt Holly! </span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">The patient went to bed at 8p.m. last night <br>and didn't get up til almost noon!<br> Must have worked for him tho....<br /><p>He had the energy to entertain me! Woohoo!</span></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"><span style="font-size:130%;">I had a couple of errands to run <br>and he was up to<br />going with me <br>to be the passenger as <br>long as we drove<br />at a slow........<br>steady pace....<br>if he could ride in the front seat.... <br>and<br />could throw some Oakley's on his sweet face....<br> and make a <b><u>Guitar Center stop!!!</b></u><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKG6z-IpNMqVF6tH9Cuh_mqoXrYEFfQ9yMEMQi2d_p29dmmJZvhj4a5LYTWJzJuxRLiPUKk8u8ugNeBvLEriu355r4b1W8YLWsFZW3hWbu9d1JgjYaA_a_k6kmJeDs5PwWUfCJT5PmhK1/s1600-h/tay28.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332539551931978818" style="WIDTH: 365px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 458px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKG6z-IpNMqVF6tH9Cuh_mqoXrYEFfQ9yMEMQi2d_p29dmmJZvhj4a5LYTWJzJuxRLiPUKk8u8ugNeBvLEriu355r4b1W8YLWsFZW3hWbu9d1JgjYaA_a_k6kmJeDs5PwWUfCJT5PmhK1/s320/tay28.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">On the way we dropped Oliver to daycare<br> so he could hang with his <br>"pups" (peeps in puppy language) and that <br>wore him out for the rest of the night.</span><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwI4xW98X-yN71xiMcnf61W_JITmM1zbvhmUWZuAFHJ9Qv_0uODzh1gsX15TXIbtKEf-N6Cm7gl71RkKHxpG-XiPpCiV5jjB-h9TcQJMM2KUGIIrijVqUfMrYbTfNhsrwi94Zzs3beA4WA/s1600-h/tay29.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332539468608974306" style="WIDTH: 407px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 495px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwI4xW98X-yN71xiMcnf61W_JITmM1zbvhmUWZuAFHJ9Qv_0uODzh1gsX15TXIbtKEf-N6Cm7gl71RkKHxpG-XiPpCiV5jjB-h9TcQJMM2KUGIIrijVqUfMrYbTfNhsrwi94Zzs3beA4WA/s320/tay29.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tay is on the couch with me as we speak. <br>Sounds good. <br>Looks good! <br>Feels much better. <br>Seeing the boys personality again. We are happy campers! <p>He ate fried rice from Pei Wei and even <br>had a couple of bites of dessert. <br>I think he's coming back to us!! <p>Bryan made it home safely where <br>he said it was 82 and blue skies! <br>Guess he spent some time on the Goldwing before he has to turn around and make his way back to us on thursday...<br /><br /></div></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7Od1d1AEPvkEMMnpA40lEErhFRFyTGEKWi5plFpgtflWeUqbBhAFPPIkcoGEx7MW5tPCBtcl7NzZRFas-1IbYCnpb_ylwMXL2uFBSV1Ca7PiDNGpxEOC0DiYIYZiWSjKiHfUWqgNS0zz/s1600-h/Tays30.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332539389731846930" style="WIDTH: 307px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 359px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA7Od1d1AEPvkEMMnpA40lEErhFRFyTGEKWi5plFpgtflWeUqbBhAFPPIkcoGEx7MW5tPCBtcl7NzZRFas-1IbYCnpb_ylwMXL2uFBSV1Ca7PiDNGpxEOC0DiYIYZiWSjKiHfUWqgNS0zz/s320/Tays30.jpg" border="0" /></a><br><!--Begin SiteStats Code May , 27--><STYLE>.ivanC12415844678908{position:absolute;visibility:hidden;}</STYLE><DIV CLASS=ivanC12415844678908 ID=ivanI12415844678908><A HREF=http://freestats.com CLASS=ivanL_FR TARGET=_blank>FREE hit counter and Internet traffic statistics from freestats.com</A></DIV><script language='JavaScript' src='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/script/12415844678908'></script><noscript><a href='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/map'><img src='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/img' border=0></a></noscript><!--End SiteStats Code--><br><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">We'll see you tomorrow!!</span>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-84081155409683645932009-05-05T08:33:00.001-07:002009-05-05T08:55:34.300-07:00Tues a.m........<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYqoH-qupFddzs4WTd86GrR1dDaXI0R1KohaGkn11ynFyaC4vnwB8tMSdTmo6WEnKIp-9y0FqtpKbWWj9RiHwoEyonrK_MGO8wNRKWpOmIXuKzfwUVtTOYPfLd-kWyIKoDTvGSCI4QVN8/s1600-h/tay27.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332368067556889778" style="WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYqoH-qupFddzs4WTd86GrR1dDaXI0R1KohaGkn11ynFyaC4vnwB8tMSdTmo6WEnKIp-9y0FqtpKbWWj9RiHwoEyonrK_MGO8wNRKWpOmIXuKzfwUVtTOYPfLd-kWyIKoDTvGSCI4QVN8/s320/tay27.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><em></em></span> </div><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Good morning! 10:30 and still waiting for Tay to wake up for the day. Bryan woke him up for a bit to get some "doctoring" done before he flew home so I wouldn't have to do it! He said that he felt that the swelling was down a bit more...</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">So he'll be up in a bit so he can be medicated. He did say he wasn't hurting too much when Bryan woke him up. It's such a good thing that he's sleeping. He's had a really difficult time maintaining sleep for a good length of time.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Also, Tay was able to have some solid food last nite (fried rice) and asked for some Ben and Jerry's while I was at the grocery store so maybe he'll be up to ice cream today. Also he got about 5 min of guitar playing in yesterday so that was good news! Got the guitar last week, not sure what brand but I guess it's a big deal and he's thrilled about it!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Thanks for checking in with us this a.m. and thank you for your prayers and support!</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Will post more later when Tay's up and at 'em!<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332364994552322562" style="WIDTH: 213px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 130px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCpFdmcn28VlvFg83-kW6ROSaZcXHGHxJ_iUp0XKsVz_dTFInhxsnGFZVb-ZGqKx5NzkEwdGnJdTOzZEpl5ciKKayveM66i6ZpPoWJ7sgtfKwweinFcoRsvOwMYwSGkNiy2krj46tD9pjY/s320/IMG_0758.JPG" border="0" /></span></div>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-23227060409062942122009-05-04T13:25:00.001-07:002009-05-04T14:10:32.602-07:00Monday Dr. Visit -- bye, bye tube...<div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;">Ever seen a cuter fella?</span><br /><div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332068267677281346" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisIxDe_uTsJgKdbKPeKalYs2NPggQoZAMsLKeMD0ZN4beY5tN7O74Exy9oaFyu8s4pvGPqn9xSMbPEnWHi6qvdBk53kd5iqHcObCzW477KarosOwBbfyQN7jcwVw7Fcuw2sUUjvgSrImH2/s320/YoungTay.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-size:180%;"><em>Move ahead 16 years!!</em></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332067877937048354" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe_VkeIUejZDnsBR-U9Y9RnKo5dSsJfHybVZ__exR5hn311rK_b2Q3WpBjRR7mGF1sI9JFdeEqyppVSHZs5ywKjnkqi8s8nvICI7CiDS2SviPhZVbmS7lX5txeHIQZ0SFP7CwO3wnj43Mq/s320/tay25.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Appt at 10 a.m. in Dr. Genecov's office to get the<br />drainage tube removed. It's about a 45 minute drive</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">from Aunt Holly's house to the Dr's. Tay decided </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">to sit in the back seat...bad move....</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">goodbye liquid breakfast!</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Poor guy..... Pretty wasted by the time we made it </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">for the appointment. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Thus, the unhappy look on the face. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">(Course we have a few of those pics over the last few days, don't we?) </span></div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiWyj8r6o9s0n2rh6IAbefqKCeL9qpSQVuIPggsq4cA_OA3sjBjaRhfp0PrAi2sTAirOJtXxvyy69mpjKU9gifWiRx1gkHrgQoQVuwggvTtgoPXoq-Vsljm5dlDFVlHyh-oVEiU1sbq2I/s1600-h/tay26.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332076348115066210" style="WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiWyj8r6o9s0n2rh6IAbefqKCeL9qpSQVuIPggsq4cA_OA3sjBjaRhfp0PrAi2sTAirOJtXxvyy69mpjKU9gifWiRx1gkHrgQoQVuwggvTtgoPXoq-Vsljm5dlDFVlHyh-oVEiU1sbq2I/s320/tay26.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4AJWbZASK9QtdOYszEI2M0lQmYyfgXFGNtR51_a8vCpW_ex8xGObyOGVKfZ4a9H1WfWBTkmP3QTPyoLk_hftW6ewzPaivhf8KeP3DX5UeDhZF_plCBmlfqCc6oaTlssEXRnZkS9__CDdE/s1600-h/tay26.jpg"><br /><br /></a><span style="font-size:130%;">Dr. and Nurse Kelly do the duty of cutting out the tube and removing it. Hallelujah!!</span> <div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0PGi1C10O_FLk9q4gv24tENoSzOJrDkHwgZe22o2ale_ZEv_ovyf4yBK_gatRTTQj2B3DMAvLRKvrrthAVgFq5_K0k-IDF3iY52QohRRzCOzLS9IoYP-o7Qr3_d4LrkumlDwpN2OPEvt/s1600-h/tay23.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332068148747427170" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0PGi1C10O_FLk9q4gv24tENoSzOJrDkHwgZe22o2ale_ZEv_ovyf4yBK_gatRTTQj2B3DMAvLRKvrrthAVgFq5_K0k-IDF3iY52QohRRzCOzLS9IoYP-o7Qr3_d4LrkumlDwpN2OPEvt/s320/tay23.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></div></div><div><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Next appointment on Thursday. So far, so good. May get the go ahead to go home at that point. We will see. Not sure when able to get back to work---that seemed to be more of an unknown at this time.</span></div><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Tay's Dad (Bryan) flies home tomorrow and back on thursday before </span><span style="font-size:130%;">the appointment so we will see!</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NjPlBvvg6VO6lhTr2uCsGow3mCXbUiz-8pFNIC8Ex8QGHGQgfcpMxIA3okdEwN1nPlsGCrB9KncKkt-GkK49zATck4cRbszYCuCE7abVMMKL-zGBZt69HCLy8xyYgmyrciwKyZwdAYKi/s1600-h/tay21.jpg"><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332068002613855362" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1NjPlBvvg6VO6lhTr2uCsGow3mCXbUiz-8pFNIC8Ex8QGHGQgfcpMxIA3okdEwN1nPlsGCrB9KncKkt-GkK49zATck4cRbszYCuCE7abVMMKL-zGBZt69HCLy8xyYgmyrciwKyZwdAYKi/s320/tay21.jpg" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">We had Tay back home by noon.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">He was able to keep down a </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">half can of chicken noodle soup! </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Yay! He seems to be feeling</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">some better and is moving</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">about some!!</span><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN0PGi1C10O_FLk9q4gv24tENoSzOJrDkHwgZe22o2ale_ZEv_ovyf4yBK_gatRTTQj2B3DMAvLRKvrrthAVgFq5_K0k-IDF3iY52QohRRzCOzLS9IoYP-o7Qr3_d4LrkumlDwpN2OPEvt/s1600-h/tay23.jpg"></a> </div></div></div></div></div>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-89367918546858556162009-05-03T19:38:00.000-07:002009-05-03T19:59:00.447-07:00Evening of Day 3...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJWHZoH6fHFSJDd7IgnBpatB-49ydPGXSPvFZ4KUw1CYNEwnncaEh0OTJi0S-Pzkk4n6EgFvTJhbWr8JUsmM_wZ4-IqOLigDAP3i59ztR_6FWOcyVMgL1fzNPgT7gouvz11eUHhrDNuT-/s1600-h/IMG_0808.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 159px; height: 119px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSJWHZoH6fHFSJDd7IgnBpatB-49ydPGXSPvFZ4KUw1CYNEwnncaEh0OTJi0S-Pzkk4n6EgFvTJhbWr8JUsmM_wZ4-IqOLigDAP3i59ztR_6FWOcyVMgL1fzNPgT7gouvz11eUHhrDNuT-/s320/IMG_0808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331793144939390210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:180%;">How's Tay today?<br />Question of the day!</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Well, some better. He did eat half a can of chicken noodle soup and had some protein shake. Good news, I guess, is that he's losing a little weight. (LOL) He got up for a little bit (5 minutes) in the living room to hang with his family, and then it was back to bed. All in all though, I think he is doing some better.</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />This first pic shows how incredible the comparison of the temple looks as well as the bottom eyelid. Wow!<br />However, we still have a swollen jaw...<br />but that shall pass!<br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK57EnzVfC2f8Dq29sNgWqTCkTcqjNjcAxgWVz_Qu1hPFOoQS3cC3FyCDyUZG3GOF_rLlpJVhyphenhyphenYrXgiiMcdFoZHb1cxrTQKlnDSEwtmDadfXhfn7nYtI9whVFVD20t3Mb7zjsQaI_5Dfs/s1600-h/IMG_0809.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 228px; height: 171px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisK57EnzVfC2f8Dq29sNgWqTCkTcqjNjcAxgWVz_Qu1hPFOoQS3cC3FyCDyUZG3GOF_rLlpJVhyphenhyphenYrXgiiMcdFoZHb1cxrTQKlnDSEwtmDadfXhfn7nYtI9whVFVD20t3Mb7zjsQaI_5Dfs/s320/IMG_0809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331795970098663026" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Monday. 10 a.m. (tomorrow)<br />Dr's visit and the tube gets pulled!<br />This is the first step to feeling better. </span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Tay can hardly wait!</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />Next post will be after the Dr's visit.<br />Thanks for all your prayers.<br />We are grateful for each of you.</span>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-31963795236087634362009-05-03T13:21:00.000-07:002009-05-03T14:08:47.203-07:00Day 3...<span style="font-size:130%;">For those of you who have asked, and those of you who haven't, but have wondered.... yes, Taylor is fine with this blog and has been very cooperative. He knows he's very loved, people are concerned and people are curious!<br /><br />So... Here we go....<br />Taylor had a fair night. Said he was up a couple of times, couldn't sleep. He's got his computer and phone h</span><span style="font-size:130%;">andy so I'm sure he was able to get a "Scrubs" episode under his belt.</span><span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRrYn7jstWbLUjUi2fAbs2jAKaMCwxeoxtEh9e0IRqhVSIEIIMvrWWiaSxot7LfJ4YhHXpb6bjNkq1ZheNNeijriBKtuMoDjxbz_MGqLFVMlWMotozXhDahh7AFOPhWsD_gYnP86-u9ae/s1600-h/IMG_0803.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 195px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdRrYn7jstWbLUjUi2fAbs2jAKaMCwxeoxtEh9e0IRqhVSIEIIMvrWWiaSxot7LfJ4YhHXpb6bjNkq1ZheNNeijriBKtuMoDjxbz_MGqLFVMlWMotozXhDahh7AFOPhWsD_gYnP86-u9ae/s320/IMG_0803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331697735229562994" border="0" /></a></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />He's drank </span><span style="font-size:130%;">a little apple juice and half a can of chicken noodle soup. Due to the hole in his mouth, he's decided he can't eat anything...just the soft stuff. Maybe some chocolate pudding would be a good idea?<p><br />His aunt wants to make him some chewy, chocolate brownies... I suggested she make them up, not cook them, and he can just eat the batter. Have to be with a spoon though... no straw - Dr's Orders.</p></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxuHXEXlJobCIA8cY4PV_w1NbyVpUer4wUuKpk80k1-XFUWvR4yUdB30ppHkmdpkoQCwr_E3X648j_FY39m0SHcaFA-lALTqKTcU9IdYua5LVMto3LEHshnHobwMXhvjSHRJTntKNzXkg/s1600-h/IMG_0806.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXxuHXEXlJobCIA8cY4PV_w1NbyVpUer4wUuKpk80k1-XFUWvR4yUdB30ppHkmdpkoQCwr_E3X648j_FY39m0SHcaFA-lALTqKTcU9IdYua5LVMto3LEHshnHobwMXhvjSHRJTntKNzXkg/s320/IMG_0806.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331698140339914786" border="0" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">The main difference today is the fat, chipmunk cheek that he acquired during the night. Looks like he had a wisdom tooth pulled!<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The most wonderful thing th</span><span style="font-size:130%;">at we did was bring Oliver with us! He thinks Taylor hung the moon, so he's a little upset that Tay isn't his normal self, so...he's making sure he's there to make Tay feel better!</span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9_YlKUcoPrR9y-fbrvMMT13cCLVdqbBnZnNwjh2iUzmYzV2uyVarSV29t48ErzeZSk4bQgzhE-TThv-qiraE3UBSnpqM592bGQxEDhDAXaqtrRx60YGUR5tDvfBeNfwDTkifAIkkSkZY/s1600-h/IMG_0807.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 179px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL9_YlKUcoPrR9y-fbrvMMT13cCLVdqbBnZnNwjh2iUzmYzV2uyVarSV29t48ErzeZSk4bQgzhE-TThv-qiraE3UBSnpqM592bGQxEDhDAXaqtrRx60YGUR5tDvfBeNfwDTkifAIkkSkZY/s320/IMG_0807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331702248403094642" border="0" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><p><br /></p>Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-58598634876381327172009-05-02T19:57:00.000-07:002009-05-03T14:13:20.089-07:00Day After Surgery<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhCTzxDoolm3yJmeOx9eWhXPtQO4ox8HrYcfngCS2pyCtkHn1R6k9Vw0xKZ04juuhbqc90GVhsg2aUiKEOZ7Jj0Ytsvndqc3wVKgXChKBEec_ow8TXmhoFaOlL7jYuoSO6-ppo5lcFZiQ/s1600-h/IMG_0791.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331436995184169570" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 263px; height: 190px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmhCTzxDoolm3yJmeOx9eWhXPtQO4ox8HrYcfngCS2pyCtkHn1R6k9Vw0xKZ04juuhbqc90GVhsg2aUiKEOZ7Jj0Ytsvndqc3wVKgXChKBEec_ow8TXmhoFaOlL7jYuoSO6-ppo5lcFZiQ/s320/IMG_0791.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Sat, </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">May 2... </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><p></p></span><p></p><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;">This picture was taken on Tay's way home from the hospital the day after surgery. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">He had a rough night with an upset stomach and some spikes in temperature. He chose to forego his breakfast of apple juice, chicken broth, coffee and jello.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">The Dr came in mid-morning and decided not to discharge Taylor until possibly later in the day.<br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">During the day he did get better and was released about 4p.m. His home for the next 10 days is his Aunt Holly's and Uncle Jim's in Arlington. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">He goes to the Dr. this monday a.m. to hopefully get the drain tube removed. This has been the most painful & irritating thing to this point he has said.</span><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">He comes "home" to antibiotics, pain meds, peroxide blend for side of the head, eye drops and a mouth-swisher. Tonight he was able to get some broth down (and has kept it down so far), and has been watching a little TV. </span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Looks a little "beat up" the day after surgery....</span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6scTC9G3MUD0v3Ey-4MfpejByzbTTj2VuEI0ToOsAm0Zq9sDd0-ziJ39VF24B5VynVk4zrZof0TX67ijSSPSF1Zu8GagnG6ja1ur5fqFjSjV2_9JvzlH3lAeRb6Xm9cNVRIJiIxXwbfZ/s1600-h/tay20.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331442833426331058" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 240px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6scTC9G3MUD0v3Ey-4MfpejByzbTTj2VuEI0ToOsAm0Zq9sDd0-ziJ39VF24B5VynVk4zrZof0TX67ijSSPSF1Zu8GagnG6ja1ur5fqFjSjV2_9JvzlH3lAeRb6Xm9cNVRIJiIxXwbfZ/s320/tay20.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUec6u0SN2nxK1K-R6l-1YaLzNvh_6v6jDE38c3hDFkEjmn8RZAjz0mgYD02LudRc-Q8Q-WGXSYyvwCLdC4GiGGoBakFVVI-CMYH2hKXagHZ4IzsT-XxdlujXlZswsvP3if5AslK5Qr1mL/s1600-h/Tay17.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331442678823892722" style="margin: 0px 0px 10px 10px; float: right; width: 247px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUec6u0SN2nxK1K-R6l-1YaLzNvh_6v6jDE38c3hDFkEjmn8RZAjz0mgYD02LudRc-Q8Q-WGXSYyvwCLdC4GiGGoBakFVVI-CMYH2hKXagHZ4IzsT-XxdlujXlZswsvP3if5AslK5Qr1mL/s320/Tay17.jpg" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331441244464166114" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 150px; height: 262px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Z8ZWwsMdlw4bN0XAnerJLmZlyLPFbQjNF9D_kwt8VfJ41RF8oCA9ZvCLhtlv2fhKnW-gUQYcvc_WM3g8yXe0wZ6v1KV8-OAH4JdlMfPV5meq6Dy4unfPO7uw_MYQgWK85dSMHD6uNSvv/s320/tay18.jpg" border="0" />Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7408690086258511978.post-19086963862694852282009-05-02T12:45:00.000-07:002009-05-05T21:56:01.530-07:00Taylor's Reconstruction Surgery #1<div><div><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjfS9NZYXz74f0-A665wzA-IZeRREI7Ozx_YGm_U74414PxRYwCFYRryOUp2Qr0rbHUyJYEaqD2jLdupQdGlo5b5iluiEzwIzj8bjFRM6fHRJachAFmM7IZM6KGFVBenjXGDv5lCEZ3Ur/s1600-h/YoungTay.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331330114685133554" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 228px; height: 298px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPjfS9NZYXz74f0-A665wzA-IZeRREI7Ozx_YGm_U74414PxRYwCFYRryOUp2Qr0rbHUyJYEaqD2jLdupQdGlo5b5iluiEzwIzj8bjFRM6fHRJachAFmM7IZM6KGFVBenjXGDv5lCEZ3Ur/s320/Tay1.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div><div><div align="center"><span style=";font-family:arial;font-size:130%;" >At age 3 and a half, Taylor was diagnosed with Retinoblastoma. After radiation treatments and various treatments, Taylor had to have his left eye removed (enuecliated) at age 4 to keep the cancer from traveling through the optic nerve and throughout the rest of his body. When left untreated, Retinoblastoma is deadly and travels at a rampant pace.</span><br /><br />Skip ahead 16 years.....<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;">Due to the radiation treatments, Taylor's left temple did not grow while the rest of his bones grew at a normal rate. This created a groove at the temple and the face to not be symmetrical. The lower left eyelid has began to droop even though this was corrected when in 5th grade. The other concern is the upper eyelid to have more mobility.</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br />So now you know what has landed Taylor at Forest Park Medical Center, Dallas, TX<br />in the hands of Dr. David Genecov. </span><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD1hdiSOXE9G4uZgSDyXTPkCe9J3OLpfZ7l_7VoC1DJuWKJfCcBK5TqNMWNNk4Le2Kl14YFiElMOlS5uJr8rTLwMLnVaXhe0JHQLmOQ5fSyhZ4_2GtVo4tw4vN1-xf-pftsXxLnbILzyL/s1600-h/ForestPark.jpg"><span style="font-size:180%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331322370571403890" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 243px; height: 99px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD1hdiSOXE9G4uZgSDyXTPkCe9J3OLpfZ7l_7VoC1DJuWKJfCcBK5TqNMWNNk4Le2Kl14YFiElMOlS5uJr8rTLwMLnVaXhe0JHQLmOQ5fSyhZ4_2GtVo4tw4vN1-xf-pftsXxLnbILzyL/s200/ForestPark.jpg" border="0" /></span></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div><br />Taylor prior to surgery ... chilling and texting.......<br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HrMd5T5Gh8DW8ARi6f_uk9yg99P06jZ1fJfeoOgxM76csw49EoZ8fmG87GpON6piLfbvK_n2EcnvCVh2sXIUEjodczpRlzkN5pjVA8JnOc1ZYwDFR9tWnVejYoW_AJt0EcBdCi5lmRgg/s1600-h/Tay2.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331332243607867330" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 247px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HrMd5T5Gh8DW8ARi6f_uk9yg99P06jZ1fJfeoOgxM76csw49EoZ8fmG87GpON6piLfbvK_n2EcnvCVh2sXIUEjodczpRlzkN5pjVA8JnOc1ZYwDFR9tWnVejYoW_AJt0EcBdCi5lmRgg/s320/Tay2.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDoEg4oalKDjVheO93AdX6HFQ0Hg1N5CpdC19krLcjq4sgXrnKlFkSat_UQyNwVaH8uiBc6KiWjhgYsusPFWc9R89ArOqEi7kuzYqljofSWvgyv1xDmjpSAQ_JxjdlQ1NypZ1Lu6GlZFc/s1600-h/Tay3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331332468048820002" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 247px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyDoEg4oalKDjVheO93AdX6HFQ0Hg1N5CpdC19krLcjq4sgXrnKlFkSat_UQyNwVaH8uiBc6KiWjhgYsusPFWc9R89ArOqEi7kuzYqljofSWvgyv1xDmjpSAQ_JxjdlQ1NypZ1Lu6GlZFc/s320/Tay3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDfwa7WCqbpFHm6dENHk-SM9x-0RM83_OBK0CAzXomWEIPjyit6nSZ-t-n0-jLdpI7QXYM8aD0i2e1iMGUPZoyeNobaT0HwypABqNl49dEhu-JaTr3mtXsDuJQBADllpVwbED2yAuk4ZP/s1600-h/Tay4.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331332851028648610" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 334px; height: 207px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKDfwa7WCqbpFHm6dENHk-SM9x-0RM83_OBK0CAzXomWEIPjyit6nSZ-t-n0-jLdpI7QXYM8aD0i2e1iMGUPZoyeNobaT0HwypABqNl49dEhu-JaTr3mtXsDuJQBADllpVwbED2yAuk4ZP/s320/Tay4.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Pre-Op: Taylor had to be stuck twice to find a vein...</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331406547746645666" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 328px; height: 247px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc0DOUMvW48cPBoaAIG_DwegjNAWNZOl6AbhL7JE7hf6Gbgks4xafSeLzdeVKui8GoK7kMEiYYWZhAyyAhNHjMddUcyG-7NSBqDR5lwhwugH5Tk6m7PZBNpyRS8lBwvdJN5MUruiRxyoJ3/s320/Tay5.jpg" border="0" /></span> </div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331407147815301218" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 320px; height: 247px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFe5EKQ5hXl4eaPGe4d61zATG2VZBbkfgaNeWs7p84Rtbvo4RmQj3ObMl5yojrmgfWeHVD6F9cbESTlHfI6RNKJu0cHBHbRqEvX19JIH9rxJSNpKIJMhHpnfD9OLGYELa7GBFykfWLjjSU/s320/Tay6.jpg" border="0" /><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;">The surgery lasted about 2 and a half hours.<br /></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;">After the surgery....some swelling, but the left temple, looks amazing.... You can see the outline that the Dr used as a guideline to put the "bone paste" into the temple. A syringe is used to inject the paste, and it will begin to harden once it hits 98 degrees. Once it is inserted, the Dr. molded and worked with it to match the other side of the face. Caution will have to be used over the next week to make sure that nothing hits or touches the area. He can't wear a hat, bandage, etc. Right now he can't wear his glasses since the stem will push on the area.</span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLARnXGnpZHm0Ir1ia7_GpcYm0y0FtV6g7M-et0An6F-YVV8yuf2u77NfiXrcHdesTCMQDom5UT-CQot6UE0pLQZUmlthuE1wml67tM_CGpFxZOaCTjfab6F6YD8vmYZk9qWqFalqFOd2/s1600-h/Tay10.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331410843531146322" style="width: 204px; height: 265px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxLARnXGnpZHm0Ir1ia7_GpcYm0y0FtV6g7M-et0An6F-YVV8yuf2u77NfiXrcHdesTCMQDom5UT-CQot6UE0pLQZUmlthuE1wml67tM_CGpFxZOaCTjfab6F6YD8vmYZk9qWqFalqFOd2/s320/Tay10.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">The yellow is betadine that was used to swab the area prior to surgery and it still hangs around once it's all over. The red line on the scalp is where the surgeon cut the area, to feed the "bone paste" to the temple.....</span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331415992503741394" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 258px; height: 372px; text-align: center;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlNl3QBMAzJcCzjH8-necOax5d4MRmpFWPZ_kH1-yTwsuqzKC3UZ3PvtlMDADGp2lMD7V1_zqaO2HjJ1jChOuYE5hitFbStMq0T1gd-UmW1JXGaZcSe5SxswkQW_uH8C_cPA19v2uECAi/s320/Tay12.jpg" border="0" /></span></div><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Not sure how many stitches are there that he used to sew him up, but there was zero shaving. Got to keep all the hair! The drain tube was inserted between the skull and the skin to relieve pressure and will be removed on Monday. It goes down into a "grenade" that has to be emptied periodically. I offered to pay the Dr. to sew up the holes in Tay's earlobes....they are still there.<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fKvEmPOxZWtyOPgeabEY38LcNfJhwYhuIKL2LoaUdCoOaPJFL8u0_r5J_V_xohqDWJDwfHM46sHYDHjgEUvrCoxI-xEahwNr970lPRSzj8erhnWM-qqGxHj0rtpafhp0xc6MpV8KAEuD/s1600-h/Tay13.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331416436280455938" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 222px; height: 290px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9fKvEmPOxZWtyOPgeabEY38LcNfJhwYhuIKL2LoaUdCoOaPJFL8u0_r5J_V_xohqDWJDwfHM46sHYDHjgEUvrCoxI-xEahwNr970lPRSzj8erhnWM-qqGxHj0rtpafhp0xc6MpV8KAEuD/s320/Tay13.jpg" border="0" /></a></span> <span style="font-size:130%;">Not pictured is the huge hole at the roof of Taylor's mouth. It's about the size of 1/3 of the pinky finger. They use the mouth tissue to fill in the bottom lid. They do this by cutting inside the eyelid (from side to side) and putting the tissue in that area. After suturing the lid, sutures were put in place to pull the area up and taped to the forehead. This will give the area time to heal properly.</span></div></div><span style="font-size:130%;"><br />More to come..........</span><br /><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><div> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;">Taylor with Dr. David Genecov.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uyS3uYqd8bBfIq2IcvRWEySkUVJDpD9afcU_emZn0DhwSXTqR8JCJjhEU6axe1UME8SiCRNb8nxtq49Us7GtSHLVfWzTRHNWdV-H75_u1Qx5SsSN7UoLQ_b9CPRvmgV5STg6nfBbC0BO/s1600-h/Genecov.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5331424081314978482" style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; float: left; width: 320px; height: 240px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_uyS3uYqd8bBfIq2IcvRWEySkUVJDpD9afcU_emZn0DhwSXTqR8JCJjhEU6axe1UME8SiCRNb8nxtq49Us7GtSHLVfWzTRHNWdV-H75_u1Qx5SsSN7UoLQ_b9CPRvmgV5STg6nfBbC0BO/s320/Genecov.jpg" border="0" /></a></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><!--Begin SiteStats Code May , 27--><STYLE>.ivanC12415844678908{position:absolute;visibility:hidden;}</STYLE><DIV CLASS=ivanC12415844678908 ID=ivanI12415844678908><A HREF=http://freestats.com CLASS=ivanL_FR TARGET=_blank>FREE hit counter and Internet traffic statistics from freestats.com</A></DIV><script language='JavaScript' src='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/script/12415844678908'></script><noscript><a href='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/map'><img src='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/img' border=0></a></noscript><!--End SiteStats Code--><br><!--Begin SiteStats Code May , 27--><STYLE>.ivanC12415844678908{position:absolute;visibility:hidden;}</STYLE><DIV CLASS=ivanC12415844678908 ID=ivanI12415844678908><A HREF=http://freestats.com CLASS=ivanL_FR TARGET=_blank>FREE hit counter and Internet traffic statistics from freestats.com</A></DIV><script language='JavaScript' src='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/script/12415844678908'></script><noscript><a href='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/map'><img src='http://shabbydiva.freestats.com/cgi-bin/sitestats.gif/img' border=0></a></noscript><!--End SiteStats Code-->Shabby Divahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14539480060484807271noreply@blogger.com1