Wednesday 05/20

Yesterday the news was so upsetting that I could not bring myself to post. Jennifer did though - she wrote a letter to Taylor in the Guestbook.

Julie and I returned to Nashville late lastnight, to be with Taylor. Things were not looking well yesterday at all... Taylor's brain was swelling and they had decided that no matter what they have to bring her out of the medically-induced coma, even if it meant the seizures return.

During the night, though, things improved! Her swelling has gone down and although she is slowly being weaned from the phenobarbital her brain patterns lastnight looked healthy.

Unfortunately, now the brain patterns are spiking a little and are a concern again. In addition, she started running a low grade fever and is not tolerating her feeding via the feeding tube. The doctors worry that this may be the result of an issue with her pancreas (as a side effect of the medicine). They will run blood tests today. Nevertheless, the doctors are now a lot more optimistic this morning than they were yesterday.

For now, it's still a wait and see, as we wait for the penabarbitrol to wear off.