Taylor's Miracle ~ Part Six
Completely drained, confused and not knowing what to do or where to go next, we walked through the O.R. double doors and decided to return to Taylor’s ICU room to await his arrival from recovery. That room was temporarily home now. We were informed by the nursing staff when we arrived at his room, however, that he would be held in recovery for quite a while. As we waited in the quiet, empty ICU room, Chris said, “One of us should probably try and get some sleep in that sleeping room the surgeon reserved for us tonight.” I nodded in agreement, but knew I couldn’t sleep. All I wanted was to be near Taylor. “How about you sleep first and I’ll stay with Taylor,” I said, knowing my suggestion would not convince my husband. As suspected, Chris replied, “No, you sleep first and I’ll stay with him.” Since neither of us wanted to be apart from Taylor, we decided to at least check-in at the reservation desk since the surgeon told us the suite would soon be closing reservations fo