Niki Taylor Out of Hospital
Her spokesman says the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue alum checked out of Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital on Tuesday and was taken to an undisclosed rehabilitation center nearby. She will be there for the next several weeks, says publicist Lou Taylor (no relation).
Taylor, who was removed from intensive care Thursday and upgraded to good condition, has steadily improved since doctors performed surgery to repair severe damage to her lungs and liver in the days following the April 29 accident. In mid-May, she was taken off an artificial respirator and has since been able to hold conversations with her family.
"[I'm] hopeful that Niki will be able to participate in rehabilitation therapy very soon," her physician, Dr. Jeffrey Nicholas, said last week. He did not, however, elaborate on what kind of therapy she would undergo.
The 26-year-old fashionista was hospitalized in critical condition with severe internal injures after the car she was riding in struck a utility pole. James Renegar, Taylor's friend and the driver of the vehicle, told police he lost control of his 1993 Nissan Maxima on an Atlanta off-ramp when he looked down to answer his cell phone.
Renegar and another passenger, John Lack, were treated for minor scrapes and released shortly after the wreck.
Taylor was wearing her seatbelt at the time and initially seemed unscathed. However, she soon began experiencing intense abdominal pain and was rushed to the hospital.
The leggy blonde, who's the mother of twin 6-year-old boys, Jake and Hunter, had been in Atlanta visiting friends for the weekend and was about to fly back to her home in Fort Lauderdale to start taking acting lessons.
Since the accident, her sons have been home in Florida with their father, Taylor's ex-husband Matt Martinez.
Taylor's face became famous when, at the age of 14, she landed on the cover of Seventeen. In addition to spreads in SI and more than 200 magazine cover appearances, she has traipsed the runway for the world's top fashion designers and appeared in TV commercials for Cover Girl and Liz Claiborne.
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