Thursday, Friday and Saturday - November 23rd through November 25th

Good evening,

Tori had a great Thanksgiving Day along with the rest of the Schmanski family. Grandpa and Grandma Schmanski arrived at the house on Tuesday afternoon and Guy arrived from Boston on Wednesday night. On Thanksgiving Day TJ, Lorrie, Todd and Laurie arrived along with all of their kids as well. We had 18 people in the house for the day and Tori was right in the middle of all of the activities. She stayed calm and collected as she watched the kids run around her. Then she enjoyed dinner with the rest of us. She had very small amounts of cranberries, mashed potatoes, turkey, pomegranate jello and finally some cheesecake. She spent the entire afternoon in her wheelchair.

Tori's new EyeTech Quick Glance 3 arrived on Tuesday and we were finally able to try it out on Friday. It is an eye tracking mouse replacement device that allows the user to place the mouse pointer anywhere on the screen simply by looking at the desired location. "Clicking" can be done with an eye blink, a hardware switch, or by staring at a particular position. I've configured the camera and installed the software onto Tori's computer. We calibrated it on Tori Friday and had her playing the Aliens game. She did well but tired quickly and besides that we needed to adjust the software a little more. So we'll try it again on Sunday. The solution still appears to be very promising.

Tori slept well each night but she woke up at 5:00am Saturday morning for some movie watching. She had a late morning nap to compensate but was then awake for the rest of the day. She watched 'The Davinci Code' with Maria, Guy and Whitney tonight. On Sunday we are going to try and take her to a theater to see 'Happy Feet'. I finally found a theater with wheelchair seating that isn't in the very front of the theater... We'll see how Tori does.

Thank you for the continued love, prayers and support for Tori,

-Tim