Wednesday, November 29th - Day 526 Update

Good evening,

As mentioned in yesterday's update, Tori, Maria, Whitney, Brendan, Guy and I went out to dinner at a Brazilian steakhouse called Tucanos on Tuesday night. It was Tori's first restaurant experience since her injury. She was in her wheelchair next to our table and the place was very crowded and noisy. Tori took all of the activity in stride and she even enjoyed a very small amount of mashed potatoes and some diet coke. For the most part though, she just watched all of us eat and as well as the meat carver's who came to our table and continuously kept all of our plates full. It was very nice to be out to dinner as a complete family once again as that was always one of our favorite family activities. We'll be sure to do it more from now on.

Meredyth gave Tori an ST session prior to going to dinner and they focused alot on mouth and tongue exercises and did some switch pressing as well. Tori has been sleeping very well over the past several days so we continue to be pleased on that front. Tori also had some of the neighborhood girls her age stop over and visit today. Tori intently observed them all as they introduced themselves and remained calm and collected during the visit.

Guy headed back to Boston this afternoon and we're going to greatly miss having him around again... But the time he spent at our home was wonderful and we are sure he will be back soon.

I also spent some time today at the 'For Every Body' offices where they launched a new store and a press release on Tori's upcoming trip to China for stem cell treatment (SCT). Scott and Becky, the founders of 'For Every Body' also offered other items to support us on our trip to China where they often visit. They are running a new batch of Pray4Tori candles to support this trip and in case our price reductions have gone unnoticed, please visit the Donations page to review the new pricing. The Pray4Tori candles are now $8 instead of $16 as they were before!! The candles retail for $17 or $18 in stores so the new price is outstanding for this size and quality of candle. Thank you 'For Every Body'!!! The T-shirts and bumper stickers are also $8 each so please feel free to order and direct all of your friends and family to the site as well. Of course all contributions go to the Tori Schmanski Fund and are greatly appreciated. All of your contributions have enabled Tori's trip for SCT and will continue to provide her much needed support. Thank you all so much!!

And that is about all for tonight.

Thanks again everyone,

-Tim