Thursday, Friday and Saturday - November 30th through December 2nd

Hello again,

Tori's great sleeping habits have continued over the past few days as she hardly even wakes up during the entire night. We still have to get up to check on her and change her but she is even sleeping through all of that lately.

Megan came over from THS on Thursday but it was a late morning visit and Tori wasn't too cooperative since that is her nap time. She just wanted to sleep so she closed her eyes and refused to open them and participate... I'm going to try and get her to at least one of Megan's classes sometime this next week.

On Friday, we finally got Tori's passport situation squared away and we will have it in about two weeks. Then we will get the Chinese visas wrapped up and ready. We actually had to bring Tori down in person to the busy post office to get all of this done. At least that is now checked off the extensive list of things to do before the trip.

Mark and Julie visited Saturday night while Tori and Brendan watched 'King Kong'. For some reason, Tori has always loved movies with gorillas or monkeys in them. I think she was watching all of the old 'Planet of the Apes' movies when she was only 3 or 4 years old!! :-)

Dave and Michael have arrived safely in China and here are Dave's previous updates and his daily update as well. Michael will receive his first dosage of stem cells and NGF (nerve growth factor) on Monday. Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers. I also found another encouraging story from a recent stem cell recipient. Cole is a paraplegic who received SCT and can now move his toes and hip flexors. Stories like his are what gives us hope for Tori.

In closing today I would like to THANK ALL OF YOU for your continued donations to the Tori Schmanski Fund!! The fund is being used to pay for the SCT and all other treatments and resources for Tori that are not covered by insurance. Since my Donations page update 3 days ago activity has increased significantly. I would like to offer our sincerest gratitude for this support on behalf of the entire Schmanski family. Thank you all once more.

Until tomorrow,

-Tim