Wednesday, Thursday and Friday - December 6th through 8th

Hello again,

Tori is having some difficulty adjusting to her new Artane medication for muscle tone. Nausea and dryness of mouth are the core side effects but they are supposed to diminish as the medication continues to be used. Tori is more agitated than she has been in been in the last while. We are sure she is nauseated because she has been spitting up her food at various times during the day... Thankfully the amounts have been small but with this now occurring we need to have an eye on Tori at all times just in case she really decides to vomit.

We have been giving her more xanax and zanaflex over past few days to counter her agitation as well. We are reducing the amount given though so we don't put her to sleep each time we give it. It's a trial and error process of course just like everything else.

Meredyth visited and had an ST session with Tori and Megan from THS stopped by a couple of times and introduced some assistants. Tori wasn't too cooperative this week due to the agitation and nausea... We'll hope for some better results with the visits next week.

We have received alot of supportive and encouraging comments in regards to Tori's trip to China for stem cell treatment. We receive more and more each day as the news of her trip spreads. It has also been interesting educating many on the science behind stem cells. Stem cell research is in it's infancy and I fully believe it will become more revolutionary than the discovery of antibiotics in the early 1900s and the first organ transplants of the 1950s. Here is another stem cell educational article that covers sight restoration in blind mice . And who knows, maybe George W's stem cell bill veto will be overridden in the very near future so we can get busy here in the US.

Thank you again for the love, prayers and support,

-Tim