Saturday and Sunday, December 16th and 17th

Good evening,

Tori was much more comfortable over the weekend than she was the three days prior. She didn't seem to have any of the painful grimaces and cries that she had previously. We can't explain what was causing her the pain at this point but we are happy it is gone for the moment. All of us were able to catch up on some sleep and Tori led the charge by sleeping all night and well into each morning. We were very grateful for this so thank you Tori :-)

Tori watched alot of Christmas movies over the weekend and Whitney and Brendan spent much of their time outside playing in all of the snow. We had about 5" on Saturday and another 5" on Sunday. It is very cold now as well so I'm sure we will have a white Christmas this year.

Tori spent more time in her wheelchair as she usually does on the weekends. She watched Maria wrap presents during Sunday afternoon. She also had a sponge bath and hair washing today which she totally enjoyed as normal.

Tomorrow begins another week of activities for Tori and we are looking forward to a whole new list of activities when we arrive in China. Dave has been updating Michael's site during their trip and for the most part everything is going smoothly. We are learning a great deal from their trip and have made several changes because of it.

Here is an article on how Neural Stem Cells help the brain self repair.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support,

-Tim