Christmas Eve and Christmas Day - December 24th and 25th

Merry Christmas everyone!!

Tori had a couple of good and enjoyable days along with the rest of the the Schmanski family. She had plenty of company on Christmas Eve day as there were 18 people over at the house enjoying the day. Tori spent the time in her wheelchair watching all of the activities around her and sampling many of the goodies that were present. Here are a couple of pictures showing Tori enjoying herself and Tori opening presents with Whitney . Tori did very well on both days and was right in the mix of things each day.

Tori and I often play a game where I raise my right thumb and she matches by raising her right thumb. Then we touch them together and she mimics me by raising and lower her thumb as I do. Saturday night though she did exceptionally well by moving her arm, hand and thumb to where ever mine was placed. She was quite steady and she was very accurate in pressing her thumb against mine. She demonstrated great control and we hope for much more of it in the future.

We are very blessed and grateful for all of the love, prayers and support bestowed on Tori and our family each and every day by people from all over the world. As a family, we are dedicated and committed in our continued efforts to do everything humanly possible to aid in Tori's healing and recovery. We constantly aim to provide her the most caring and loving home environment and best quality of life that we possibly can. That will never end.

Tomorrow begins another week and we have much to do prior to our trip to China. Tori's passport and our visas are our top priorities of course. Hopefully we can resolve ALL of this by the end of the week and be all ready to go!!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to you all and please have a wonderful holiday season!!

With love,

The Schmanski Family