Friday, Saturday and Sunday - February 23rd through 25th

Good evening,

I'm very happy to report more great sleeping by Tori over the past few days and she even let us all sleep in a little bit this weekend :-) She is sitting calmly in her wheelchair tonight watching the Academy Awards with Maria and I.

Tori's new range of motion with her left arm continues to be troublesome because she keeps getting her hand in and around her mouth... We are trying various methods of pillow positioning to prevent her from repeating the motion but we haven't had much success yet. Tori also had her first 'real' PT visit this week and had some basic stretching done on her arms, hands and legs. The therapist cannot believe just how strong Tori actually is. I'm still continuing my stretching on her as well so hopefully we can maintain the progress gained during our Hangzhou visit.

Tori was very agitated Thursday afternoon and didn't participate with Meredyth who was trying to work with her. She usually gets alot of candy sucker tastes during the sessions but this time she decided to clamp down and not give the sucker back... Maria and Meredyth had to pry her mouth open to get it out. It also seems like Tori has been a little more agitated lately and we've been having to give her a little more xanax than usual. I'm not sure what that means but we'll keep a close eye on her. She is not ill and that is the most important thing. Megan will visit Tori for the first time since our return tomorrow.

Rachael and Brooke are headed to China for SCT and their wonderful parents have followed Tori's prior journey very closely. Here is a great news report on them and their upcoming journey to Hangzhou for SCT. We wish them the best of luck and for success as well!!

Thank you so the continued love, prayers and support,

The Schmanski Family