Saturday, July 16th - Day 27 (mid-day update)

Since Tim's post earlier today - a lot happened.

First, let me start with the positive: Maria gave Tori a bath and brushed her teeth. She was pretty and all ready for guests. And guests she received. Marilyn and Kenzie came up to see her.

I believe that Maria and Tim both said they had not seen their daughter that alert since her accident. These were ear-to-ear smiles that Kenzie and Tori were sending at each others. You can tell there is chemistry between them and that includes Kenzie's mom Marilyn. Update: I forgot to mention something. No one else noticied it but I guarantee you: I saw Tori wave back at Kenzie when she was moving her hand in front of her. Of course, Tori's response time is lagging sometimes - but in this case there was response and it was great to see!

It appears obvious that Tori is thirsty for friends right now.

A few more visitors came to see Tori. For the first time, she got to see her website as well. Kenzie and Tim used a laptop to show her some of the pictures and posts on the web.

At 13:20, they gave her a stimulant (Ritalin) to see how she would respond to it. Well it didn't take very long for it to crowd her room. Let's put it simply: she didn't respond well at all. She got over-stimulated and it looked a lot like what she did last night but amplified. She would not stop shaking with Maria, grand pa and Tim by her side. Everyone got a little frustrated I think and it's very understandable.

They didn't attribute her reaction to the drug but it is very likely. They decided to give her benadryl to help her calm down (yeah, right...). That wasn't enough and Tim asked that they consider sedation (kinda whispered in his ear). Her heart rate was at 165 and they could not even get her blood pressure. They had to sedate her twice with adult narcotics. After 20 minutes, the drugs finally kicked in and she was able to relax. Her heart rate is back down and so is her blood pressure (expected). Maria is up there with Tori now and I hope that the 2 of them can rest a little bit.

Sending from phone.