Friday, July 29th - Day 40 Update (mid-night update)

Tori is having a really decent night tonight so far. I am crossing my fingers and so is grandma Schmanski.

After giving Tori a dose of Valium at 9:30pm she has been sleeping soundly.

Her respiratory rate monitor is a little defective and it triggered an alarm at 1:10am. That woke her up but she managed to calm herself down and went back to sleep.

She coughed once and we used the catheter once to suction her.

It's now around 2:30am on saturday morning. We just got done repositioning her. She was given another dose of Valium because it was available and we didn't want her to interupt her good night of sleep.

Grandma was able to lay down on the coach for a few minutes but I do not believe she slept much.

That's basically it for this short mid-night update. Since I couldn't sleep I figured I would let those who can't either know how Tori is doing.

We hope that she continues to rest.

Good night,
-Guy

PS: as I sending this, a bunch of people just ran across the mezzanine above my head just a few seconds ago. I can now hear the helicopter coming in. Best of luck to whoever it is they are bringing in...

update at 6am: Grandma finally felt aslept around 4:45am this morning. That's actually when Tori woke up for a little bit. She got a little agitated. 15 minutes later, the RT came in and suctioned her. She relaxed after that and went back to sleep without requiring any medicine.

update at 9am: We bothered Tori for about an hour. A bed sheet were wet so we changed all of it. She is still very relaxed and resting. her nurse did her hair as well. She slept a few more hours since the last update and we can only hope that her nights continue to progress this. Grandma did awesome. I have to admit that I was a little worried at first but Tori made it really easy for us and on herself.

Thank you Tori!
-Guy