Tuesday, September 20th - Day 93 Update

Hello,

Well, our official day 1 at UVRMC is almost over and Tori has been so excited to be here that she hasn't slept for about 38 hours straight... I'm watching her now as I'm typing this and she is on the very verge of sleeping and I'm sure she will need another one of her typical, total recovery days of pure sleep. We will gauge that after tonight and early tomorrow morning when it is therapy time. We might not just let her sleep it off like before..

All of Tori's new occupational, physical and speech therapists gave her initial examinations and baseline workouts today. Her left arm has improved dramatically since the Botox injection on Sunday!! She actually can rest it now in a natural position and she was minimally moving around on her again after her completing her arm stretching routine. The ST's did various taste tests and also monitored swallowing and the gag reflex. They are planning to do a Barium based study on her using yogurt and some scopes to see how she can handle food in her mouth. That should be an intersting one and the schedule for it is not yet determined. The PT's had her sitting up in bed and standing again today as they did their baseline workouts.

We will also be taking another MRI on Tori in the very near future. She hasn't any since the two MRI's which were taken just after the accident. I also had an interesting phone call today with the secretary of a renowned Neuropsychologist who happens to live nearby. He knows of Tori and has kindly offered his expertise and services to help her. I will provide much more details on this as it becomes defined.

Tori also showed NO signs of being tired during today even though she didn't sleep last night. She was very aware, alert and bright eyed throughout the entire day. Kara and couple of her other friends visited for a while this afternoon and told her all about the latest high school gossip and parties. Tori seemed to pay direct attention to them once again which was nice to see. Grandpa and Grandma Schmanski as well as Grandma Harris also spent some time with Tori today.

They didn't get a weight yet on Tori but tomorrow it will happen for sure. We need to get her in her wheelchair for at least a couple of hours and that will provide the opportunity to weigh her. She was really too busy today for this to take place. Her Nutren 2.0 or equivalent should also arrive so we can get those double calories into her once again. We will also try to give her a shower tomorrow as there isn't a large tub at this facility. Maria gave her a sponge bath tonight instead.

In closing tonight, Tori is sleeping quite soundly now!! :-) And I bet Maria is at home doing the same...

Thanks again everyone for your continued love, prayers and support.

-Tim