Friday, September 30th, Day 103 Update

Good evening,

Tori slept well again Thursday night and had a relatively calm Friday as well. She was also off of the ventilator for much of the day and that includes tonight as well. We left at 9:30pm and she was still on spontaneous mode which means she was breathing on her own with the ventilator attached as a precautionary backup. They might try and let her sleep without the ventilator tonight. Tori was sleeping already when we left the hospital.

Tori's lung x-rays still look great!! There also were NO bacteria growths on all of the samples taken yesterday. We did find out the urine sample was contaminated so they will need to take another. Tori's temperature spikes do continue to appear throughout the day so a bacteria of some form still exists in her body. The ICU medical staff is sticking with the Vancomycin, Levaquin and Primaxin antibiotics for now.

We still haven't received the results of the EEG they did on Tori... We are not sure if any of the neurologists have even reviewed it yet. I also do not have answers yet on why the Valproate was missed but I guarantee that I WILL find out.

Tori will remain in observation inside the UVRMC ICU for this weekend. She basically cannot be moved until she is recovered from her infections and can breath entirely on her own once again. We still do not know where her next home will be...

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

-Tim, Maria, Tori, Whitney and Brendan