Jonathan had a pretty good day today. Lots of language, very observational. He still has trouble with simple questions, but on other aspects he is becoming more verbal.
When I picked him up today, I noticed that they had taken the green pillow away. Jonathan was laying on the floor on another section of the room. He came running when I called his name and we went home. As we were driving, he again was fixated on the traffic lights and the colors and what that meant, but this time he wanted to name the colors in Spanish. It was cute. I spoke in Spanish to him all the way home. The words that he was not sure of he would repeat to me in English and ask if that was correct.
As soon as we got home he said that he didn't want to take a bath today. We greeted my father and he immediately told me that he was hungry (in Spanish). I fixed some food and changed.
HBOT Day 30
He again had trouble with his right ear. The technician had to stop the compression process twice as he was screaming. I ordered the Zyrtek as I feel he might have fluid in it due to allergies. They will have it ready tomorrow. Once we reached 1.5 atm, he did well.
Today we made 3/4 of the way. 10 more dives to go. I have to admit that I was hoping for a more impressive positive reaction to this therapy, but I know how tough Jonathan is. It has helped him very much. I haven't found his silver bullet. But this therapy has definitely awaken him a bit more.
On the way home, he was very conversational. We spoke about everything he saw. However, if I asked him how his day went, he couldn't answer it. So I tried to ask him specific questions. He told me he was hungry and asked what we were going to eat. I told him chicken nuggets and he asked if from McDonald's. I told him no. He then said he wanted pizza. We made a quick stop at Trader Joe's and when I parked he said "why we doing here? this is not Tony's". Tony's is the pizza place. I told him we need to check something for grandpa. He asked a few why questions today.
We went to Tony's after that, and he carried out his pizza. When we got home, Vanessa came to greet us and he said "look Vanessa, look what I got!". Vanessa told him it was pizza and she was excited about it. And he told her "come on, let's go inside to eat pizza".
He is making longer sentences, more complex to express his wants and needs. Sometimes he expresses his feelings, but not as frequently.
Recovering from last week's detox
He is definitely recovering from last week's detox episode. I believe it was detox because the same day that he changed (had some behavioral regressions on 4/26/07), I introduced 2 new supplements: curcumin and L-Carnitine. I feel Curcumin caused the detox problem. Curcumin helps move the transulfuration pathway (cysteine pathway) more towards glutathione rather than taurine. Since his taurine has been very high, curcumin probably started working right away and caused a detox reaction. It is a good thing. If his body starts to automatically produce more glutathione, it will help him detox faster. He seems to be doing better today.
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