Round 2 - Very Sentimental

We did a second round of the DMSA/ALA this past weekend. Same small dosage (1/4 DMSA and 1/8 ALA) every 3 hours. It went well. I did notice that Jonathan was more emotional than normal. On Sunday, he had a meltdown because he wanted to show his friend C. his new Nintendo DSi; and when I told him that he had to wait until later in the weekend, he could not regulate that. I bent the rules and let him show his friend for about 15 minutes. We were at a park. After that, he was happy again. He is normally pretty good about regulating his feelings. So this is definitely a detox reaction.

Homeopathy

In the past week, he has hardly scratched/cleared his throat. I heard him twice. And he claimed it was food stuck just after he ate. After he cleared his throat, I didn't hear him clear his throat again. I am starting to believe that homeopathy might be a good intervention after all.

He is on 20 drops of all 4 homeopathic supplements plus the pill. He is taking them well.

Neurofeedback

This intervention has been very good for Jonathan. He has one more session left to complete 40 sessions. When he started, his reading comprehension was very poor. If he read a book, he could not tell me what he read unless he read it at least twice more. Now, he does much better. Although he may not comprehend everything in the story, he is able to articulate what happened and even ask wh questions.

His language has really improved too. Even though the topics he chooses to talk about are not exactly age appropriate at times (lots of talk about the video games he plays and he loses people half the time), he won't stop talking. He is getting better at using common idiomatic expressions and pronunciations like "didn't", "don't". He used to say "I did not ..." or "I do not...". He is using more complex thinking like "mommy, can you take the Nintendo DS back home after you take me to school and before you to go work? Do you promise?".

Unfortunately, we need to stop the sessions because my insurance will only cover 40 sessions since this is an out of network therapy. Too bad, because I really think that this has been very helpful.

Miracles Do Happen

Today I received a phone call from a good friend with a severely affected child. Her son is a non-verbal teenager with seizures. He is very sweet. I met her about a year ago and have helped her to the best of my time and ability with new things she wanted to try for her child. I told her about HBOT, Yasko, Tomatis and Neurofeedback. She attempted all those interventions. Today she called me to thank me for introducing her to Jonathan's Neurofeedback Dr. He started Neurofeedback at another organization a while ago and saw no results. She switched to Jonathan's Dr. about 3 months ago. The Dr. learned, through her initial assessment, where to concentrate to help him. Her assessment seemed to have been right. The sessions have helped with his seizures. He has not had seizures in 3 months. And today, he spoke for the first time. She took him for a walk since it was a nice day. After a bit, he told her "go home". He said it 3 times. This news made me cry. We fight so hard to find these puzzle pieces and when we find one, we claim victory.

She is going to continue with neurofeedback for a while needless to say, as she continues to try other biomedical approaches. I told her about the Zyto energy and homeopathic therapy and she is interested in that. It might give her other clues that can help her son continue to improve.

Never give up! That is today's message. Never give up!