It's nice to have a cooler and less humid day today. We had a nice visit at my moms and looked through old family photos. Sometimes you don't realize how fast life goes by until you look back and see a photo of yourself as a newborn being held by your mother or times you got to spend with grandparents. It was also really nice to look through the photos of my grandparents as a young family with their children (my mom, aunts and uncles) as kids the age of my daughter now.
Good news is that the HBOT capsule was checked and fixed last night so we'll be off to the center again very early tomorrow morning.
Today is the first day removing most dairy from her diet in the hopes her gut and brain can heal even more. There are still some traces of dairy in 1 or 2 items Arianna eats but eventually those will be cut out as well if need be. I must say that Arianna asked for milk or yogurt at least 15 times on a short car ride and about 20 times while at my moms!! Mind you, it wasn't until 12 noon today that she hasn't had cow's milk or cow milk yogurt but it's quite obvious her body is going through the opiate withdrawals it's used to getting. The GOOD news is that she doesn't mind the unsweetened coconut milk at all, she already loves her veggie grilled 'cheese' and coconut milk yogurts will hopefully go over well too in the morning. If all goes well, we will see even more improvements in just 48 hours or so being dairy free and I will pray heavily for this. The only item we're not doing as usual is the B12 shots...all else is the same except adding in HBOT therapy.
While we REALLY miss being able to go ride the horses at Lifehorse, we have had to postpone those times until we get through this first 20 sessions of driving to Chesterfield. Stacey is WONDERFUL and said we can come back anytime when our schedule permits or if we have a free day and the weather is nice to call her and she will let us come out even if to visit or feed and brush the horses a bit. Music and dance are also done for us for the remainder of summer with the hopes that we might be able to take one therapy class in the fall if our schedule allows.
We have a busy week ahead with working, 4 HBOT sessions etc...but look forward to going to visit our friends Chae and Cody on Saturday afternoon for some plain old FUN! If you'd like to read our friends journey as well as some FABULOUS results that biomedical treatments can have for a child with autism or autistic tendencies you can read their story at http://www.thoughts.chaelynne/blog
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