Seems like forever since updating the blog...it's been a blur for the last week. We have taken a break from NAET until school is started up and we finish with HBOT. Only 3 more sessions and one more each of Speech and Occupational Therapy and we'll be taking a break from TLC for a little bit to get into the swing of full day school and new routines. We hope to continue some maintenance HBOT, SP and OT when funds allow.
Arianna continues to improve week after week from the combination of hyperbaric, her supplements and stem cell enhancers. She has mastered the potty except for the #2 part but her willingness to TRY gives hope that we'll be totally potty trained in the coming month. Her social skills are really blossoming and she loves to be with the older school age kids and pretty much demands that she be with them and not the little kids. She also communicates on a better level as to how she's feeling, things she wants and we continue to work on improving her handwriting, the "WH's" (who, what, where, what doing etc...
In 2 more weeks we'll be back to see Terri at Authentic Living for NAET...hope to see small pox and the flu vaccine cleared and continue on treating any other vaccines bother Arianna. The hope is to complete all our sessions for NAET by the end of 2010.
For any new parents visiting our blog...welcome to our life! The best advice I can give to someone who is trying to figure out how to help their child is #1 have HOPE, #2 explore your options in the biomedical world, #3 surround yourself with positive and supportive people who can be there for you #4 know that you're not alone in this crazy journey and #5 NEVER GIVE UP! It's not easy by any means to help your child heal from autism but I can truly say that after 5+ years now that all the hard work is paying off for not only my daughter but for my own life as well. Read our blog from the beginning and research.
A breakdown of our journey:
2005 - Arianna became autistic and went from a normally developing child and went into her own little world after her MMR/Chicken pox vaccines WHILE SICK at her 1 year "well visit". In a matter of weeks...no speech, no eye contact, no physical contact, no social skills and believed to be deaf and moderately mentally impaired (per MISD)
2006 - started negative tru-north magnetic therapy, supplements and healing the gut as well as chelation, Methyl B12 shots and gained back eye contact, speech started, physical contact came back and social skills developing slowly
2007 - continued everything from 2006 and also began treating using NAET to treat foods, vitamins, minerals, environmental toxins
2008 - started in the AI (autism program) preschool adding in occupational therapy and speech therapy. discontinued NAET and most other therapies due to finances...progress seemed to stall but still some improvements thru the year. enrolled in daycare for social development.
2009 - started kindergarten in the AI program and continued with minimal diet changes, re-added supplements, probiotics, enzymes and saw increase in social skills. no major gains but no losses.
2010 - went back to square one with NAET, supplements adding in NEW items such as colostrum, Mind Linx probiotics, ASD Plex from millenium, stem cell enhancers, HBOT (hyperbaric oxygen therapy) and one on one speech and OT at TLC in Chesterfield. Arianna now can use the toilet, dress herself 80% of the way, is a social butterfly, communicates more then I could ever imagine and will start 1st grade in a few weeks. This has been the most healing year of her life (and mine!) and the future looks brighter than ever! We will continue all we have been doing in 2010 and our goal is for her to be mainstreamed in class, make friends and enjoy life in a whole new light.
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