tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23254788234772392622024-03-06T02:50:20.466-05:00Boy Connectedimproving Dante's health and well-being with optimism and joyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-77325592766099154842018-12-28T17:07:00.001-05:002018-12-30T08:36:14.920-05:00Finally some progress – Healing Autism and Reversing Developmental Delay<div style="background: white;">
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">It’s been a very long time since
I have posted, mainly, because I had nothing really positive to report. We have had no breakthroughs or sustained
improvement in years, only setbacks and loss of skills for my son Dante. There is a little light at the end of the
tunnel though, and I would love to share it.
I believe a lot of people may benefit from it as Dante has.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">December 2018</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you have read my previous
posts, you may remember that Dante has these characteristics:</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Born with very low muscle tone<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Huge developmental delay<o:p></o:p></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">- since birth</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Horrible gut pain - since birth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Constipation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Very low energy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Virtually no fine motor skills<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Weak gross motor skills and
coordination<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Non-verbal (a couple of words and
signs only)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Seizures since age 7, which made
him lose even the few skills he had<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">We know that past efforts to help
balance Dante’s gut have been the most helpful, including the Specific
Carbohydrates Diet we did a long time ago, the Modified Atkins for Seizures,
and being GFCF (Gluten-free and Casein-free) since he was three. Up until now, however, no efforts that healed
his gut were helping him neurologically to regain his lost and his never-developed
skills, nor his pain. Enter the <b>Nemechek Protocol</b>.</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></div>
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<a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2018/12/finally-some-progress-healing-autism.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-64610518678501722092016-09-04T14:07:00.000-04:002016-09-04T14:07:45.147-04:00Horrible Pain for my boy with Autism<div class="MsoNormal">
<b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Warning:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"> Some of you
may know what I’m talking about right away, others may not. If you haven’t experienced the horrible pain
some kids with autism may go through, this post may be more than you can
handle. Heck, I can barely handle it
myself; but here it goes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12.8px;">Guess which one is </span>Dante, at one week old. </td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Dante has lived with pain for as long as I can
remember.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I call it pain but I really
don’t know what ‘it’ is.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">What I do know
is that he cries real tears, he hits or slaps his head, or tries to bang his
head against anything hard, he thrashes on the floor or against his bed and it
is very hard to control him.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">He seems to
be in an agony that he only wants to exacerbate with </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">more</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> agony.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I’m sure some of
you know exactly what I am talking about.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It has been quite a while (over two years!) since I
last posted and, as you can imagine, the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">roller-coaster</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> ride that is autism has
been very challenging these last couple of years. But we have been in a good place for a couple
of months now and I really want to connect and share some observations once
again. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">Before I do that, however, I need to give a shout
out to a woman, Karen Elmquist, who, back in October 2015, read one of my many
desperate facebook posts about my son’s seizures and reached out to me with
advice. She understood what we were
going through because of her own son’s experience. This short message from her has helped turn
Dante’s seizures around and, because of this new-found peace, I am able to post
again:</span><b><span style="color: #333233; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt;">One little post from a stranger, one huge impact to
our family. It is because of the power
of sharing that I want to write again about our experiences. It is so important to stay connected. Thank you for reading!</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #333233; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: 10.0pt;">Next
Up: Let’s talk about horrible pain for
some with autism.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-66517684985862769802014-05-30T09:36:00.000-04:002014-06-01T18:13:57.705-04:00A message for my friends...<div class="MsoNormal">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnA45r2WOQMptQBph2CyTtTceOJQgu1tnFPP2T6NStUF64sY0YaQDoZLLvlkh-4UXFHN-CAKc8BdoVVW7YF22NQBd_L1iED67HZXpxZMwsXeAR2bTyjibYbQ9KoQfKbz_deYBzFM9KYA/s1600/photo+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLnA45r2WOQMptQBph2CyTtTceOJQgu1tnFPP2T6NStUF64sY0YaQDoZLLvlkh-4UXFHN-CAKc8BdoVVW7YF22NQBd_L1iED67HZXpxZMwsXeAR2bTyjibYbQ9KoQfKbz_deYBzFM9KYA/s1600/photo+1.JPG" height="320" width="240"></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other night I was telling some friends about this protocol I was led
to by my son’s neurologist. She didn’t tell me directly, because she
couldn’t as an M.D., but she led me to it J.
When I researched the protocol’s book <b>Healing the Symptoms Known as Autism,
by Kerri Rivera</b> on Amazon (2<sup>nd</sup> Edition), I found the stories of
so many older children whose families had tried <u>everything</u> and the kids
have been labeled as <b>non-responders</b> (woo-hoo! My kinda kid!).
These children are responding to this protocol and many of them are
recovering. Obviously, some take longer than others. The older ones
take longer than the little ones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The nice thing about it too is that they use the ATEC score
(a quick test to determine how autistic a child is) as a guide of whether or
not the kids are getting better. Well, my boy started with an <b>ATEC of
99</b> (which is very high given that below 10 is considered recovered).
We’ve been doing a <u>super low and slow</u> protocol (because of his seizures)
for the past 7 months and he’s now at 71. His drop seizures stopped after
4 weeks, although we’re still dealing with grand-mals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2014/05/a-message-for-my-friends.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-57918422379746879142014-01-02T16:28:00.001-05:002014-01-02T16:47:09.430-05:00Small wonderful changes (Thank you, Kerri Rivera!)<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="color: #333233; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">There’s a huge snow storm outside our window and I bet most
people probably stayed home this very cold Thursday.
Dante is napping and I at last have a short break to write about the
good things we are seeing. There are
good reasons to be hopeful for 2014 at our home!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333233; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">We started Dante on <a href="http://mmsautism.org/" target="_blank">Kerri Rivera’s protocol</a> for autism during
September. I’m happy to report that as
the weeks pass we have more good things and less bad things. If you recall, <b>Dante’s <a href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1329619/Autism-Treatment-Evaluation-Checklist-revised" target="_blank">ATEC score</a> was 99</b> when
we began. Now I will summarize some of
the dramatic changes we have seen. I don’t
mean to exaggerate on what I’m reporting either. Everyone who knows someone in the spectrum
understands how much more PEACE even a small improvement can bring. That is why any small change is HUGE in our world. Here are a few
examples of the small and wonderful changes we have seen:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my stylist. That is the first time in 7 years we have been able to do this. Not counting the one time a lady tried to cut his hair and nearly had a heart attack when Dante headbutted his head straight into the scissors. There was no blood or cut that time, but a very frazzled stylist and two very apologetic grandmas. This time around he did bounce around quite
a bit, but Tim got the job done and Dante was very proud. You can see the results for yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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himself! Up to this point, my son has
barely used his hands for anything so this is quite an achievement. We’re working on scooping up the food as
well, but the part of bringing the spoon to mouth is going very well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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have also enjoyed so much Dante’s new friendship with Dandy, the Scottish
Terrier at the house where he gets dropped off after school. Dandy has always taken care of Dante, but it
wasn’t until recently that my boy began to reciprocate. Dante would always push Dandy away when the dog came to play. Now they are friends and they play
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<span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">This past week I filled out the ATEC once again, focusing on the best days we've had while on this protocol. Since the kids are healing, their scores will fluctuate based on how they are feeling and doing on any given day. My son has not had a tantrum in at least a week or more. He also hasn't been bouncing -- which he could easily do 20 to 40 minutes at a time. He sat with me during a visit with friends, very content the whole time. He has just been </span><b style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">calm, loving, content, and communicative</b><span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> (not always verbally yet). Taking all of that into account the latest <b>ATEC score this past week resulted in a </b></span><b style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">60</b><span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">. WHAT???? a 39 point drop in 3.5 months? Well, I would say that those 39 points are mostly the gap between a child who was feeling horrible and now a child who is feeling pretty good. Not perfect, but pretty good. I'm not claiming he's arrived at a 60 and staying there, either. I know the score will go up and down, with a downward trend hopefully. Still, it is a very bright light at the end of our tunnel. Wouldn't you say?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Please, wish us more improvements!!!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-49296869649458666022013-11-24T13:15:00.003-05:002013-11-24T18:16:48.020-05:00The Tale of Desperaux<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Dante. It is a long chapter book with
big words such as “Chiaroscuro” and “dungeon”, which I’m pretty sure Dante has
never heard. Dante delighted us as he
signed “MORE” every time Amy stopped when she reached the end of a chapter. They stopped reading after 142 pages not because Dante
stopped listening, but because Amy's throat dried up! <i>That’s
the longest and most complicated book my son has paid attention to.</i> Hip, Hip, Hooray!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been on that eventually led us to find Kerri Rivera’s protocol for autism.</span><span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A few weeks prior to learning about Kerri, I
had learned about </span><b style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Diatomaceous Earth
(DE).</b><span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> We started giving it to Dante for his constipation.</span><span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Weeks later, reading Kerri’s book, </span><b style="color: #333233; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">I learned that DE helps to kill parasites
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earth…properly ground, [is] harmful to parasites, fungi, yeast, worms, and
amoebas. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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presentation by Andreas Kalcker, he stated that high levels of ammonia in the
body can cause seizures and the high levels of ammonia in the body come from
parasites.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="color: #333233; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt;">This relationship between parasites and seizures is completely
new to me. What a welcome surprise to
find that DE helps to kill parasites! Interestingly enough, <b>four weeks after starting to give Dante DE,
his quick nod seizures stopped (he could have up to 30 in a day)</b>. This is a HUGE victory as Dante is most at
risk from a sudden fall due to a nod. The
work is not done, however, as he may still have grand-mal seizures. Here's our latest update...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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blog and it doesn’t cease to amaze me how I happen to be in analysis mode <i>continuously</i>. Even at an unconscious level, I am <b>always</b> thinking about how Dante is
doing and <i>why</i> he is feeling this way <i>today</i>.
It is constant, unstoppable. Doesn’t
that pretty much happen to all parents of children with autism?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Summer: one homeopathic clearing, losing
molars, getting Ringworm, detox, constipation, and last but certainly not
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I was sure hoping and praying for the same pattern this year. No such luck.
Despite that, my main goal for the Summer was for Dante to <b>begin using his hands more</b> as this is a
huge limitation for him. Not that the
gods would grant that wish directly, though!
We’ve gone through so much to get some of that progress. Oh, <b>but progress we are seeing!!!!</b> I will summarize with the hope that someone
out there can gain some wisdom from our experience…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did it! We went to Disney World with my whole family! I am so grateful for our first family reunion as adults with my three brothers and their families. This of course, was not a trivial pursuit for any of our families, it took months of planning an preparation to make sure we set the trip up for success. The most important item I added to my list was <i>help</i>. I delayed the decision as much as possible but my brother and my dad encouraged me to bring along someone who could help me with Dante. Bringing Amy along was the smartest decision of the whole trip. The fact that my dad offered to cover her airfare helped as well!</span><br>
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be reading about it. It seems I blame
everything on detox and it doesn’t seem to go away. That was where I left off last time I posted. I have better news this time-- finally!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfeZjcbUdlDB9rRYzmgrbX1pcvbLO1OzRZTdkuHSI7YdEjaZbVcmlxG5_l8NPo4yeeSuoNtKVN8d04zU2-siWRVVgiMOLwITZH7G1fU1imm8EjWGvwePHw37AuuUs8pOKVqnKZM4jcjI/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnfeZjcbUdlDB9rRYzmgrbX1pcvbLO1OzRZTdkuHSI7YdEjaZbVcmlxG5_l8NPo4yeeSuoNtKVN8d04zU2-siWRVVgiMOLwITZH7G1fU1imm8EjWGvwePHw37AuuUs8pOKVqnKZM4jcjI/s320/photo.JPG" width="320"></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dante uses his hands...</i></td></tr>
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way to help Dante with his detox. This
is crucial for children whose bodies don’t handle toxins efficiently like the
rest of us. I know each homeopathic clearing
is helping Dante get rid of toxic imprints, but what helps him flush these
out? What supports his body while it
works on healing? I have tried different
things (Activated Charcoal, Vitamin C, Enhansa, etc.) that only make the
process worse for Dante. In comes
Glutathione. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“the mother of all antioxidants”,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“the most important molecule you need to stay
healthy and prevent disease”,</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">“the secret to prevent aging, </span><a href="http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog/reducing-breast-cancer-risk" target="_hplink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">cancer</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog/cholesterol-heart-disease" target="_hplink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">heart disease</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog/9-steps-to-reverse-dementia" target="_hplink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">dementia</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> and more, and necessary to treat everything
from </span><a href="http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog/current-thinking-about-autism" target="_hplink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">autism</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> to </span><a href="http://www.ultrawellness.com/blog/9-steps-to-reverse-dementia" target="_hplink"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Alzheimer's disease</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">” </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">as described in </span><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/glutathione-the-mother-of_b_530494.html" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;" target="_blank">this article</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">.</span></li>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73QvJ7aMoSICeQx-V3gkZujO0vBTakHWbfLIKReWh-0s58aVqzYX6yccByf4Wlef-tAi4VprYPD9ydeAL2wSlXy46VJMgXZdv23GIUNWIYQzjLMUEz1N6x_6S2YHeDeEJxZc25J9jvAY/s1600/squirt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh73QvJ7aMoSICeQx-V3gkZujO0vBTakHWbfLIKReWh-0s58aVqzYX6yccByf4Wlef-tAi4VprYPD9ydeAL2wSlXy46VJMgXZdv23GIUNWIYQzjLMUEz1N6x_6S2YHeDeEJxZc25J9jvAY/s400/squirt.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Well, well, well.
Where to begin? I </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">thought</i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"> I was doing everything right to
support Dante during his detox, but now I’m not so sure. Every day is a learning experience with these
kids. Thank God for the Holidays – and the
time to devote myself to this little boy.
My head is spinning from everything we’ve gone through – the good, the
bad, and the healing.</span><br>
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after all. So here’s why we’ve had to…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br><b><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"></span></b><a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/12/detox-friend-or-foe.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-44298251477361139952012-12-02T19:46:00.000-05:002012-12-02T19:46:32.731-05:00DTaP Detox Days<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The good times came to a screeching halt last weekend, about a week
after Dante got his </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DTaP 10M</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
dose. I thought at first that Dante was
upset because he had a permanent molar coming out, but his discomfort suggested
that it was more than that. It had been over a year since we had strong detox
from a vaccine clearing, so I didn’t recognize the signs at first. There is one tell-tale sign, though: Motrin doesn’t help Dante if he’s
detoxing. So if I give Dante Motrin and
he’s still very uncomfortable…it may be that he is detoxing. Ugh!</span></div>
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Desitin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The classic symptom for Dante in Detox: tantrum mid-breakfast<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">What is nice, however, is that the symptoms were not as continuous this
time as when we had detox before. That
gave me a little time to recover to help him get through the day. He had many periods of good behavior, but I
definitely had to be on my toes when he did not feel well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkg0eNyuuZGTefsWwhfAKwANh4bemsgpr0Us-kwZI7WDkCgNAcYPjOPsnJlI_IURe-g1pe0IrSltOMHrObjR5Iyb3IsxAuXLviWY3dAZudDKh0NoroamQwzsCqIZjTcrtHz_uWxLtab0/s1600/oct2012-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; clear: right; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWkg0eNyuuZGTefsWwhfAKwANh4bemsgpr0Us-kwZI7WDkCgNAcYPjOPsnJlI_IURe-g1pe0IrSltOMHrObjR5Iyb3IsxAuXLviWY3dAZudDKh0NoroamQwzsCqIZjTcrtHz_uWxLtab0/s400/oct2012-2.jpg" width="400"></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The good times continue!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m currently
attempting to summarize in my head what I observe in Dante and in our family and
convey it in the clearest way possible.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s simple, really, yet quite surreal for us.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dante is healthier and happier than ever, and
I feel, so are we.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It’s a good time for
Thanksgiving in our home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Yes, Dante has been so happy, he has the most energy ever, and he’s
communicating better and more insistently.
It’s interesting because I’m so used to him needing attention because he
doesn’t feel well. Now he’s demanding attention
but it is to request things, to share his joy over something, to give us a hug,
or to look deeply into our eyes. That is
what has changed so much in this time since the seizures ended, not only is my
boy feeling so much better, but now he shows us his <i>will</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</div><a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/11/happy-days.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-75096484607964561312012-10-15T08:18:00.000-04:002012-11-11T14:28:48.560-05:00DTaP Vaccine Clearing Continued<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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clearing</a></b> during February 2011. I
thought it was pretty easygoing and provided some improvements as far as gross
motor and fine motor skills. Because of
this, we are now on his second DTaP clearing.
We are doing the DTaP clearing in a way that minimizes any impact to
school days. Similar to this <a href="http://ilovequeenanneslace.com/">other mother’s</a> approach, we are
doing one potency at a time and keeping Dante on it until we see no more
reaction or aggravations from it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">It is really helpful for me to go back and read what happened the first
time around, as it helps foresee what he will go through again. The reactions usually get easier every time
around, as the child is cleared from the toxic imprint. Spacing the doses out does make the process
easier as there are less aggravations and we are better able to observe the
benefits of a particular potency before the next dose. This weekend Dantino was the sweetest angel
ever, wanting to spend time together and giving me lots of hugs and
kisses. </span></div>
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<a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/10/dtap-vaccine-clearing-continued.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-72487290586938341032012-09-17T08:23:00.002-04:002012-09-17T20:13:36.482-04:00Forward<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Great Weekend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Enough to motivate
me to post again and (hopefully) motivate others to keep their quest for health
going.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Whenever I hold off on posting it’s
because I’m waiting to see a significant-enough shift in Dante that is actually
post-worthy. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I want to peel back another
layer and be able to share it with others.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I want to share a new lesson.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When I feel nothing is shifting, I tend to not post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So what is new?<o:p></o:p></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Well, the school year has started, for one thing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And I actually feel like my quality of life
is better so far this school year!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Although we’re getting up much earlier, Dante has had pretty good
mornings so far and I’ve been able to get to work right around 8:30am – which is
unheard of for me (reason why I have a “part-time” schedule).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less stressful mornings – that is definitely
a sign of progress in our home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
believe changing Dante to our more aggressive homeopath has really set us in a
new and very positive path, and easier mornings are one example of that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Less <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Wear and Tear</i> for us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am
infinitely thankful.<o:p></o:p></span><br>
<a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/09/forward.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-71318305798289914772012-08-26T14:32:00.001-04:002012-08-26T20:59:04.960-04:00Are parasites a key to preventing Autism in the Future?<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just finished reading a fascinating article about the connection between inflammation and not only Autism, but many other diseases of the day. It seems that inflammation during pregnancy is linked with autism in the offspring. But what is causing the increase in so many inflammatory diseases these days? The author argues that the elimination of typical parasites <em>once found in our bodies</em> leaves us <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">exposed</span> because, lo and behold, we used to depend on these little guys to help us fight off inflammation. WOW. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The information contained in this blog is not intended as medical advice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The fact that a particular remedy worked for Dante does not in any way, shape, or form mean that it will work for someone else.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Homeopathic remedies, unlike pharmaceuticals, are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b> a one-size-fits-all type of medication.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A homeopathic remedy is specifically selected by an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">experienced homeopath</b> based on the totality of physical and emotional characteristics an individual experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Although remedies may be readily available for purchase, using them generically like an over-the-counter medication usually only resolves a superficial problem.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are looking for <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">profound healing</b>, the kind that is long lasting and truly improves your quality of life, you will need the specific remedy that resonates with all of you.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And since there are thousands of different remedies (from plants, minerals, animals, etc.), it is very important to use an experienced homeopath.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Otherwise homeopathy will probably not yield the effective results you may read about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">I highly encourage anyone interested in using homeopathy to read about its origins and understand how it works.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because homeopathy works completely different from medication, this understanding will help you and your homeopath achieve the best results.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><a href="http://www.ispub.com/journal/the-internet-journal-of-alternative-medicine/volume-7-number-2/new-dimensions-in-the-treatment-of-autism-with-homeopathy.html" target="_blank">New Dimensions in the Treatment of Autism with Homeopathy</a></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Dante has gained six pounds in the last three weeks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is running faster than ever, fooling
around and laughing heartily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is
pooping daily so he has no more rashes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He is excited and loving life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He
is sleeping well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He has been seizure
free for 8 weeks and is not taking any medications.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dante is thriving, God bless him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life at our house is completely different
thanks to the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Helium homeopathic remedy</b>
and the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Modified Atkins for Seizures</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are very happy to have Abuelo and Abuela visiting from Puerto Rico.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They could not believe how well Dante is
doing.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My mom says he is a “different boy”.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They last saw him 7 months ago when he was
having drop seizures.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We started using
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<span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">I understand that the Helium homeopathic remedy is not too well known or widely used; however, there is some evidence of its successful use for children with autism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My eight-year-old son Dante so far appears to be yet another happy beneficiary of this remedy’s power.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yesterday I had several new trees planted around our house. They are colorful Forest Pansy Redbuds, Seven Son Flower Trees, and White Fringe Trees, among others. They are small but very ambitious. I hope they will provide many years of beauty, interest, and shade. Right now they represent for me the new hope we are feeling for Dante.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Before going further, I would like to thank each and every one who, regardless of whether I post, keeps Dante in your thoughts and prayers. Thank you for being a source of love and healing for my son. I wish that faith and hope-filled connection for every single child. I call it my “life line” and it is a blessing. And now to the news…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just finished week 16 of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Modified Atkins Diet for seizures</b> and this past week things were significantly different. Going back a couple of weeks ago, Dante was again super weak, as he has been on and off with this diet. I decided that I wanted to try a new homeopath who would work with Dante’s remedy more aggressively than our current one. I felt Dante should be getting more support from his remedy, which he had been on for a month already. I just was not seeing the results I expect from homeopathy. What followed is an example of the mysterious ways homeopathy works.</span></div>
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</div><a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/05/planting-hope.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-66033341171600952712012-03-10T14:08:00.001-05:002012-03-10T14:08:33.962-05:00Give me Diet over Medication for seizures any day!!!<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">This past week was yet another transitional week for Dante.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have been on a strict <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Modified Atkins Diet</b> for his seizures for five weeks already, and the news are good!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now let me set the stage for where we are at…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br>
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">By the third week on the diet Dante seemed to be getting weaker.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was slumping forward sometimes while sitting or remain like that after a “nod” seizure for a little bit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This symptom reminded me very much of how he did while on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Topamax</b> (which we weaned him from a couple of months ago), so I started associating it with his <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Keppra</b>, the only medication he’s on at this time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since the diet works like a medication, as it becomes more effective the seizure medications the child is on may actually become excessive. Last weekend I decided to test this out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I reduced his nighttime Keppra dose very slightly, by 12% (from 5ml to 4.4ml).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The following two days we saw his seizures go down by more than 50%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"></div><a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/03/give-me-diet-over-medication-for.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-26025904918525211002012-02-25T18:42:00.000-05:002012-02-25T18:42:28.575-05:00Dante sleeps safe and sound<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">With progress come new challenges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are on week 3 of the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Modified Atkins Diet (MAD)</b> for seizures and the process has had its ups and downs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the 'up' side, Dante's motor skills have returned full force, he finally has his typical energy and his communication and attention have been great.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His seizures are fewer and much milder, and we have seen very few of the stronger type since on the diet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He may still fall down, however, even after a quick nod.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is where the difficulties remain.</span></div> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">That experience consumed us as we thought of different approaches to keep Dante safe.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My husband stressed getting any hard furniture out of the bedroom.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was focused on either some way to warn us he was up, or some way to not allow him to leave his bed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Of course the brainstorming in my head was happening between 4 and 5am in the morning, well before Dante awoke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Necessity is the father of invention, indeed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am so proud to present the solution to Dante's bedroom safety concerns:</span></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"></span><a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/02/dante-sleeps-safe-and-sound.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-62298710413662539902012-01-15T20:39:00.000-05:002012-01-15T20:39:32.729-05:00Dantino, on his way back<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;"></span>The big wave of drop seizures that began last Summer has tried with all its might to keep us under.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Oh, but so many others have survived this wave that there is wisdom to be found for the benefit of all of us coming after.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am passionate about weaning (withdrawing) Dante from <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Topamax</b> – the medicine that took away his few words, his little fine motor skills, his cognitive skills, a lot of his gross motor strength, and most of his joyful laughter.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Topamax bought us time while we researched other options, but I am <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">so</i> ready to let it go.</span></div></span><a href="https://boyconnected.blogspot.com/2012/01/dantino-on-his-way-back.html#more">Read more »</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2325478823477239262.post-72865967720175372072011-12-11T17:40:00.000-05:002011-12-11T17:40:07.198-05:00Taming seizures with Topamax, Calcarea Carbonica, and Osteopathy<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">Happy Holidays, everyone! </span><span style="font-family: "Verdana", "sans-serif";"> I hope each of you is enjoying moments of peace, joy and camaraderie with your loved ones during this special time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These days our household is filled with Christmas music, lots of sunshine, and a mixture of hope and worry over Dante and his seizures.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br>
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