Dtap 1M week two.

First things first: thank you god for a much better week. Alex is still on dtap 1M but thankfully he has not had such a hard time with the clearing this week. He’s been a lot more flexible about things, more calm, more understanding and accepting of changes and when given directions. Last week was for sure not the best week since starting dtap clearing again but I’m just hoping he’s done getting all that anxiety out. Yesterday and today have been quite lovely in many ways, I’ve said before and I’m sure I’ll keep saying it forever, when Alex is doing great, we all do great.

Thursday/dtap 1m dose: I’m a bit nervous about what we will wake up to tomorrow, Alex got another dose of dtap 1M today. I’ve been dosing in the mornings since I noticed that dosing days meant bad sleep nights. It’s been working great so far, I’m praying tonight is not the exception. Alex has only one more week of school which is great because I do not know what to expect from 10M. From what I’ve seen this week and last I’m thinking next week will be a 1M week once again. Alex has reacted a lot and not in very easy way to handle but this tells me we’re getting things out that didn’t need to be in his body.

A little about Santi: as the weeks go by we get closer and closer to meeting our newest addition, Santiago. I’m 28 weeks along now which is great and also very exhausting. I’m 2 1/2 months away from becoming a mother of three which makes me very nervous. I’ve worried about what we will do about clearings for Alex as I don’t want Santi exposed to anything Alex could shed during a clearing , worried about having enough hours in my day to meet all the kids needs, worried about, basically life with 3 children. I’m sure I’ll be ok specially because lately lots of my prayers have been answered. When I found out I was pregnant with Santi, I prayed to god to please help Alex, therefore making our life easier. Santi has brought with him tons of blessings, Alex’s voice and more healing, Julie’s appetite (she’s been on Sacharrum Off 6X daily by the way since she’s so picky when it comes to food), we have lots more help and support now being at my moms house and I’ve recently met a local group of moms that are amazing, beautiful inside and out, giving, caring warrior moms who have been giving me all the support I’ve always wanted and needed. They understand me as they’ve lived all the pain and struggle I’ve been through, I couldn’t have asked for a better group of women to join our life. They came at the prefect time in our life, Santi you sure have tons of goodies under your belt!

Liver support: Since Alex has had such a difficult time with this clearing I started asking other moms for some advice. Alex waking up at about 3-4 am tells some moms and based on Chinese medicine also, that the liver is struggling or working harder than it can. Alex is on 5,000mg of vit c (buffered) and 2,000mg of fat soluble vit c and Isotonic but I felt that he still needed some more support during detox. After much thought and and listening to my intuition I decided to ask Sima about liver support for Alex. We’ve tried all sorts of other remedies and supplements for sleep that haven’t given long lasting results that this liver theory sounded like something I should pursue. After a few emails back and forth with Sima she’s decided to put Alex on Chelidomium 6X daily to support Alex’s liver and hopefully we will end the sleep issue once and for all. As I’ve always said, I can only hope and pray that this is the solution to the sleep issue we’ve been struggling with for so long. I’ll be sure to update on how Alex reacts to this new remedy as soon as we start Alex on it, crossing my fingers this is it!!!!

What a week, I’m not saying this in a good way.

What a week this has been, aggravations, sleepless nights, more words from Alex (good and amazing thing this week), Julie’s been eating a lot more (thank you Sacharrum off 6X), school visits and so much more. Since starting dtap 1M Alex has been super anxious, stimmy (vocally and physically), grinding his teeth, waking up at night with stuffy nose, some very light coughing but most of all super stimmy. Let’s just say dtap 1M is not our friend

Dtap 1m: I rarely use dilutions when I’m doing clearings, actually this is the first time I actually do give Alex a dilution. The only reason I did it was because watching him stimm like crazy (kinda like before I started our recovery process) is just too hard for me and him. He’s been doing so awesome at school and at home with the first 2 potencies that I didn’t even know how I would explain to his teachers why he was such a wreck this week. On Wednesday morning: 2 days after first 1M dose) it was very obvious that he was not himself, he was hand flapping constantly, running/walking back and forth, jumping and lots of vocal stimming mixed in. This would be very evident at school, so I emailed Sima and quickly started dosing Alex with a bottle of dtap 1M (4oz of water and 2-4 pellets) dilution she had me make for him. I dosed 1tsp every 15 minutes, after about 4 doses Alex was visibly a lot more calm. Isotonic was used greatly on Tuesday also, I gave him one before I started the dilution dosing and after. The rest of the day was a lot better and at school they had no issues thankfully.

Thursday: Alex was up bright and early (6m) and it was very evident that he would need more dilutions and isotonic to get through his day. Thursdays are long days at school so I was really worried he wouldn’t make through the day. I gave him dtap 1M dilutions once again hoping it would kick in soon. As we drove to school we did a dose as we left the house and again at school. Me and Julie stayed with Alex at school for about an hour until I was sure he was ok. I gave him an isotonic also as I saw he was not calming down enough to be able to perform the tasks they asked of him. About an hour after which equals 4 doses of the dilution Alex was able to relax and enjoy his day, me and Julie were free to go. At bedtime he got his 2nd 1m dose and as I suspected it, it was a long night.

Today/Friday: Alex was up last night from 1:30am to a little after 5:30am, Julie woke up at 6:30am so let’s just say I hardly got any sleep last night, the story of my life. Throughout the day Alex has been stimmy but not enough for me to feel the need to give him any dilutions. He’a stimmyness today is jumping, hand flapping, smacking the tv screen to get his anxiety out, but for the most part he’s calm. He has had 2 isotonic vials so far which have kept him pretty calm. He feels very warm to the touch today, no runny nose or coughing, just somewhat of a fever. He’s not moody at all today like the past two days. We’ve been watching tv and movies all day, momma has no energy for anything today.

Hoping this weekend won’t be too hectic, as I really need and want some rest. Being 28 weeks pregnant and not sleeping is not exactly what I was hoping for. I had massive headache this morning that Nux Vomica 30C thankfully tool care off, I’m sure the 8 enchiladas I ate helped a bit too! I’m on my second hypertonic of the day also, anything to keep me awake and on my feet. Whoever said being a stay at home mom was easy can come to my house do what I do for one day and I’m sure they would change their mind. Add to this 24/7 job autism recovery and it becomes MISSION IMPOSSIBLE X’s INFINITY!!! Thank goodness for mother courage and the immense love we have for our babies. That’s more than enough to keep any mom going for days without food, rest, sleep, help and water. Anything for our kiddos!

Hope everyone enjoys their 3 day weekend, let’s pray it’s an easy one for us all. To my CEASE family keep going, the light at the end of the tunnel gets closer everyday.

Dtap 1M here we go!

Over the weekend we had a few little downs that made us decide to move onto dtap 1m instead of repeating 200C again. Alex was not having physical symptoms( runny nose or coughing) anymore, it was more of a very moody attitude. Last night we gave him his 1st dose of the 1m and this morning he woke up a lot happier than he had been this weekend. He helped with dressing himself this morning for school, had not one issue about anything, ate his breakfast on our way to school as we both got up late. At school he greeted his teacher with a huge smile and walked into class super happy but not before saying a prefect “I love you” to me!!!! He’s aides face light up in joy as she heard him talking and what can I say about me, I was super happy.

I’m hoping that this potency brings us even more gains, amen!

Another wonderful week!

Lately things have been amazing here, Alex is healing so much thanks to this 2nd DTaP clearing. We are making amazing progress in all aspects of life, at home, at school, in speech, behavior, mood, flexibility in everything really. I could not be happier with all the progress he has made lately, I feel so blessed. When I found out I was pregnant with Santiago my whole world was turned upside down, or so I thought. I cried, I complaint, I BITCHED ( and boy did I do a lot of this) , I cried some more and then finally came to my senses. I was pregnant, I couldn’t do anything about it but accepted and move on. Once I accepted the reality I was living I got on my knees and prayed, prayed, prayed and prayed. I then asked, begged, demanded and pleaded god to please help me heal Alex, heal him a lot. I needed Alex a lot better in order to survive having another child, taking care of him and Julie was already way TOO much at time so adding another child into the mix was just way too crazy and totally un-doable for me. I remember crying while I asked god for a miracle, for something to give and for Alex to finally make the HUGE leap I had been praying so long for.

I am so happy and blessed to be able to say that god answered my prayers, Alex made the HUGE leap I begged for. But god didn’t stop there, O no he didn’t he sent along with Santi lots of new people who are making Alex’s life therefore mine also a MILLION times better. Starting with Sima Ash who has been an angel to us, she has taught me so much in the weeks we have been with her, she is compassionate, caring, understanding, easy to talk to o I could go on and on about her. Then lets remember the new IEP team Alex has for this coming school year. Now if every school in Oregon and the whole world had amazing and caring people like our IEP team this world would be a much better place. They went above and beyond for Alex, they gave us no fight, followed the law, respected and understood my concerns, addressed every single goal in his IEP, and his teacher even gave me her personal cell number so we can arrange meet-ups during the summer so Alex can get to know her and not feel totally strange the first day of school, who does this?
I am just filled with gratitude and humbled by everything that has happened in the last few weeks. Alex has been perfecting his words daily, adding more and more words to his repertory, now this is the kinda miracle I always dreamed of. Someone told me that Santi would bring with him lots of blessings, boy were they right. Not only is he bringing with him a little brother for Alex and Julie but he also brought into our lives lots of amazing and caring people with him. God sure is good to us.

DTaP 200C: We are on our 3rd week of 200C, last night I gave Alex another 200C dose and he was up at night with a stuffy nose and coughing. He was very calm but was visibly effected by the dose. I spoke to Sima about this in the morning and we are going to keep a close eye on Alex today and the rest of the weekend to see what more reactions we see as this will tell us if we need to repeat 200C for one more week r if we are done and ready to move onto 1M.

Isotonic: You’ve all heard me say how much I love this stuff but now let me give you a few examples of why I love this so much. Ok so I’ve said many times how hard showers/baths are for Alex. As soon as he hears the word shower all HELL breaks loose. He starts screaming, crying, protesting in all and every way he can. Two days ago I decided to tackle this shower thing regardless of what happened. Alex was screaming “no no no no” at the top of his lungs and I was not backing down, I took his clothes off while he screamed and that’s when It HIT me, give him an Isotonic!!! Why not? It has worked beautifully in the past to calm him down why not try it for this. So I took a vial of Isotonic and gave it to Alex, I filled up his bath tub while I let the minerals work their magic. About 5 minutes after Alex was still really pissed off about his bath but then something happen, Luis decided to turn on the shower instead, Alex was still screaming and then just like magic Alex started to enjoy his shower. He was happy and stayed in the shower for about 20 minutes!!! I kept asking him if he was done and he kept saying “no, more” Isotonic you will be part of our shower routine from now on. Another example or examples: have been every time Alex is having a hard time with his clearing, I take an Isotonic vial and within minutes of dosing he is happy and calm again. I have heard this from other moms who have tried this also and they are loving and enjoying the wonderful results they get from Isotonic. Some moms have mentioned better and more frequent BM’s, better digestions, calmness after dosing Isotonic specially during tantrums. If you have not tried this stuff I suggest you do, I am sure you wont regret it!

Alex’s speech: Now this is a subject I will never get tired of writing about, I have been waiting far too long to be able to say my son can talk now! At school I hear new reports daily about new words he’s said to them. Yesterday his teacher told me that Alex went up to her and requested a book, he said “book” and when she asked him “what book do you want Alex” he responded with ” up down book”, which was an opposites book they have in the classroom. Alex couldn’t find it so he reached out to her for help and was able to describe to her what book he wanted by talking!!! In the morning when I dropped him off he greeted his teacher by saying “hi Scott” which totally surprised me and the teacher too. We both smiled and stood there amazed at this newly found ability to pronounce his teachers name. At home he is requesting things like “grapes, juice, computer, Ipod, etc, all by talking! He is inviting and including Julie in games by requesting her by name. The list is endless, I cannot stress enough how much this means to me and our family. We all have been waiting for this moment for such a long time, it’s finally here and we are so blessed and happy to finally get the honor to hear Alex’s beautiful voice.

Hoping and wishing everyone out there in our same journey lots of progress and blessings. May time and each clearing get your child closer to recovery, closer to healing, closer to happiness. We’ve been in this for over 3 years and we are finally approaching our final stop. If we could get this far, anyone can. We’ve had lots of obstacles in our way but none were big enough to stop us. Keep fighting and keep praying and hoping, we can give up. Blessings for all!

Mothers day weekend, lovely? Hectic? A little bit of both!

Lots of things have happened this last few days, we finished our 2nd week of dtap 200C, we had an IEP meeting to set up placement for Alex next year (kindergarten) and it was also mothers day twice for me!

First I’d like up start out by saying that super duper happy about next school year for Alex! I have been so worried and even cried a few days just thinking about kindergarten. It took me so long to find a happy medium at his current school that thinking about a much bigger school with new people, new challenges, new everything for Alex was way too much for me to handle. Any who back to the happy news: ok so this Friday me and my advocate Aimee headed to the IEP meeting not knowing what to expect, I honestly was not ready for what happened. First of all every IEP meeting we’ve had since beginning our battle against the school district have lasted anywhere from 2-3 hours at a minimum. This last meeting (Friday) was less than an hour long!!! I say this in a good way believe it or not, anyone familiar with the IEP process knows this can be either be very bad or a very good meeting. In our case it was an amazing meeting, everything was so easy and pleasant, the IEP team is just a blessing from up above. They all truly made me feel that Alex is their priority, that they truly want the appropriate services for him and most of all they truly follow the law!!! Within an hour Alex had amazing, just amazing services set up for him. Speech therapy daily, reading and communication group before his day officially starts in a regular mainstreamed classroom!!! My son is being mainstreamed!!!! He will have a communication device (iPod/iPad) with proloquo2go set up for him so he can communicate with everyone. And hold on to your seats folks it gets better: he will have an aide to assist him in any and all needs he might face during his school day and wait for it….. He’s kindergarten teacher requested to be trained in proloquo2go so she can actually know how to communicate with Alex!!!!! Omg! She asked to be trained! At his current placement no one actually had any training in this communication app, not the speech path, not the “communication device” expert, not the teachers, no one and also not one person requested or even remotely hinted they wanted training on it. And this wonderful teacher also gave me her personal number so we can get together during the summer so Alex can get to know her! I mean who does this? What teacher goes above and beyond for a child they’ve never even met? She’s so interested in Alex that she wants his trust and love before he gets to her class, that way he doesn’t feel like a total stranger on his first day of school. Needless to say I love this woman so much already. Anyone who cares about my children has my love. Thanks to this awesome IEP team, this worried, tired, pregnant, and very busy mommy has peace of mind about our next school year!

Dtap 200C: since Alex had his 4th 200C dose he has been a bit stimmy and anxious. Friday morning (morning after dose) he woke up and was visibly very agitated. He was hyper, jumpy and also had lots of vocal stimming. Saturday he woke up in a very similar state, it was on and off all morning and some of the afternoon. This morning, Sunday he was completely un-controllable, he was stimmy, anxious, agitated, etc. I had not seen him like this in so long that seeing him so anxious is very hard. Even my mon noticed he was so anxious, she heard him when he woke up at 4:30am which was the time he got up as he was unable to go back to sleep. He was moving so much that sleeping was just too much to ask of him. As the day went on Alex was still acting very agitated and stimmy, that’s when I decided to contact Sima. I was instructed to give isotonic with helped tremendously once again! Alex was able to fall asleep and nap for about 2 hours which were so very needed by Alex and us. Once Alex woke up he was much calmer and not stimmy at all. Because of these past two days of somewhat chaos, it was decided that we repeat the 200C one more week to make sure whatever is coming out gets out completely.

Mothers day: We were out in the back yard most of the afternoon. Me, Julie and my mom got breakfast in the morning but after decided to camp out in the backyard. And when I say camp out I mean it, tent and all! This mothers day which was the 2nd one of the week for us was just great. Thursday was mothers day in Mexico which we still honor in my family. Getting pampered twice in one week sounds great to me

Hope all the mommies out there enjoyed their day, we deserved it. For all my warrior moms I leave you with this little picture who makes me think of all the warrior moms out there working nonstop daily to recover our children. May god keep giving us strength and patience to get our kids to the end of this journey.

DTaP 200C week two

This week has sure started off great, Alex is doing beautifully like I’ve been bragging about all last week Alex has been just the sweetest boy ever, The sweet little boy I know he is. He’s been playing with Julie, asking her to join in the “hide” game he loves so much. This weekend while at a little friends birthday party Alex was playing with another boy there, it was priceless to see him playing along with another child! Alex at one point had no interest in children, adults, people, life itself. He sure has come along way. Today at school his aide was telling me just how great he did and that he was playing with other kids! His aide is just amazed at his improvement lately and his emerging speech. I feel like such a proud mommy when I hear all the great things Alex is doing at school, I’ve been waiting to hear this for a very long time.

Today Julie, my sister and I got to Alex’s school early, it was such a sunny day that I thought Julie would enjoy playing at the playground at his school. I made a potty run while Julie played not realizing that it was the same time Alex’s class went outside to play also. I was walking to the bathroom when I heard the most beautiful voice call out “mom mom” it was Alex! He saw me and yelled out “mom mom” I turned around and saw my baby walking with his class as peaceful as could be. He looked at one of the aides and said “mom” while he pointed at me, I was so scared that he would want to leave with me but Alex kept walking, looking back at me but walking as he was supposed to. I signed (ASL) to him “potty” and he got the message, accepted what I had said and kept going. I couldn’t have been more PROUD of him, he acted like such a big boy, my heart feels so warm inside every time Alex surprises me with things like this. I’ve been praying god for this, I’ve been dreaming of the day when I would be able to say anything to Alex and he would accepted and be happy with it. Today is a great example of what I’ve been praying for, life is sure starting to feel like the happy place I’ve always dreamed of.

Dtap 200C: this week we are planing on keeping Alex on 200C potency. I’ve talked to our homeopath about not seeing any aggravations last week from this potency except for a little coughing the first 3 days but after 2nd dose we didn’t seen any more coughing. She instructed me to keep him on this potency another week just to be sure we clear it all the way and to see of anything dose show up. If everything keeps like it is now, next week we will move up to 1M. Can’t wait to see what that brings, DTaP clearing is for sure my favorite clearing!

Speech: this keeps making me smile, Alex’s words are so therapeutic to me. Every word he says makes me feel so good inside, it’s been a dream of mine to hear him talk. I’ve had dreams of this day, dreams that are finally coming true. Alex is putting 2-3 words together and at the same time pieces of the heart that was shattered when he was diagnosed are put back in its place. I can just imagine how much talking he’ll be doing this time next year. O the things my son will say! If anyone ever told you your child couldn’t, you prove them wrong. Prove to them that miracles do happen, that when you believe, you can achieve. Alex has come along way, god sure has been good to us. For all the parents out there struggling with autism I say this: never, ever, ever loose hope. When things get hard it’s ok to fall, while you’re down regain your strength, clear your mind, regain your focus and get up stronger than before. If we were able to come this far, why can’t you? We have been in the worst financial situations, not so great or comfortable living arrangements, have had to move a lot in the past 3 years, hubby unemployed for almost a year, two pregnancies, etc, etc. Nothing, no obstacle, no mountain, no reason, no circumstances are too big to stop a mother determined to help her child. Nothing stopped me from getting Alex to where he is today, nothing can stop you, nothing. Our kids can recover, don’t ever let anyone convince you it can’t be done. Follow your dream, follow your intuition, keep focused on your target which for most of us warrior moms is recovery for our children. Keep focused on recovery and you’ll sure get there some day.

New goodies we’ve introduced to our daily routine.

I’ve recently added a couple of new links on the blog, this are things we have been using for Alex, Julie, myself and husband. The one we have been getting lots of questions about is the Isotonic minerals we’ve been giving to Alex for about a month now. I also started taking Hypertonic myself this week , I have been so tired from everything going on lately that I am sure I need all the support I can from my supplements. Dealing with autism, a growing and very opinionated toddler, our recent move, driving Alex back and forth to school, a growing belly which seems to be killing my back everyday more and more  and life itself, I am totally running on empty. Getting naps during the day is nearly impossible, for one Julie won’t let me sleep she has the need to talk to me every time I attempt to rest, then Alex needs a juice refill here and there and food so basically it’s more tiring trying to rest than staying awake. Any who enough with the complaining lets get back to the supplements. Something else I added to our daily regimen of goodies is BioPlasma all 4 of us get this daily, the kids get this in the mornings and mid day and me and Luis 3 times a day, anything to keep us running smoothly.

Julie: While Alex was on DTaP 30C Julie developed an ear infection, runny nose ( might I add that the stuff coming out of her nose was horribly disgusting, yellow and greenish mucous), a fever and was somewhat lethargic. I talked to Sima about this and had my concerns and suspicions that this was related to Alex detoxing from his DTaP clearing. I read all I could online about the DTaP vaccine which is an un-activated virus vaccine. Even though I read all this I still felt that Julie’s symptoms were related to the clearing, since we cleared the MMR and she developed Roseola I have been very on guard about what Alex is clearing and how it can effect Julie. Sima recommended I put Julie on Pleo Not which is a natural anti-biotic you could say. I started Julie on this on Monday  and I was so impressed when the next morning her yucky mucous was gone, but what did start to happen was her right ear which is the one she has been complaining about had lots of yucky discharge coming out of it. A lot like ear wax, I was so eager to see what else would happen. Yesterday which was Julie’s 4th day on Pleo Not the runny nose is back but this time is only clear liquid coming out which tells me she is healing, she has not complained of her ear hurting since starting this either. Another thing that is totally unexpected was that Julie has been taking a nap since Tuesday, this is so odd because Julie doesn’t take naps anymore, but this week I am thinking her body needed to recover so she has been resting more than usual. Don’t get me wrong I am not complaining here naps are always welcome and a blessing in my book.

 

Alex: Alex  is doing good today, he had his 2nd dose of DTaP 200C last night which didn’t produce any symptoms this morning. All week he has been waking up with a cough but this morning that is gone. Alex will continue on this potency for another week just to be sure nothing will show up later. Our Friday has been very slow and peaceful so far (knock on wood) even though our morning started way too early I can’t complaint, Alex has been very easy going today, just amazing like he has been all week. This morning he woke up and went into his room to read books and watch “Despicable Me” which he and Julie have been watching since Tuesday when we got it. Later he came into his room with Ipad in hand and he made me laugh so much when he handed it to me and pressed a button that said ” Hello I have new books for you today but you need to get mommy or daddy to see” or something like that, Alex looked at me as saying “come on mom the Ipad says you need to get it for me!!” lol  I just had to laugh and buy him his book, Alex always wants books. He has tons at home and on his Ipad, my little book worm.

 

I am hoping the weekend is as great as the week has been, the sun is supposed to come out this weekend also so I am super excited about  this. The sun rarely comes out here in Oregon so when it does we all come out too, we have a little friends birthday party this weekend too so our schedule promises lots of fun. Wishing the best of the best for you all too, may your children keep healing everyday and may god give us the patience needed to keep our kids going and healing, Amen.

What a wonderful week/DTaP 200C

I know the this week is not over yet but I wanted to celebrate how wonderful it’s been so far. This past 4 days have been a dream come true, Alex has had an amazing four days. Since starting 200C potency of our dtap clear he has made lots more progress. He’s words are clearer, more new words, he’s flexibility is amazing, we have not had an issue at all about anything this week! At school which he had not been to in 2 weeks first due to him reacting so much to the 30C potency and then due to a school break. Any how this Tuesday when he saw his teacher again he instantly went up to him and say “hi” all while looking straight at him! He’s teacher was pleasantly surprised just as I was. Then Alex went directly to the sink where he washed his hands, unassisted and without waiting for anyone to help him or tell him to do so. His aide was in “awww” just watching him, they were so impressed at this new and improved Alex. I just watched, smiled and enjoyed the happy looks Alex was getting from everyone in his class. All week we’ve been getting amazing reviews from school, I have to say I’m a happy mommy.

Dtap 200C: Alex received his 2nd dose of dtap 200c tonight, I’m eager to see if it will cause any reactions. So far all I’ve seen is some coughing in the mornings that I’ve been treating with raw organic honey (1tsp). About 5 minutes after getting the honey Alex stops coughing and can go on with his day. I don’t want his teachers to think his sick and ask me to keep him home. They always want kids home and for good reason if they’re sick, but I know Alex is just detoxing so I think the honey is a good option for him. Plus who wants to cough all day long, damn pertussis (the pertussis vaccine is part of the dtap combo) vaccine!!!!

Speech: as I mentioned at the beginning of this post Alex’s speech has really been emerging this last 4 weeks. I remember like it was yesterday the first time he went up to my mom and said “Tom eeee ju-eeee” (Tom and Jerry). My mom’s face light up as she told me about it, my heart smiled as I saw her face. This “Tom and Jerry” request has gone from somewhat understandable to truly understandable!
His ABA therapists are thrilled to see this, my mom is super happy to finally hear our Alex talking, at school they’re super thrilled and what can I say about me and Luis, we’re the happiest parents on the block!

If ever your prayed for Alex, know that your prayers and ours are being answered. My son is healing everyday more and more. Now more than ever I’m convinced and very blessed to be able to say my son will recover, no doubt about it, amen. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for keeping my son and family in your prayers, thank you so much.

Sleep, O blessed sleep!

It’s been exactly 9 months since Alex’s sleep issues started, It’s draining just writing this sentence. As you all know I’ve tried countless remedies, supplements, herbs, techniques, nothing seems to work for more than a few days. I’ve been talking to Sima a lot about this subject, as it’s killing me mentally, physically and emotionally. Lack of sleep is hard on your body, specially when you’ve got a little person growing inside you. After a few chats and lots of info shared with Sima she recommended I try a remedy for this sleep issue, Nux Vomica 30C. I gave Alex a dry dose of Nux on thursday night, hoping and praying it would work. She concluded that because Alex always wakes up between 3-4am Nux could be a well fitting remedy for him. She also recommended I keep positive thoughts when it came to sleep, as positive thinking leads to positive results, things, outcomes, etc. I’ve been trying my best to relax at night specially because I don’t want to interfere with Alex’s sleep. I’m so connected to him that some nights I wake up, start thinking about him, I remember that night last August when he woke up and wondered off y my aunts house and what do you know, Alex wakes up. Call me crazy but I really do think I jinks his sleep at times. I’m so paranoid since that horrible august night that nights have been hard on me, specially since Alex wakes up every night. His night waking sure doesn’t help my anxiety, it only makes it worse.

Nux Vomica 30C: it’s been 2 nights since he’s dose and Alex has slept through the night two nights in a row! I’m so happy about this and so rested, sleeping through the night is such a blessing! Sima wants me to let the Nux do it’s work and we are waiting to see how long it will hold, when and if he wakes up again during the night, we will re-dose and from here hopefully we will have an idea of how often he needs a dose. Please keep praying for Alex and for full night sleep from now on.

DTaP clearing: Alex received his last 30c dose on Thursday. Since we didn’t see many symptoms this week we feel it’s safe to move to 200C potency. I’m wondering how long we will be clearing this vaccine for as I’m concerned I won’t have the physical strength to tackle a new clearing when Santiago arrives. We also have to keep in mind that we can’t clear any vaccines that were live viruses as we can’t run the risk of Santi catching anything Alex could be shedding. This is something me and Sima have discussed also and we both feel it’s best to clear vaccines or medications that won’t put Santi in any harm. I was thinking of clearing Luis from a flu shot he received back in 2008 which lead him to be very sick all winter and then developed seasonal allergies. I felt that clearing this vaccine would/could hopefully erase Luis’s allergies. Then when I got his remedies it dawned on me that Luis could shed the flu virus and I cant risk catching anything now that I’m pregnant, so this clearing will need to wait. Alex received a flu vaccine the same time Luis did back in 2008 so I’m thinking it’s something we will clear also, but again not anytime soon as Santi can not be exposed to any of this.

Highlights of the last few days: Alex’a voice keeps making progress, little by little his few words become more clear and are being used more.

Not great: Alex dropped my iPhone into the toilet earlier which means my phone is out of service until further notice. Poor Alex was so upset at himself for doing this, I know he’s such a perfectionist and something like this sure upsets him. Even though I told him it would be ok it took him a few minutes to finally accept what had happened and be ok with the whole issue. I’m crossing fingers and toes that my phone will miraculously come to life again, a girl can only hope right?

Please send positive sleepy vibes Alex’s way, we need lots of sleepy thoughts and I’m sure all together we can help him sleep peacefully sweet dreams to all!

Things I want to share.

As we all know along our journey in and out of autism and in life in general you learn things that you can benefit from, can cause you harm, things that are useful in many situations or just random things that turn out to be pretty handy one day.  Lately one of the things I’ve learned in that kids who were vaccinated here in the USA need to be cleared with vaccine remedies made here in the states also. I have mentioned this before in another posts, today I wanted to share  some responses I’ve gotten from fellow warrior mom about this subject:

 

• Hi Lucia, I just read this. You’re right, I’m from England and our vaccines do have different stains as well as different ingredients. Since Helios is an English company, I guess it stands to reason that their remedies would be made from our vaccines which means they might not be effective for you. I’m calling them today to look at getting a first aid kit so I will ask them what they think if you’d like.
• I’ve also heard vaccine remedies from Helios are not ideal for US clients because of that reason.
• Hi Lucia, I just called Helios. I’m afraid you’re right. Different vaccines=not as effective, if at all. However, they did say if you knew the name of the vaccine (the pharmaceutical company, not just MMR, DTP etc), they may be able to help you.
• Yes you can use them. They may not be exact but they are close enough. If one of your US pharmacies starts to make remedies based on the US vaccines, then those would be preferable. As I said, remedy based on the actual US vaccine is preferable but I was told that if  you cannot find all the remedies as yet, so if you want to do a clearance, the Helios is 2nd best. The vaccine strains are not as much an issue as the preservatives used. Also, the culture used to grow the virus may be different.

Where I am getting with this, well that if your homeopath is not telling you this when I know that this was a topic/part of the CEASE training you should ask them. I have asked a homeopath in London also and her response was the last one I posted above. It’s a shame that not all homeopath remember to tell their clients this so I thought I’d share what I’ve discovered recently. I did two clearing (Pitocin and Varicela) using Helios remedies which I am planning on repeating in the future using remedies from the USA.  It’s such a pain in the butt to have wasted money but most of all my son’s time (which is precious to me) clearing using remedies that might have not been the best option.  For this reason which was a very big one if you ask me, I have left our homeopath and have been talking to Sima Ash who is an amazing mother of a child with autism and a very knowledgeable homeopath also. I find that she understands me and how could she not? She has lived and breathed autism just like I have. She will be helping me with Alex’s recovery from now on, we are talking about what we will do once Santiago is born as I am scared to clear anything (vaccine)  that was a live virus when given to Alex. This happened a long time ago so I am sure not many of you remember but when we were clearing the MMR back in November of 2010 Julie got Roseola which is in the measles family. Alex was shedding the live virus as he detox from it and Julie being that she is non vaccinated caught some of the yucky stuff he was getting rid off. I can’t take any risks when it comes to my newborn so I am sure lots of planning and researching will need to be done when we decide what to clear and if we clear at all during the first months of Santiago’s life.

 

School subjects: This is a very touchy one when it comes to sharing with school personnel what we do treatment wise with our kids. I for one decided not to share with Alex’s teachers what I do for him, CEASE therapy and homeopathy are not understood by many so it’s better to keep it to ourselves most of the time. I have a friend who shared this with her son’s school and had the CPS called because the teachers felt she could harm her child with homeopathy. So for this is many other reasons I do not share our treatment options with school except for diet. Not sure what other parents do when it comes to this, hopefully some are blessed to have teachers who are open-minded and support your efforts. For many of us school is a constant fight and as long as there’s a fight involved I would think sharing this information would not be a good idea.  Also many parents to this day don’t know that they can file a religious exception when it comes to vaccines. I still get questioned a lot by other parents and people in general when I tell them Julie is not vaccinated and Alex won’t ever be vaccinated either. This is very important and crucial information that could mean so much for your kids health. I for one will never vaccinate Alex again or even think for one second of vaccinating Julie or Santiago. Again that is just mine decision, other parents might feel differently about this and that is perfectly fine, your option and right as a parent.

 

ABA therapy: This subject is super exciting to me as ABA has been an amazing therapy for Alex. When we started seeing real progress thanks so CEASE I decided to get Alex’s ABA team back into the picture. He has made lots of progress and even though it’s a costly therapy I feel it’s worth every penny. Recently Alex was assigned to a new social worker and he has been great since we met him. He has been trying to help us so much, unlike his last two. He has managed to get some funds to help pay for Alex’s ABA sessions for the month of May and June! I could not be happier about this specially since we need to save as much as we can being that we will have another little member on our family soon. Alex’s ABA therapist also connected me with a local dad who has been very successful in getting insurance companies to help pay for ABA for his own son and several other families in the area. I am hoping he can help me pursue this also and our insurance could finally help out with Alex’s recovery. Not much of what we do for Alex is covered so insurance really only comes in handy when we go for annual check ups with our DAN. I’m ready to fight this battle as I am always about anything to do or in benefit of my little Alex.

I ask that you keep us in your prayers, Alex is making a lot of progress lately specially in the speech department so we gotta keep praying to keep those words coming. As always thank you so much for visiting our blog and supporting Alex!