Recovering Noah

Lots of people have asked how Noah's doing here in TN, so I thought I'd post a brief update. As most of you know, Noah's been doing a lot of squealing and shrieking and stimming these last 5 weeks. It's the exact same behavior that he had when he was on DMPS (a sulfur based chelator that he was on for 10 months when he was 3). And I couldn't quite understand why he has acting that way again. He hasn't been on DMPS for 14 months now. I do think that some of it is due to the high EMF's in our apartment, but he still just doesn't seem quite right. He's started toe-walking again and spinning in circles. And I sometimes think he's going to start flying up in the air with all the hand flapping he's doing now. Anyway, we've been looking a lot into genetics because I think that may hold the missing piece to Noah's autism puzzle. What we're doing out here in TN is great and loads of kids out here are getting better. I'm seeing it with ...

Hey, just wanted to post a quick update... We arrived back in TN on Saturday. It was the first time that I've driven all the way through. 12 hours - woo hoo! I feel like a pro now. :-) Eli survived his first day back at daycare. He cried and cried when I had to leave him - which meant that I cried and cried. But he was all smiles by the time I picked him up. He was busy playing with blue playdoh. If he ends up having green poo tonight then I know where it came from! Noah has done really good since being back. He's sleeping pretty well and right now he's eating white basmati stir fry with... get this... cabbage, broccoli, and carrots. Can you believe it???? I ended up buying the shredded veggies in a pack. I think it's called shredded coleslaw. I've seen an organic kind at Target or Walmart, but just got the regular because I'm tired of spending mucho money on organic things that he doesn't eat. Wouldn't ya know that he's chowing it done. So, now we k...

We made it back to Texas a few days ago because Eli had dental surgery scheduled at Children's in Dallas. It was soooooooo good to cross over that Texas line! All of us - the kids and me - were really happy to get back home. Sim and my parents met us at Craig & Stephanie's in Mt. Pleasant and Sim drove back home the rest of the way. Eli honestly did not shut up for the entire 2 1/2 drive. He was such a chatterbox. He was really excited to see Sim. And when we turned on our road, Noah actually started smiling and clapping his hands. Ahhhhhh. It really makes me want to not go back to TN. I don't want to take them back to that dreary apartment. I mean, I will, don't worry - we are totally committed to Noah's treatments, but it is so good to see both boys as happy as they are now that we're back. And me, too!!! I love me some Texas! :-) Well, Eli had his surgery today. 3 crowns and 5 fillings!! Needless to say, the poor kid feels absolutely miserable. First of a...

Today, we were at a red light waiting to pull into the post office - and the car in front of us was bright yellow. The owner had taken yellow and white and orange shoe polish and wrote "Expect a Miracle" on the back of it and was just driving it around town. She pulled in next to us and I told her that I really liked her slogan. And she said that she gets a lot of compliments on it and that it's usually from people who really needed that message in their lives. So, then, I came home and opened my email. I subscribe to Children of Destiny - which is run by parents of a child with autism and they send out dail prayers every weekday that are specific to special needs. Anyway, this was today's message... Tuesday, August 8, 2006 “Blessed is she who has believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished!” (Luke 1:45, NIV) PARENT’S PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, We thank you for the wonderful promises of abundant life you have given us. Lord, we pray that you wo...

It's been a week since I last posted. I know that I promised I wouldn't let so much time go by before updating the blog, but last week was pretty horrible. I'm sorry if you've emailed me privately and I haven't responded yet. I'm just really exhausted and feeling a bit down. I honestly didn't realize how much hard it would be here by myself. Major kudos to all you single mom and dads out there. I don't know how you do it! Noah's still shrieking like a banshee. I wish I knew what was up with him. He's acting completely different than he has before. I'm pretty positive that he's moving metals out, but I sure hate the behaviors that go along with it. We did find out that the steroids that he's been taking were stuck in his stomach. Noah really just can't detox anything. We even need to do a rotation diet with him because if he has too much of any one thing, it builds up in his body and causes a reaction. That's what happened with...