Chelation update

Yesterday we had our first follow up chelation appt. since early September. The appt. consisted of tracking Grant's progress, discussing any changes to the diet/regimin, making changes to his supplements, and giving him an IV course. Since the last appt., he has had 2 topical treatments weekly (at home).

Overall, the process has gone smoothly, certainly more so than we had expected. For a boy who has hated having extra things (stickers, layers, etc.) on his body, hated dr's appts, hated taking medicine, the list goes on..., he has adapted amazingly well. We would never have believed anybody who told us Grant would allow himself to be strapped on a doctor's table and given an IV, would take supplements twice a day, would keep his sleeves up for the chelation cream twice a week on his inner arms, and would allow us to collect urine for the various tests. Now, it didn't start out like this right away, that's for sure, but he has adapted. We try to explain that we are trying to help, that this is good for him, and I think he understands this at some level.

Even better, because of his very strict diet, we simply had to get him to eat new foods. Grant was the classic autistic boy who would live on chicken nuggets, french fries, and bread. For years, we had tried to get him to eat new things, but until this process, we had not been "forced" to make it work. Over the past 4 months, we have progressed to a point where Grant will eat chicken, beef, and pork. The suprise and excitement never gets old at our dinner table; I can't imagine that any boy in America gets more praise for eating a bite than Grant does. :) He is also a little more willing to try new things on his plate, although we have a long way to go. A few weeks back, Cassidy bet Staci $10 that she could get Grant to eat a baby carrot. We laughed - ha, sure go ahead, no chance in the world he will put that in his mouth. She walked over, picked up the carrot, said "Grant, here, eat a carrot." He took it, put it in his mouth and chewed it up!

We'll have the test results from this appt. (and the urine collection after) in a week or two. In addition, he will now be taking 1800mg of "Phosphatidyl Choline" twice a week. This is a combination of Omega 6 / Omega 3 that is designed to help the cell walls secrete the metals being removed by chelation.

I should also add that we've been pleasantly surprised by the office and staff. We weren't quite sure what to expect when we started all of this, but everything has been beyond reproach. Any office could learn from the care and comfort given by this staff to our son.