HIP, HIP HOORAY!!!
Owen cleared the Gluten and Candidiasis treatment on the first try. Owen has not had grains in his diet for 1.5 years. He seems to be ready. He has been asking for the past month to eat breadsticks and cereal and pretzels and noodles.
I promised Owen that when he was able to eat grains again that he could get a happy meal from McDonald's. I know it's probably not the smartest thing to start with, but I just wanted him to have the feeling of being a "normal" little boy. Everywhere we went, I had to take special food for Owen to eat, so I just wanted to give him a chance to be like everyone else.
We went through the McDonald's drive thru on our way home from Dr. Boggess' office and ordered happy meals for both Owen and Aubrey. The first thing Owen said was "I want some of Aubrey's chicken" He called it that because he knew that prior to today he wasn't allowed to have "Aubrey's chicken". His face lit up when I told him that he could have "Aubrey's chicken"
I have never seen Owen eat so fast in his life. I think he was afraid that I was going to change my mind.
Happiness is..... seeing your child grin from ear to ear because they just ate a McDonald's happy meal.
Friday, July 24, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
The BIG One!
Today Owen successfully cleared asbestos and parasites, so we are moving on to a critical treatment, Gluten and Candidiasis.
Grains is the last item remaining to be added back into Owen's diet. If he can successfully pass this treatment, we will be able to do just that. In the Basic 15 allergens, Owen had to be treated 3 times for grains and 2 times for yeast before he he cleared them, so we are a little intimidated by this treatment. We'll just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.
Grains is the last item remaining to be added back into Owen's diet. If he can successfully pass this treatment, we will be able to do just that. In the Basic 15 allergens, Owen had to be treated 3 times for grains and 2 times for yeast before he he cleared them, so we are a little intimidated by this treatment. We'll just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Back on Track
Well Dr. Boggess is back from his trip to India, so we are moving ahead at full speed.
Before I get into the NAET treatment update, just wanted to give a quick Owen ancedote.
Every morning when Owen wakes up he always asks "who are we going to see today?" On this particular day I told him "no one." He didn't like that answer. so he proceeded to ask "How about Grandma and Grandpa B? "No" I told him. Thinking again, he said "How about Grandma and Grandpa W?" I said "no, not today." He thought he would try one more time. "How about Dr. Boggess?" After chuckling, I said "No, not even Dr. Boggess." I guess it's official, we see Dr. Boggess so often that he is thought of as part of the family.
We treated today for asbestos and parasites. It should be a fairly easy one to clear, especially since parasites is a retreat.
We'll be checked for this one next week, since we are staying out of Ann Arbor for the rest of this week due to the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
Before I get into the NAET treatment update, just wanted to give a quick Owen ancedote.
Every morning when Owen wakes up he always asks "who are we going to see today?" On this particular day I told him "no one." He didn't like that answer. so he proceeded to ask "How about Grandma and Grandpa B? "No" I told him. Thinking again, he said "How about Grandma and Grandpa W?" I said "no, not today." He thought he would try one more time. "How about Dr. Boggess?" After chuckling, I said "No, not even Dr. Boggess." I guess it's official, we see Dr. Boggess so often that he is thought of as part of the family.
We treated today for asbestos and parasites. It should be a fairly easy one to clear, especially since parasites is a retreat.
We'll be checked for this one next week, since we are staying out of Ann Arbor for the rest of this week due to the Ann Arbor Art Fair.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Dairy Here We Come!
Owen was successfully cleared for dairy today, so we will start reintroducing this type of food to him.
I know he will be happy to start eating some new things.
We treated for orange and yellow food coloring today and will go back on Wednesday, June 17th, to make sure it cleared.
After that we will be taking a 3 week hiatus from treatments as Dr. Boggess travels to India.
Upon his return, it is our intention to increase the frequency of our treatments to twice per week, so that we can hopefully finish sometime in August.
I know he will be happy to start eating some new things.
We treated for orange and yellow food coloring today and will go back on Wednesday, June 17th, to make sure it cleared.
After that we will be taking a 3 week hiatus from treatments as Dr. Boggess travels to India.
Upon his return, it is our intention to increase the frequency of our treatments to twice per week, so that we can hopefully finish sometime in August.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Reintroduction Going Well
After reintroducing potatoes to Owen's diet, all is well.
There have been no negative reactions other than Owen's realization that just because he can now eat french fries that doesn't mean that that's the only thing he's going to eat.
We treated Owen with the influenza and thymerosal allergens on June 3rd. He cleared these with no problems which was good to hear.
Our plan was to start reintroducing Owen to dairy next. Before we could do this though we needed to make sure his body was ready to handle it.
In the Basic 15, Owen was treated for and cleared the calcium allergen. However, we still needed to test for casein, milk proteins and milk mix allergens before reintroducing dairy back into his diet.
After testing these allergens, Owen had a negative response, so we had to treat these before proceeding.
There have been no negative reactions other than Owen's realization that just because he can now eat french fries that doesn't mean that that's the only thing he's going to eat.
We treated Owen with the influenza and thymerosal allergens on June 3rd. He cleared these with no problems which was good to hear.
Our plan was to start reintroducing Owen to dairy next. Before we could do this though we needed to make sure his body was ready to handle it.
In the Basic 15, Owen was treated for and cleared the calcium allergen. However, we still needed to test for casein, milk proteins and milk mix allergens before reintroducing dairy back into his diet.
After testing these allergens, Owen had a negative response, so we had to treat these before proceeding.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Absolutely AMAZING!!!!
This NAET process continues to amaze me and so does Owen!
Owen successfully cleared all six vaccine allergens that we treated for last week. HOORAY!
He is making such great strides to being fully recovered. He wants to play with other kids now, his communication skills have improved by leaps and bounds and he is toileting completely on his own, with no prompting from us.
Owen has been bugging us for the past two weeks, to try all kinds of food that are not on his diet.
Dr. Boggess says this a good sign. It means that his gut is healing and therefore he is craving new foods that he previously wasn't allowed to have.
Our original plan for food reintroduction was to wait sixty days from the date Owen successfully completed the Basic 15 allergens (April 15th). However, since Owen's bowels seem to be relatively normal and he's constantly requesting new foods, we have decided to proceed with caution.
Prior to Owen being on a special diet two of his favorite foods were potato chips and french fries. I know, not the healthiest thing in the world but what do you expect from a five year old. Anyways, we decided that potatoes would be a good food to start with.
I gave Owen a couple of french fries to eat. Instead of immediately gobbling them up he looked at me first for approval. He couldn't believe I was telling him that he could eat french fries. Talk about a priceless moment, it was as if I had just given him a million dollars. He was grinning from ear to ear.
He requested a few more, so I said he could have a couple. We were driving in the car at the time and I looked back to see him just holding the french fries in his hand. I asked him why he was just holding them and he replied "I want to take them home to show them to dad". I almost cried! He was so excited to be eating french fries that he wanted to go home and share the moment with his dad. I told him to go ahead and eat them because dad was at work and we could just tell him about it when he got home. So, he ate them.
Of course he asked for more, but I explained to him that this was a special "treat" and he could have some more french fries another time.
For the rest of that day he asked me again, again and again if he could have a "treat"
He is definitely persistent.
Owen successfully cleared all six vaccine allergens that we treated for last week. HOORAY!
He is making such great strides to being fully recovered. He wants to play with other kids now, his communication skills have improved by leaps and bounds and he is toileting completely on his own, with no prompting from us.
Owen has been bugging us for the past two weeks, to try all kinds of food that are not on his diet.
Dr. Boggess says this a good sign. It means that his gut is healing and therefore he is craving new foods that he previously wasn't allowed to have.
Our original plan for food reintroduction was to wait sixty days from the date Owen successfully completed the Basic 15 allergens (April 15th). However, since Owen's bowels seem to be relatively normal and he's constantly requesting new foods, we have decided to proceed with caution.
Prior to Owen being on a special diet two of his favorite foods were potato chips and french fries. I know, not the healthiest thing in the world but what do you expect from a five year old. Anyways, we decided that potatoes would be a good food to start with.
I gave Owen a couple of french fries to eat. Instead of immediately gobbling them up he looked at me first for approval. He couldn't believe I was telling him that he could eat french fries. Talk about a priceless moment, it was as if I had just given him a million dollars. He was grinning from ear to ear.
He requested a few more, so I said he could have a couple. We were driving in the car at the time and I looked back to see him just holding the french fries in his hand. I asked him why he was just holding them and he replied "I want to take them home to show them to dad". I almost cried! He was so excited to be eating french fries that he wanted to go home and share the moment with his dad. I told him to go ahead and eat them because dad was at work and we could just tell him about it when he got home. So, he ate them.
Of course he asked for more, but I explained to him that this was a special "treat" and he could have some more french fries another time.
For the rest of that day he asked me again, again and again if he could have a "treat"
He is definitely persistent.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
3 out of 4, ain't bad...
Last week Owen was treated for insects, bacteria, viruses and parasites. Owen passed all but one of the allergens. Apparently the parasites are leeching on for another round of treatments.
So, they will be retreated at a later date.
We decided to go back to treating allergens from the autism kit.
The vaccine allergens were what we decided to tackle next. We were hopeful that we would be able to treat Owen for multiple vacinations in the same treatment. After testing whether or not Owen's body was up for the challenge, we got the go ahead to proceed.
So he was treated for six, yes SIX vaccination allergens including: DPT, Pertussis, Measles, Tetanus, Rubella - German and Diotheria.
We'll keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.
So, they will be retreated at a later date.
We decided to go back to treating allergens from the autism kit.
The vaccine allergens were what we decided to tackle next. We were hopeful that we would be able to treat Owen for multiple vacinations in the same treatment. After testing whether or not Owen's body was up for the challenge, we got the go ahead to proceed.
So he was treated for six, yes SIX vaccination allergens including: DPT, Pertussis, Measles, Tetanus, Rubella - German and Diotheria.
We'll keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.
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