 By Svetlana and Raymond. May 2007
Our son, Daniel, is going to be 5 years old in June 2007. Before Daniel was born, we had lots of dreams how we would play with him in a park, read books together, build sand castles, and so much more. Unfortunately, the parenthood experience has been far different than what we had expected.
Daniel had the acid reflux from the age of 2 weeks, non-stop upper respiratory infections from the age of 6 months, numerous ear infections from the age of 2 years, and multiple allergies including dairy and gluten. For 4 and a half years Daniel has rarely slept through the night. He was extremely hyperactive if he was not watching TV. Once he put a video, he was so absorbed by the TV that an effort to switch him to another activity would cause a major meltdown. Daniel had no pragmatic speech (script or echolalia). In June 2006 he was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (PDD).
The constant fight with sickness and disorder made us desperate to look for a biomedical intervention. After Googling the Internet, by April 2006 Daniel was on a strict casein/gluten free diet, Cod Liver Oil/Fish Oil, B6/Magnesium, Pro-Biotics, Colostrum, Zinc, DMG, and Ambrotose (Gluconutrients). Some good changes (less hyper, basic imitations of daily activities, and more self awareness) convinced us that we are going in the right direction. The next step was to detoxify/chelate Daniel. After researching the available chemical chelators (DMPS and DMSA), we realized that the procedure is going to be very harsh on Daniel’s body. It felt like he would never be able to make it through. We clearly understood that detoxification is Daniel’s ticket to a successful future. Finally, our DAN! Pediatrician recommended to us a homeopathical detoxification program performed by Mary Coyle at the Children’s Excel Center.
On March 13, 2007 we started the detoxification protocol developed by Mary. After 45 days our family was shocked by the changes. The whole picture looked surrealistic. Here are the changes:
Allergies: We stopped giving Daniel Singulair (he was on medication due to asthmatic cough and multiple allergies) on March 13th. We never saw the symptoms since then.
Sleep: Daniel is sleeping through the night straight 10 to 12 hours. Falls to sleep within 15 minutes. Before, it took us two hours to put Daniel to sleep.
Auditory processing: Daniel is able to sustain simple 15-30 minutes of conversation without delayed/missing responses.
Imaginative play: He has started to set up complex imaginative games – “a mama cat and a baby cat are playing and eating together – this is a family”. “Crashing” games are disappearing. We are not going to miss them!!!!!!
Overall, Daniel became more like a regular boy. It is a joy for us to spend time with him. Finally, we started to learn what real parenthood is about.
We believe that it is so important to find the right people whose expertise you can completely trust in the complex life situation. Thanks to the Excel Children’s Center, our son is going to have a bright and successful future.
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