I can’t imagine trying to get all this out and keeping it coherent all at once; so I’m just going to start and we’ll see where it goes.

So for starters I’ve lost some of my hearing. Like every year hay fever kicked in for me at the end of last month. I’m congested in my head and in my chest, my sinuses are already impacted and my nose runs like a faucet. Somewhere inside of seeking relief from all that stuffiness I must have damaged my ears. I hope it’s not permanent. I’m not a happy person right now, but I’ll try to keep it light.

In a few weeks Jadon graduates from preschool. They took “senior” portraits and everything! And yesterday I got his invitation to the ceremony. I am floored. They are taking this very seriously. Jumping back we visited Jadon’s new school last month. They had a Beginner’s Day for rising Kindergartners. He even got to ride the school bus. He seems very intrigued by the whole deal. For days after he kept asking when he could start at the new school. That’s always a good sign transition won’t be hard. He will begin his school career in a combination classroom, which means he’ll start in a class where both a Kindergarten and 1st grade curriculum will be taught concurrently. We decided to go this route because the kid’s already reading at the 1st grade level, and doing simple math. The combination classroom opportunity was a big reason we chose the school, so we’re all pretty excited to see what comes of it. 

Today is the last day of Caleb’s antifungal treatment. Yay! Soon we can begin chelating. First he has to go for one more blood test. I’ve taken him to this lab three times now. The last time he fought so hard, even with me and two nurses in the effort, both of his arms ended up bruised. I can’t go through that again. So it’s up to Hollis now to take him and hold him. I wish a urine sample would work, or that they could test his blood by sticking me with the needle. But alas it is what it is.

On another note, he just finished his 3rd week of exceptional children’s classes with CMS. He has to be at school by 7:45am. That’s earlier than anyone else in this house has to be anywhere. I’m shocked 3 year olds can even be taught that early in the morning! His teacher says he’s doing great. When I picked him up from the preschool he attends on the days he doesn’t have EC classes, Ms. Michelle his teacher brought him out to me in the car line and the first thing she said was, “Nikki, he said my name! Just out of nowhere he says, ‘Oh, Michelle.’ I was so shocked I almost didn’t believe I heard right!” Took him almost the whole school year but he finally figured out how to get her attention. Thattaboy!

More good news about Caleb is he’s grown out of his strong egg, tuna, chicken and milk allergies. He can have cheese again! Yay! We learned of those allergies through a skin prick test a few years ago. We had to have a blood test done last month for a more thorough screening of his food allergies; that’s how we learned he’s grown out of the former ones. However, this new test revealed strong to moderate allergies to other food we’ve been told to keep him away from–asparagus, broccoli, cantaloupe, cashew, coconut, coffee, gluten, mustard, oat, orange, rye, safflower, sesame, tomato, walnut, watermelon and wheat. Foods he’s only slightly allergic to are avocado, barley, celery, corn, grapefruit, lemon, milk, peanut, chili & green peppers and rice. These foods he can partake of once every three days. But the kid can eat cheese now! Woohoo! I wondered why I never saw reactions to these “allergies” before. Then I learned that allergic reactions can differ from the typical itchy eyes, sneezing, runny nose or anaphylaxis.  I read that in an allergic person

the brain and central nervous system react to foods, heavy metals, chemicals, immunizations and other substances as if they were poisons, when in most cases these substances are neutral, or even beneficial, to the body.

So Caleb’s allergic response to these foods is he displays more behaviors associated with autism. My hope is that once his body is restored to health, by removing the mercury and lead, and by suppressing the overgrowth of yeast, these foods will no longer invoke allergic reactions.

I’m sweeping my brain to get to other stuff that’s been clogging my mind and preventing me from blogging, but since there’s more stuff in my head right now for my thoughts to hide in I’m coming up with nothing. I’ll blog the thoughts as they are released, later. Until then, giggle at these: