Challenges

We've all had either the flu or a sinus infection recently so I have not had the energy to drag myself to my blog. Liberty has rallied through it all in the last week and I think I might start taking what HE is taking because certainly his immunity seems to have really been boosted this year. Last year he was sick all of the time, it seems.

Sunday, I performed his Urine Metals Challenge. Before we can begin chelation of heavy metals, we have to do a metals challenge to see if he spills metals and, if so, how much. I collected urine before I gave him one pill of DMSA, and collected all urine for six hours after giving him the pill. I have always thought he was metal-poisoned, and, apparently, his doctor thinks so, as well. At least that is the direction in which we are now headed.

Unfortunately, Lib is not yet potty trained, so I basically had to follow him around with a cup all day. He had all of his toys in the living room with The Wiggles playing over and over again. He had a ball. I blew my nose, drank coffee and held my cup expectantly. His father slept off the flu in bed most of the morning, and if he got near Lib, he was ordered to wash his hands and dip in disinfectant every 10 minutes. Lib's doctor does not want him taking any antibiotics. We were given something called Thimactive to take in place of antibiotics, and Oto-Plex if he gets an ear infection; both homeopathic medicines. I do not know how well they will work, but I have come to love homeopathy. Liberty has done very well on his cough syrup and drops which are homeopathic and made by NatraBio. I pass this information to everyone I meet because it still amazes me how well they work.

After the long morning that turned into afternoon, I finally got a shower and we took off to get some fresh air. We went to the Blackwater River and watched the boats go by for awhile and then went to the grocery store. I thought I would dream of the Wiggles and their toot-toot, chugga-chugga Big Red Car, but, thankfully I didn't. It was lights out for me as soon as he crashed for the night around 7:00.

The two urine samples were picked up by DHL this morning. Sixty bucks a piece for the pre- and post-challenge tests. The next thing on the list is the urine porphyrins and urine pterins test from the big lab in France (http://www.labbio.net/pages/index_vh_eng.htm). It's a really interesting website and I suppose one that parents have used themselves without a physician. I am not really sure what else these will tell us except it has something to do with toxic load. These two will be $200 dollars plus the express mail if I want to get the results back in time for our follow-up appointment. By the way, the one pill of DMSA was 40 bucks.

I am sending everything into our insurance company and I must say they are paying for some things but it is hard to keep track of what in particular because they break everything up. For example, there was a metabolic panel that was done and it was $800. They took all of the tests of that one lab and divided it up. I have not been able to actually see the logic yet. A nurse of the DAN! doctor we go to said that if they pay for something be grateful because if you start questioning, they flag everything you do from that point on. Someday this won't be such a struggle for parents.

I am particularly interested in what these tests will show since, my theory will either be proven right or wrong. I am sure that Liberty has been able to detox a lot through other things we have done for the past few years such as Epsom salts and supplements, the MB12 shots, etc. If we find that there are no metals, which I highly doubt, but if we do, then it will be a whole new ballgame because there is some comfort in knowing that if we find metals, we know what to do about those. But, if the result does turn out to be negative, I will have to find new paths to explore. Well, after all, that is why we got the DAN! doctor in the first place. We need someone to help at least guide this ship, and one who listens to parents. Dr. Bock respected the work I had already done and knowledge I had gleaned on my own. He expected it. He knows that when parents come to him, they have already been digging on their own for information.

It's nice to have a doctor who doesn't look at you like you are from Mars each time you open your mouth. That's refreshing.