Cats?

I've been dreaming of the day I could write this post.  The day my son was able to play with a cat without any issues.  Today was the day!  Previously he hasn't been able to even be in a house that had cats without swollen, watery eyes that require Benedryl to bring relief.  Last week he treated for animal dander along with a sample of cat hair from my mom's cats (she has 3.)  We never visit her house, although she lives a mere 2 miles from us as the cats were too much to handle.

Today we purposly made a visit just to see how he'd do with cats.  One cat was very friendly and let my son pet her for a good 20 minutes. The cat was long-haired, and my kid was putting his face in her fluffy tail.  I kept watching for reactions, but all the happened was that MY eyes started to itch.  He was fine, even after the cat licked him (remember his arm after the dog licked him over the summer, looked like hornets attacked!)

Last Christmas while celebrating Christmas at a relative's house that had a cat, my child so intelligently decided it was a good idea to put his face in the carpeting.  After a split second he looked as if he had taken on Rocky Balboa--eyes puffed out and swelled shut with streams of tears rolling down his face from all the eye watering.  So as crazy as it sounds, I asked my kid if wanted to try that again today to see if anything were to happen.  And he did.  And nothing. No sniffle, no itch, no watery or swollen eyes.  He's so excited!

Since our last post he's treated for the animal dander, sinuses, pneumococcal bacteria that the vaccine is made for, and wheat/dairy combo.  He's still struggling with pizza that's not from WF, as he breaks out on the back of his knees.

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend!

Happy Thanksgiving Weekend to you!  We had a very successful dinner experience!!  This was the first year that my son was given the go ahead to try some of the traditional dishes made in the conventional ways.  Of course in typical kid fashion he didn't care of most of it, but none-the-less he wasn't that restricted.  He ate real mashed potatoes made with milk & butter, was allowed to eat green bean casserole (which I made with an organic cream of mushroom soup that still had milk & wheat), real gravy with milk and wheat flour (last year I used rice milk and tapioca startch), stuffing with wheat bread & butter, cranberry sauce (he recently cleared a home cranberry treatment), whole wheat rolls from Trader Joe's, and pumpkin pie that was made at a gluten-free bakery.  So as you can see, lots of wheat and butter.  (Not to mention the 4 pieces of pepperoni pizza from Whole Foods he had this week.)  All of this and not one bit of scratching, scaly skin, or bumps--his skin looks remarkably clear!

Doughnuts

Still work ing on the diseases within the DTaP, we completed the last of the 3 today.  But that's not what I want to update on.  I think I mentioned a few posts back the my husband has been taking my son to Biggby's and they've secretely been sharing a donut. As my kid puts it, "just enough to get a little taste, not over doing it."  He hadn't seem any worse for the wear, but once I found out I had my husband bring me a piece to treat for, which we did.  Then Biggby was nice enough to give us the label off the donuts to see all the ingredients.  And wow are these things loaded:  wheat, egg, soy, milk and everything in between, but he's pretty much treated for it all.  I took the sample and list to NAET today and had the doc muscle test for it.  Strong as a rock I tell ya.  She couldn't believe it (and neither could I) so she did it a second time, and still strong.  That was in contrast to the sample of store-brand soft tortillas that I self treated him for--still weak, needs 3 more treatments for them.  The only reason I bought them was because a classmate was bringing them in for a class snack (elephant ears made with them.)  So I tried to be pre-emptive about it as he's broken out to them before, but didn't matter as my kid didn't like them anyways.

List of donut ingredients, not the best picture but you get the idea that these aren't organic and healthy:

Been On a Break

Haven't posted in a couple of weeks, as we took a much needed break from everyday life and jetted off to Disney World.  It's SO incredibly nice not to have to be anywhere or on any type of schedule.  I get so tired of twice weekly doctor appointments for NAET, but I see the benefit so we persevere. 

And boy did we reap the benefits while on vacation! We ate our every single day without issue.  The second we hit Disney World I bought my son one of those colorful swirly suckers.  I had tears in my eyes as I paid for it, and the look on his face when he realized it was for him was priceless.  We're still careful when it comes to food, but he did try some orange/vanilla twist ice cream and he couldn't believe what he's been missing.  He also ate lots of pizza, a different variety of Annie's cereal without issue, and a hotel waffle made in a Mickey Mouse waffle maker with fake syrup! (Seriously, does anyone really realize what they're putting into their bodies these days?!  I only buy the 100% pure maple at home, and the extra cost is worth it to me.)

We're now working on the various components of the DTaP.  His first treatment back was for tetnus.  I'm hoping he can treat for the P (pertussis) this week as there's been a case of whooping cough at his school.  It was the DTaP that he experienced anaphylatic shock to when he was 2 years old, so we may need to take this one slow.

Influenza

Today he treated for all the influenza strains and recent vaccines.  There had to have been 10 vials in the glass jar that he was treated for.  The hope is that if he were to encounter the flu virus, that his body would fight it off more easily instead of succum to it.  Time will tell.

On another note, he ate the Fruity Bunnies for breakfast for the second day in a row and all is good!  No eczema.

And just like that . . .

And just like that . . .he can eat Annie's Fruity Bunnies cereal without any issue.  He treated for it last Friday after having an immediate reaction--eczema in all the joint creases.  Today he tried it again for the first time since treating, and so far nothing.  It's like magic.

A Pause from Vaccines--Flouride

At NAET today we experienced another first.  We almost didn't get to do a treatment today because my kid's body wasn't willing to proceed with anything virus or vaccine related.  Seems like it needed a rest from these more demanding treatments.  According to the doctor, this is a bit unusal for children but not so uncommon for adults who's bodies need more time to heal.  Fortunately we were able to get in a treatment for Flouride. So that meant distilled water and non-flouride toothpaste, which isn't an issue since he uses Tom's non-flouride toothpaste already.

Life's Good

Life's been good the last couple of weeks.  My son is growing and gaining weight, he's suddenly filling out a bit.  He's still doing NAET twice a week; recently he passed Hep B, HIB, and thimerosal.  He wasn't showing weak to the flu vaccine I received when pregnant in 2005, but I'm going to have him tested for influzenza in general to help strengthen his immune response to the flu.  He did have one reaction to something new since my last update.  It was to a new Annie's cereal-Fruity Bunnies.  It appears it's the 'natural flavoring' that caused the eczema to breakout on his knees and crease of his arm.  One bath and some Cera'Ve took care of that. Considering how he use to be in constant break out mode, this is really good. He treated for the cereal with the 'natural flavoring' vial, and is looking forward to eating his new favorite cereal in a couple of days.

Quick Update

Since treating for polio, the kiddo then treated for the polio injectible vaccine (which he did receive 4 doses of as a infant/toddler) and he held strong to the nasal dosage and didn't require treatment to that.  Friday he treated for HIB (which he was also vaccinated against.)  My arm was so weak to the muscle testing.  Even though we've done this over a hundred times (literally), it still amazes me.  The plan is to keep working on vaccines that he received; so we still have flu, Hep B, pneumococcal vaccine, and DTaP.  I'll be interested to see if we're require to wait on the DTaP given his previous anaphylatic reaction.

He's recovered from his bout of asthma and is doing well once again. He did get some pepperoni pizza from some pizza joint last night and had mild itching this morning but his skin is still looking gorgeous.  Pizza from Whole Foods continues to be fine, so it's definitely an issue with the quality of the ingredients.

Vaccines, finally

We've been waiting a couple of weeks for the okay to treat for vaccines.  The ok comes from the body's response to the muscle testing to say it's ready to accept these treatments.  Yes, I'm aware of how weird that sounds.  In the mean time we've treated for artificial sweetners and digestive enzymes (and he was tested for each individual enzyme, but at this time doesn't require treatment.)  We got the go ahead to treat for vaccines on Friday, and started with Polio.  Our doc said this is a good because it affects the gut--something to do with the way it's transmitted (the fecal-oral route--gross!)

This treatment also timed with my kid coming down with 'sniffles', which I'm sure were triggered by the change of weather we're experiencing.  Out of no where came the ashtma Saturday morning.  What a bummer.  It's been many months since we've seen that, well over a year.  I even had bumped him back up to 2 puffs of Flovent a day about a week ago once the weather changed.  Must not have been soon enough.  Our allergist has me keep a bottle of prednisone on hand in case something like this happens, seeing how we're old hat at this anymore.  I did give a dose, which seems to be doing the trick of getting things moving with a productive cough.  Curious timing though of the asthma and vaccine treatment, although it's probably just a coincidence.