Andrew Cutler Chelation---three weeks of gains

Okay, last night we finished round three of Andrew Cutlers Chelation Protocol. We are using ALA only. We have been seeing gains from the first round. Potty training got easier-Reece now pees in the potty without a problem. (other than aim!) He started pointing at everything and is working so hard on speech. He now says things spontaneously that he didn't before. He still signs things along with his approximations so that we know what he wants. But he is also trying to verbalize when he wants something without any prompting. Reece is more social and has had one of his best days ever while we were on round one. He is playing with his sisters and playing correctly with his toys more than before. Yesterday he even went in the bathroom and went potty all by himself for the first time!!! He is also saying "hi" back when someone says hello to him. There are even more wonderful things we have seen that I am forgetting now. Eye contact is amazing. He is now looking into my eyes every opportunity. This isn't always good as he was holding my hand and running and trying to look into my eyes at the same time! We are not a coordinated bunch and I was afraid he would fall over his own feet. But how awesome that he is so into looking into my eyes for emotion and reaction now! He even asked for "bubbles" when he wanted to blow bubbles through a straw into water which is part of his speech therapy.

The only downside seemed to be that yeast was flaring up. We were getting lots of verbal and visual stimming. But I added two drops of Grapefruit Seed Extract to his juice once a day while he did the ALA and it was much better.

While this protocol is definitely doing good things, it is really helping the other therapies we do take hold. Eye contact is a major part of Son-Rise and something we work on. His new speech therapist is awesome and so are all his therapists at school. This is helping him work with them better. The gains we are seeing are a combination of everything we are doing coming together. We still have a long road ahead of us but we are making progress and having fun!