Thanksgiving!

Thursday was Thanksgiving and we had several family members that came to our house for the day. Keely did so well all day long. My cousins daughter brought her new puppy, which is about the size of a beanie baby. I think when Keely first saw it she thought it was a stuffed animal. She did really well with it for the most part. She pet it and even shared one of her toys with it. She would get upset and say "dog" every time anyone tried to move the puppy away from her.

Some of the family that was there had not seen her since last year. Everyone thought she looked and acted so much better than last year. She is so much more calm now and last year the noise upset her and she spent most of the day hiding in her room. Not this year though, she took one short break in her room to do her listening therapy and the rest of the time she was out with everyone else. It was so nice to see her handle everything so well.

We have recently started Keely on NourishLife Speak. "NourishLife speak™ contains a patented blend of concentrated and purified omega-3s from fish oil (EPA and DHA), natural vitamin E (d-alpha and d-gamma tocopherols), Vitamin K (K1 and K2), borage oil (GLA) and natural orange flavor in 1200 mg soft gelatin capsules." (That was from the company website.) We have noticed Keely is responding and comprehending much better. One day her dad was trying to feed her a sandwich and I was in the other room and I heard her say "orange please". It was funny because it took my husband a little bit to process that she just requested what she would rather have and said please after it. And yes, of course she got an orange. She also has said "thanks" several times lately for helping her or giving her something....oh how I love that polite little girl!

She got pretty sick with a sore throat and coughing last night while we were at work. My mom called worried about her so I ended up going home. JT ended up coming home as well since we thought there for a little bit she might need to go to the emergency room. JT asked her if she had another dirty diaper and she looked up at him and smiled and said "no". She has never answered questions like this before. It was pretty late and she was still up since every time she laid down she started coughing really bad. She was sitting in the recliner playing a game on the iTouch when we told her it was time for her to go to bed. She got up and walked to her room and climbed up in bed, all by herself! It is always so hard for me to believe a supplement or new treatment can cause such big results, but it seems this one is working very well for her. There have only been a few things we've done where we have seen dramatic results. Most everything we do seems to help a little and it just seems like such a slow process so it's always good to get something where you can see some big changes...it helps you keep that hopeism. So...the things that have shown the biggest results for Keely have the GFCF diet, B12 injections, LDN cream, secretin infusions, and now, hopefully, the Speak supplement.

This Thanksgiving I am thankful to all the mommy warriors (and daddy warriors and doctors who have the courage to practice outside of the "norm") that came before me and led the way in biomedical treatments that I am using to heal my daughter. She is improving daily and for that I am thankful!