New game plan

As of right now Chase is receiving therapy through the school. He has OT (occupational therapy) 3 times a week, swim therapy once a week, horseback riding therapy once a week, and speech therapy twice a week. All of these have proven very helpful. He loves water so he loves to swim and his teacher says he loves to ride horses which doesn't surprise me one bit considering Chris's side of the family all ride. Even will all of those available to him I still felt like he hasn't improved enough. It has been 3 years and we haven't really gotten anywhere. So now that I am the stay at home parent I have decided enough is enough and we are going to push him farther and do more for him. I have spent the past 4 days sitting infront of this stupid computer until all hours of the night while everyone is sleeping (and if I were in my right mind I would be too) researching on treatments for Autism. I have looked into a DAN doctor and we are pretty sure that is out of the question for now considering the expense. But there are things that I can do here at home OTC for him that have been found to help children with Autism. I was so excited, it was like a light bulb went off and like someone said to me this is what you are meant to do now do it and be well. So here I am with my game plan. I will save my son, I will help him to overcome Autism, I will help him to learn how to communicate with the world so he doesn't feel left out for the rest of his life. So this weekend is the big weekend. We are going to start our first treatment, we are going to tackle yeast. Yeast overgrowth is common in children with Autism and is the reason for many sensory and behavioral problems. For example toe walking, irrability, and hard time potty training all can be symptoms of yeast. For more information on yeast in the gut I found www.danasview.net/yeast to be the most beneficial site I have ever read, as a matter of fact www.danasview.net is where I learned a lot of stuff the past few days and I can definately say she is my hero and role model. Back to the point, so this weekend we are going to be deyeasting him. Now part of me is excited and part of me is scared. Excited of how he will be with the yeast gone, and scared because of the stories I have heard from other parents. One mother called her child a "yeasty beasty" because of the reaction he has to the yeast die off. When the yeast dies they excrete a toxin that has a huge affect on the child (or anyone for that matter) not to mention the warning of the things that are literally going to come out of him until all the yeast is gone, you can't really prepare for that. Honestly though I think the excitement is overpowering the fear though, whats a little stinky poop? I have 4 kids, poop is nothing. So that is why I started this particular blog, it will be place to escape and vent and record everything that is going on with him everyday so when we have hit our goal I can look back and say wow what a long hard road but so totally worth it! The yeast is just the beginning of a huge list of things we are going to start implementing one at a time, slowing trying to pull our precious son out of the dark fog that has plagued him since he was 12 months old. We are also currently on the gfcf (gluten free casein free) diet but I am really debating on keeping him on this, I am torn and have a couple opinions about it, as of right now he is still on it but after I start the yeast treatment I am not sure, I know he will be on a very low sugar and carb diet since they both feed yeast. Again it is going to be a trial and error to see what works and what doesn't, what makes him react and what doesn't. Anyone reading this is along for the ride, Lord knows our family will need all the support we can get cause it's gonna get rough. For pictures and more about our family in general you can check out our family page at www.geocities.com/awesomeautiemommy@sbcglobal.net we each have our own page. Until next time.