We spent Thanksgiving in Ft. Worth at Dad's house where we had a great time!! We did they typical feast and football on Thanksgiving day. Little (that would by my little sister) and I of course HAD to take advantage of Old Navy being open on Thanksgiving day and got some ski gear for the little boys for our trip this spring. Friday we went to see my Meecie (my Grandma) and had a nice visit with her. That evening, the "kids"--that would be the adult kids and the little kids went to Holiday in the Park at Six Flags, which was quiet fun...the weather was crisp and they had that place decked out with Christmas cheer!! Parker FINALLY got his dad to ride the Titan...by far his (and dare I say my) FAVORITE roller coaster of ALL time.....check out this pic taken at the top of the 280 foot drop...SOO COOOOOL!!!!
Saturday we saw TCU spank New Mexico!! Lots of fun, Spencer LOVED LOVED LOVED the marching band. Even Spencer has turned into a tride and true Horned Frog....you hold up the hand sign and say what is this and he'll say "go gogs!" Very cute!! It's been a lot of fun watching that little school in Ft. Worth rise to national recognition...too bad they just couldn't pull it off agains Boise State in the Fiesta bowl. Here's a pic of Lou saying "Go gogs"
Sunday after Thanksgiving we took the boys to the Texans game. This was Spencer's first and I will say, I was a little apprehensive....he has this habit of wandering and we were planning to tailgate (just imagine what I was anticipaing....me chasing after him all over the Reliant parking lot). He was awesome!!! He stayed right with us while we cooked out, then he played a little football with Mike and Parker. During the game I was prepared to spend a good majority of the game walking aroudn the concourse with him, but once again the little dude amazed me....he sat with us the whole time, cheered and clapped and was full of smiles, he loved it!! This was a GREAT day!! Here's a great one of Mike...he threw a long pass to Parker and judging by the look on Mike's face the ball was headed toward someone's car and hot stuff tightend Parker James was not going to catch it!
The following weekend I took Spencer to Austin for his EDTA Chelation (this is the one that is done through IV so we had to go to Thoughtful House to have it done). It was actually a pretty fun day....in this journey it's not very often that you get to spend a lot of time with someone who totally understands what you are going through. My friend Stephanie was also taking her son to have EDTA so we rode together and had fun talking about everything under the sun. 3 hours to Austin, 15 minutes at Thoughtful House, a stop at Chik Fil A and then back to Katy. Yep, you travel 6 hours in a day for a 15 minute treatment. BUT....we got our test results back today and it was TOTALLY worth it!! Here's a little breakdown....
First Test we did without any chelator showed Arsenic, Beryllium, Nickel, and Thallium, all of which were in the "within range" which basically means they aren't high enough to be concerned about. Remember that this doesn't really mean anything, because his body may just be unable to rid itself of these metals.
The second test was when he took the DMSA suppository chelator at home in October. This one showed all of those above and a little bit of aluminum and lead. Again, all of them were "within range". If you remember back from this post you will recall that this pretty much meant that the DMSA didn't "pull" any metals. From that, the next step was EDTA IV Chelation....here are the results....
Elevated (meaning higher than what is acceptable)...Aluminum, Cadmium, Uranium and Thallium. A few that are on the cusp are Lead and Nickel. Now, I haven't actually talked to Lucas about these results, but from what I can tell....the EDTA WORKED!! The even more reassuring thing is that Stephanie said that her son's metals came out more and more with each treatment.
I find it somewhat surreal, that I look at these test results that show my sweet precious baby is full of toxic metals and I am exstatic!! I know why I feel that way, because I have something to grab onto, that we have found something that we can treat and pray it helps. But nonetheless who would think to feel "happy" to see that their child is full of heavy metals that his own sweet little body can't get rid of one it's own??
After a pretty typical Christmas we are finally settling back into a routine. This has been a tough week for Spencer...he took a pretty big turn for the worse behavior wise right around New Years day...lots of tantruming, not following directions, drooling and chewing on his tongue and cheek...made running errands no fun at all. Tuesday and Wednesday when I dropped him off, he cried and screamed and didn't want to get out of the car at school!! It's amazing what routine will do for him...today he was back to his old self!! Still have some residual defiance and tantruming, but 90% better than where we were a week ago. Life is hectic when the kids are back in school, but the routine is so comforting...to ALL of us (not just Spencer).
Until next time....grace, peace, hope, love and prayers!
T
I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. Psalms 116:1-2
