Friday, January 8, 2010

I'm baaaaaaack!! And I have some news to share!!

I'm venturing back into blog-o-sphere!!  I have been away quiet some time and a lot has happened.  We have had a great fall!!  The 5th grade Sparans made it to the first round of playoffs, but sadly didn't adjust too well to playing at night on artificial turf and lost.

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, my dad got tickets for "his girls" to go see the Big XII Championship game.  Now before you get all excited about how cool it was that we got to witness the "great" game, let me tell you the first 3 quarters were a total snoozer!!  The ball would travel up and down the field with zero TD's and I think maybe one or two field goals.  But man oh man did that last minute make up for it...what a dramatic ending!!!

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

A December to Remember and some pocket change

Ever wonder why December and Remember sort of sound the same?  I wonder if someone did that on purpose?  You know it's the end of the year and I always find that during this month we generally spend a good deal of effort talking about and remembering all the events of the past year.  And funny how this month that rhymes with remember ends with a new year!  Okay so that was a pathetic attempt to open this post sort of witty and thought provoking, but maybe not so much?!?!

So for me, as this year is coming to a close I find myself thinking about all the things that have changed over the last year and this has been a pretty eventful 2009 especially where Spencer is concerned.  And I'm seriously crossing my fingers (and maybe a toe or two), wishing, hoping and mostly PRAYING that 2010 will bring about more BIG change.  That seems a little weird to say out loud, most of the time I really don't like change, I like for things to plug along nice a smoothly no bumps in the road.  But oh how change is soo good!  I mean really life would be rather boring if we spent a lot of energy and effort getting things set to function a certain way, and then what...you just go along day in and day out with no change.  That would seriously be a big ole bore!  Maybe that's why so many people are so unhappy??  They just avoid change.

Until next time...grace, peace, hope, love and paryers!

T