We saw the dastardly parasite this morning!!!!

February 1, 2011

I had made an appointment with our DAN to talk about anti-virals, to do our OAT,

and to talk about how when Maia was on abx back in the late fall, her stools

were perfectly formed and that I think we need to further investigate a pathogen

causing this and to talk about the vocal stimming that's been re-emerging.

So we were setting up to do the OAT test and I had agreed for Maia to do a live

cell blood analysis. I didn't think we were going to find much except that he's

going to tell us we have yeast, but WTH, we were there anyway.

So from first look, he says her cells look a little small, probably mineral

depletion or something. I'm thinking, ok, we'll talk about that. And then...

The DASTARDLY worm showed up on the slide!!!!! I could've sworn I saw the

bugger looking at me from under the microscope and I think it even gave me the

finger...

We had done a comprehensive stool analysis with our ND but something happened to

the specimen in transport to the lab and there was this ordeal with FedEx and

the way bill so it took longer than it should have to get there and I think the

sample went bad or something, making the test null and void, so we need to do it

again (not pay for it again, just collect another sample).

The DAN said that it doesn't look like an infestation but it's there and could

turn into an infestation and it would likely put stress on the system. So we're

going to do another comprehensive stool test but it's going to take a few days

for me to get rid of the enzymes out of her system and the test won't come back

for another 3 weeks after I send it in.

SO...

What can I do about it in the meantime? Is there anything I can give her to

stop it from thriving until we get the tests back?

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