Day 15

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Another busy morning here with trying to get everything done for the

holidays so I asked Mel to use her computer without me this morning

while I took care of

things around the house that needed to be done. I really expected

that I would need to walk Mel over to the computer and help her begin

her program. Wow to

my amazement she said " ok " and walked over by herself and began using

her computer. She really is getting more confidence with her

touchscreen each day.

In the afternoon we went grocery shopping and the whole way to the

store she was picking on her sister. She was poking her and trying

to tickle her but kept

on basically trying to annoy her. We have never seen that behavior

out of Mel before.

Today still a lot of chatter from Mel and a lot of smiles. The

afternoon Mel

was tired so she asked for a movie and actually took a nap. I am

thinking the last 15 days have finally caught up to her so I would

just let her rest the rest of the

day. Since we had such a busy day I decided to go pick something up

for dinner for everyone and asked Mel's sister Mindy to stay with her

while I went to go

get dinner as I thought Mel was still sleeping. Mel heard me and she

was the first one up and said " I want to go " and she was the first

one in the car with her

seatbelt on waiting for the rest of us.

Again in the car Mel while going to get dinner Mel was poking and

trying to tickle Mindy. Mel used to like to watch TV at home and

look at magazines in the car. It's like Mel is making up for lost

time with her sisters and is not even interested in her magazines any

longer while in the car.

After dinner I was surprise to see Mel walk over to her computer and

begin using one of her programs. This time she was trying to figure

out her mouse while using her programs. She actually was able to use

her mouse a few times correctly which is amazing as we have tried to

motor plan the mouse for years with Mel without any success. The

frustration was not there this evening when trying to use her

mouse. If she could not get the mouse to work the way she wanted it

to then she went back to her touchscreen. Mel now has the confidence

with the touchscreen and knows she can use that when necessary but

really trying to figure out the mouse now.

Mel worked on her computer for over 90 minutes after dinner. I

asked Mel to put away her shoes which she did but at the same time

she growled at me. I was

shocked to hear that sound out of her but while growling she was

smiling the whole time as well. I have to admit sometimes I will

growl in teasing one of

my girls now Mel has picked that up as well.

Mindy heard Mel growling and said " Mom Mel is growling at you " and

Mel said " yes " . We all had a huge smile on our face thinking wow

what is going to be next for Mel!

Even though the rest of our family doesn't have the life changing

results that has had in the past two weeks on the nutriiveda

Tom and I have lost a couple of pounds and feel so much more energy

throughout the day. Mindy and Tomi feel so much better physically as

both are continuing with the Nutriiveda. Both are back to running

just like they did prior to their sport injuries. And then of course

there's Mel who in addition to all the other changes is walking each

day with confidence and determination. Mel who avoided the hills

just 2 weeks ago now tackles the hills with determination that I

thought was not possible. Wow that last sentence is both literally

and figuratively speaking! Who would ever had thought there could be

these many changes in my 25 year old daughter? We have so much hope

for the future that we hadn't felt before. It has been 15 days and I

still feel we are stepping forward without taking any steps back.

The frustration level in our house is very low as we finally feel as

a family we are helping Mel after all of these years of trying

without having success. I'm not one to credit just one therapy or

product for success with Mel as we've tried so many over the decades

now. But as it's only been 2 weeks and the only difference has been

an addition of a wonderful product called nutriiveda. It's hard to

believe but my family today has a new Mel who is happy and making

incredible progress that her doctors didn't believe possible. We

don't want to question why this is happening but see it as a gift.

And what a wonderful holiday gift for our family this year!