RE: Day 48

[Guest guest]

I look forward to reading updates about Mel every time I visit the board. What

has happened for your family is truly amazing and i am so happy for you all! I

especially love it when you can even baffle the doctors! Keep it up Mel! And

please keep us updated! I dont know about everyone else, but I feel like I know

Mel by now! Im so happy for Mel, and Tanner, and all of the kiddos who are

having such wonderful results with nutriiveda...now if only they would make a

dairy free version! Again, thanks for sharing!

[ ] Day 48

I'm sorry that the following is for a few days but hope to catch

everyone up to what is going on with our Mel. I first wanted to start

off thanking everyone for the emails I've received about with

so much support and love. It thrills me to read that now many of the

younger children are on the nutriiveda and reading such positive

reports of how it's helping others now too. I do hope those of you

with younger children are aware how fortunate you are to have

something available to your child at such a young age that can make

such a profound impact. I watched the one video of and got

tears in my eyes knowing this child's life is changed in such a

beautiful way...just like Mel's is- but the huge difference is one

child is 4 and my daughter is now 25 years old.

January is usually a month that I really dislike but this year it is

so different. For some reason, perhaps the change from her normal

schedule due to the holidays, January would always begin 's

struggles with her post traumatic stress disorder PTSD from her ABA

therapy she received in school when she was misdiagnosed as autistic,

and would last at least through spring but sometimes through the

summer as well.

This January is so different for our family has NO PTSD issues

at all! This January is one of the best of my life! is

smiling from the time she wakes up until the times she goes to sleep.

is able to sleep a full night, prior to nutriiveda she

wouldn't be able to sleep well and would be awake for 4 to 5 nights in

a row due to her PTSD.

continues to be able to be out of the house all day without

any issues- even though this is new, it's starting to become accepted

as normal in our home. Our friend is still in the hospital and really

wanted our family to come and visit him Saturday night. I thought

should I really try this with as the hospital or any

institution that can in any way look like a school is one of 's

major triggers for her PTSD. I sat down with and had a long

talk with her about our friend being in the hospital and he really

would like to have our family visit him. I asked her if she felt she

was strong enough and could get thru the visit. I can't remember the

last time Mel and I were able to have such a serious mother to

daughter talk. Things others take for granted are all new for us.

said " yes "

Because Mel agreed, we went and pick up our friend's wife first and we

all ate at this restaurant called The Varsity and then went to the

hospital. Usually would have just left her dinner if she

thought the next activity was going to cause her any stress but

ate all of her dinner and even shared a dessert with Tom!

It was really interesting after dinner took our friend's hand

and just held it and looked into her eyes and just smiled at her. My

friend said it just gave her a sense of peace that everything was

going to be ok with her husband. My friend has known all of

her life and this was the first time has ever reached out to

her in this way. She knew our friend was in pain, and she wanted to

comfort her.

went for her once a month visit yesterday with Dr. Black. He

could not believe the difference in her. He was impressed with how

well she looked, great eye contact, she tried to answer every question

that he asked her, and overall just very different from the young lady

that he has known for the past 5 years.

He had been getting prepared for this month as he knows from the past

Januarys always began the difficult time for and her PTSD and

that meant he would be receiving a lot of e-mails and phone calls from

me asking for help. Instead we left his office decreasing 's

seizure medication once again (WOW!) and him asking me to keep him

posted through e-mail on how well she continues to do during this

month before our next visit. The nutriiveda is extremely intriguing

to him as he knows just how many therapies, strategies, medications,

and therapists have failed prior for our Mel.

has been teaching us that communication comes in many forms

for her currently. Unlike before, is now able to move her body

more for communication with hand gestures. Something as simple as

hand gestures were difficult for her before due to her profound global

apraxia. And it's not just that. As