Day 56

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Wow I can not believe we are almost at the two month mark with

Nutriiveda!! We continue to see moving forward each day

with issues that have plagued her for years. We are making plans to

take to different therapists now that she's advanced and she's

made it she is bored of the programs that challenged her before. This

both excites and frustrates me as I no longer know how best to proceed

to help Mel at this point. One recent change is we have switched Mel

from mixing her nutriiveda with yogurt to applesauce due to a concern

she may be allergic to dairy. Fortunately doesn't appear to

mind the change, and as we all know Mel has had many positive changes

recently. Each day wakes up happy and ready to face the

world. is constantly trying to talk now, unlike she was before.

In addition to dealing with global apraxia issues which include speech

and just every day skills like dressing and eating most take for

granted which the nutriiveda has helped with, for over half of

her life has suffered with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) due

to her misdiagnosis of autism and mental retardation years ago.

Usually this month Mel's doctor and myself are exchanging e-mails and

phone calls discussing 's PTSD issues that always come back

each year this time. Not this year!! is PTSD FREE!!!! Wow I

can actually say that without a doubt. has had PTSD since the

age of 11 and has been suffering with it now for almost 15 years. (for

those not familiar with Mel's past please read

http://littlemermaidmelanie.wordpress.com/about

)

We now go to the local college so Tomi can get her track workouts in

for Jr. Olympics and and I walk around the track without any

issues. Prior to the Nutriiveda I would have never been able to take

to the college campus or even think about walking around their

track. has been afraid of any types of schools or hospitals

since the age of 11. Mel's doctor is also getting ready to decrease

's seizure medication ONCE AGAIN as well as we have not seen

any seizures. This is so wonderful because as you may have

read already almost died from seizures and was hospitalized due to it

twice in the past few years. We are not sure if this is from the

nutriiveda but we do know that prior to nutriiveda would hold

her head with tears coming down her face due to the pain in her head

and that appears to be gone now.

Mindy was home from college and had not seen for three weeks

and I asked her what she noticed was different. Mindy noticed that

was so much happier and calm. She was also impressed by Mel's

improvements in eye hand coordination. Another very important change

that Mindy noted was that when spoke to Mindy she used direct

eye contact at all times. She said was so much more

interactive and just more fun to be around. We all notice her

commitment. Even though is still delayed in speech, she is

now making numerous attempts to communicate verbally.

Our youngest daughter Tomi continues to do well with the Nutriiveda.

She is practicing each day at the local college and has a set track

practice Monday thru Friday. Tomi's running time continues to come

down and she continues to be pain free. Tomi is looking forward to

her next run that is on the 13th of this month. Tomi is taking 4

scoops a day but did try to go down to 2 scoops a day for 3 days but

was unable to continue just with the 2 scoops per day due to leg

pain. She wanted to test Nutriiveda without telling me as she thought

maybe she could go to the maintenance plan but she has decided that

she will remain on 4 scoops a day for awhile longer.

Both Mindy and Tom continue to do well with the Nutriiveda. Both are

enjoying how easy it has made it for meal time and how much increased

energy they both feel during their long and hectic days.

's birthday is the 13th of this month and in years past

had to stay home due to her PTSD. Not this year thanks to Nutriiveda

we are planning on staying out for the entire day after Tomi's race.

Also, I find it interesting how and