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Posted by: " mom4adoption@... " mom4adoption@... mom4adoption

Sat Mar 1, 2008 9:25 am (PST)

I am brand new to the list. My name is Lesa. We were placed with our

adopted daughter at 2½ mths. of age. At that time, Lydia had only been born with

cleft lip and palate.

*Welcome to the list. One of my nieces was born with unilateral cleft lip. She

had surgery almost a month ago.

At 20 mths. of age, she had a school eval and was placed in the autism

spectrum. She also began speech.

At 24 mths. or thereabouts, she rec'd a medical diagnosis of PPD-NOS. This

has recently been switched to a straight autism dx last fall.

Lydia was vax'd on time, with no delays. By the time she was 15 mths., we

rec'd a letter from our clinic that their refrig. system was off, and we were

to bring the children back in to be completely re-vax'd.

*Yikes! I also have a nephew with vaccine-induced autism.

Well, we did this

for only one of the vax...and she reacted to it by getting a large lemon size

bump at the injection site, so we decided NOT to re-do any more shots.

It was at this time, we started diving into the research on immunizations.

Lydia is now 6 years old. She goes to a special ASD kindergarten classroom,

and every day with her para is mainstreamed into the typical kindergarten

classroom for 2 hours. She seems to be doing fine, and absolutely loves

school. She is coming along verbally. She remained non-verbal until the age of

3,

signing before that.

We are about to start her on the gfcf diet, with a regimented vitamin

protocol, following a DAN! certified doctor.

*Be careful about the DAN! docs, some recommend dangerous protocols (more often

for chelation). Tell us about the vitamin protocol being recommended. Many of

us here are GFCF, myself included.

It feels alittle daunting to get

started, but from what I read on other lists, it will/should come along pretty

well.

I hope to learn much from this list, and find some like-minded parents.

*Consider doing a DDI (Doctor's Data, Inc.) hair elements test and applying the

counting rules. The doc can order the test (make sure he/she orders the correct

one) or you can order one with out a doc through DLS (Direct Lab Services). If

you mention this list they'll give you a discount.

~Lesa

Married for 19 years to Steve....

Mom to: Tom, 17...Rosie, 15..., 14...,7...Lydia, 6...,

5...Sophia, 4...Genevieve, 3...ph...2

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