My name is Kelly, I am 35 and a mother to a 14 year old Autistic Boy, named David. David is the reason for this blog. I have always believed that part of Davids problems were caused by his MMR vaccination around the age of two. This vaccination contained a high base Mercury preservative called Thermisol. You can read more on this at this link..
http://www.mercola.com/2000/oct/1/autism_mercury.htm
Even though I believed mercury to be his problem. I never had him formally tested. The treatment for Heavy Metal toxicity is called Chelation. The more I read on Chelation, I decided there would be no way I would put my son through it, unless I had a 100% guarantee it would work. Also Chelation is very expensive and it would be something my family couldn't afford, unless as I said, it was 100% guarantee to work. But nothing in life is Guaranteed, so I accepted David for who he is. He is perfect, just the way he is.
Well one morning on my never ending search on Autism, I came across this websight...
http://www.evenbetternow.com/autism.html
What I read here, seemed well, impossible. But I was still curious on if David had Mercury in his system. This websight offered a Kit, where you cut your hair (or your child's) and you send the hair into a laboratory and there it IS analyzed for a series of Heavy Metals. The cost was appx $65.00, so with my moms help, I got the test. It was within 2 weeks I received the online report concerning my sons test.
You can see the test results here...
http://photobucket.com/albums/v287/patriotsangel/?action=view¤t=67c02b15.jpg
As you can see, Mercury was not my only concern, as the test showed high levels of Cadmium, Tin, Antimony, Lead and Arsenic. Mercury fell within normal range, but it is said the hair test we took does not measure for Mercury accurately.
well, say none the less, my family and myself are now very concern about David. Still, I didn't not want to put out the money , time and emotional energy on the Chelation therapies offered by Doctors.
As you can see on the Even Better Now websight, they offer a assortment of Magnetic Clays and other naturals products. They Claim this product can remove up to 90% of the metals in the body, which in some cases can reduce the symptoms of Autism and other illnesses.
So a few days ago, I ordered the Bio-chelate, which from my understanding, will unbind the metals that are deep in the tissues and organs and get these toxins moving through the system. And then excreted through the bowels. I also ordered the Clay baths ( the environmental detox). Once a week treatment for 7-8 weeks. All this is under 200.00 (including the hair test) so for that amount, I am willing to try the products and see if they lower the levels of the metals.
Now for his Autism, I'm realistic, I don't expect him to start talking after his first bath, in fact I'm not expecting any changes in his Autism, I am just hoping to decrease the metals in his system. Of course if the Autism gets better, milder, then Ill be even more happy. But I'm not going to hold my breath on that. As I said early, David is perfect the way he is.
Another note, if you look at his test results you will notice David has a Zinc deficiency. So I found a children's vitamin supplement that contains 100% of many vitamins including zinc. The vitamins we started yesterday, March 22nd. We have not yet received the Bio-Chelate or the clay baths yet. But I will be posting here everyday, making note of any changes I see.
This is David, taken this passed Christmas.
See you tomorrow :)
