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I believe that Every Mom tries to do their best to care for their children. You have their very best interest at heart and you would go to the ends of the Earth for them. You want to make sure that they are healthy so you take all the steps to ensure all of that. I know that I have struggled with decisions over the last few months because the things that you are told to do, some say it may hurt your child. I was always told and thought that shots were the best possible thing for your child. I was vaccinated as a child and to this point I am fine. Why would you go against what your Parents did and what you felt was right?

Yesterday we were given the results of the Blood, Urine and Stool Samples. I was a nervous wreck all day. By no means am I telling you not to vaccinate your child. You the Parent need to make that decision but my worst fear became reality! I wanted so badly to believe that it wasn't the shots and things in the enviroment that is making my child sick...

The Dr. first started off with the Stool Sample results. It came back that Max has very Low beneficial bacteria. In other words the bad bacteria is taking over and getting rid of the good bacteria that is in Max's system. So we need to replenish the Good Bacteria with a Probiotic.

Next Max was very deficient in Vitamin D which A LOT of these children are. The Doctor said that he wasn't surprised by this at all. So Max needs to be started on a Vitamin D supplement.

One that I was very anxious to get back was the sensitivities to Dairy and Gluten. We found that Max is EXTREMELY sensitive to Both. Max will never be allowed to have anything with Dairy in it or Gluten. After hearing those results it reassured me that I was doing the right thing with doing the diet.

There were a couple of things that came back that have me a little on edge and we are going to recheck him again in 3 months. His Liver enzymes came back Border line which we need to keep a close eye on. He is absolutely NOT allowed to have tylenol, only Motrin. There is a substance in tylenol that can harm the liver in these types of children.

The next one just has me sick. Max has elevated heavy metal toxicity. We believe the cause of this is the shots. Max can't rid the heavy metals out of his body properly. I am so upset about this because you are told that shots are good and there isn't anything in them that will harm your child. This isn't true. Max's Dr. told me that there are still traces of metals in the shots. There shouldn't be any kind of trace at all. I know for a fact that Max nor Halle will be vaccinated. I know that there are risks in this BUT I will not allow my children to have shots that could be harming their body. I know that some will judge and talk about what I am doing or not doing right and it is completely ok, I know that this is the right choice for us at this point and I will do whatever I have to do to get him better.

Max will be put on 4 new things starting this week. The first is ProBio Gold. The next is Cod Liver Oil. He will also take a Vitamin D supplement and Super NewThera. I am so Thankful that we FINALLY have answers, it may not be the answers that I wanted to hear but it just makes me more comfortable with my decision. I do have all the hope in the world that Max will get better!

I am writing today that you would say a prayer for our family...mainly for Max. Today we have a phone appt. with the DAN Dr. and I am nervous wreck. My mind is going in a million different directions and I just want some piece of mind. We recieved the stool sample results in the mail today and to tell you the truth I have no idea what any of it means. It is 11 pages of terminology that I can't even pronounce. I am so relieved that we have this appt. today instead of a week from today because I don't know if I can take any more of the stress. Yes Max has Autism but we are doing this testing because there may be more going on in his little body. Some of these children have systems that are so damaged and they need to be fixed.

Having a child with special needs takes the worrying of a parent to a new level. I know that nothing gets accomplished by worrying but telling myself that is a different story. I talked to my Gram earlier and she told me "Amanda, why worry when you can pray". I am blessed to have such a supportive Christian Family. I know that people pray for Max and our Family daily and I thank you for that.

Praying that I can make it till 4:00.....

Pray for the right Decision...

Life has been in full gear these days and Max has been wonderful at going right along with the pace!

With Vacations, Road trips, Dr. visits and a Broken Arm I would say that he has been quite the busy Boy! Happily we see Max's Dr. on Thursday to get the dreaded cast off...HOORAY!!! Can you tell I am a little excited about this!

Anyway as you may have seen, Max's Big Sister starts school next month. I have been debating on whether or not to blog this because we aren't 100% sure if its going to be, but Max may also be attending school in October. As if the transition isn't hard enough sending one of your children off to school now we might be sending two! I have thought about this for a long time! I have debated and cried over this decision because I want to make the right one. To me Max is still little, I mean he is only 2 soon to be 3. However, I have always said that I want to do all that I can for him. I have talked to many Parents who send their children to this Autism classroom and they have said that it was the best thing they ever did. Sometime this month I will be going in to the classroom to observe and meet the Teachers. I am hoping that it is a good experience!

Please pray that we make the right decision. I want Max to learn to be independent and be involved with other children his age. I want him to learn the school setting so that one day he can go to school as any other child does. I don't want to hold him back! Like I said I have been so hesitant to post about this because at this point we still have questions. I just want him to experience things as his Sister does. We have been so blessed by this little Boy. The love that radiates from this little Boy just amazes me! He deserves everything that we are capable of giving him! If this means sending Him to school then that is what we will do!