M b12 Shots

Posted by Leah.

I finally got my act together and got Silas in to see a DAN doctor.  DAN stands for defeat autism now.  They’re a group of doctors who use alternative medicine to help relieve the symptoms of autism.  Sometimes these methods work so well that you can’t even tell the child has autism anymore and sometimes they don’t work at all.  In my mind, you just gotta try.

So off we went to the DAN, excited to see what he had to say.  He was very very nice.  He wanted to try the exact same things I wanted to try first.  Mb12 shots and hyperbaric chamber treatments.  Woot.  So he showed us how to give Silas an injection and he sent us home.

Wow, is it ever hard to give your child an injection…without it hurting…without it traumatizing yourself.  I haven’t been able to make it not hurt, despite the dr saying that it shouldn’t hurt.  Despite following all directions to a T.  We’ll try again while he sleeps tonight, hopefully I’ll get it right this time.  Yikes.

I’ve seen changes in my wee little lad though, positive ones.  Ones that show that these shots are indeed working so we must continue giving them to him. Yaaaay.  And…yikes.

His pretend play has gotten WAY better since starting treatment.  He’s spending way more time in his imagination, where he should be at this age!!  His language is also getting better.  I can see him thinking about his sentences more, focusing on trying to get out what he really wants to say instead of just giving me a sentence that could be interpreted any way.  It’s cool.

Yesterday Silas’ teacher told me he was starting to get ahead of some of his classmates, speech wise

I’ve also been taking the shots, I can feel the difference about 30 minutes after I take it.  I just feel….goood.  I like it.  Yummy.

Anyway, I’m rather sick….I’m rather sleepy as well.  I’m going to spoon my doggy and watch Dr. Oz.