AB 162 The vote is today

Today our legislature is on it's final vote for AB 162 this is a measure that will change our children's lives, it will make it mandatory for private insurance companies to cover autism and not discriminate against our children any longer, the vote is going to happen any minute now. I am praying we will be the 11Th state added to this new measure GO NEVADA!!!!!
On the home front it is quite right now both boys are at school and Gary is at a doctors appt. I am still in my jammies hahahahahaha, but will be getting up to start my day as soon as I pound this out. I do not officially start my new position at St Marys until next Tuesday, I thought it was this week but I only had one day of an 8 hour orientation, I do not officially start until the day after memorial day. Ouch in the pocket book we are missing out on a whole paycheck since I am actually out of work (the transitional phase I should say :) for 2 weeks. I was not planning on that............My 19 year olds car decided the catalytic system would go out too.....so we have to get that all fixed by the 26Th because he starts College (summer session) that day, and wouldn't you know it his mustang has 4 catalytic components and they all need to be fixed YEP that's right 4, I had no idea a car could have more then 1, that's what I get for thinking hahahaha. Over $1300.00 for repairs. I am not even going to comment on that..............................
Joshua is a little sick with a cold and cough yet again (so is Jacob) the poor little guys they are so stuffy they both sound like they are grunting when they are asleep, we give them decongestant but all it does is make their little noses run and they still are stuffed up at the same time, I guess it's better not to give them anything, they are not coughing really bad just a few here and there.
We had bought the Nintendo Wii system for Joshua to learn better balance, hand eye co-ordination and maybe give him a little more confidence. He is doing OK with it but he actually only wants to drive the Mario Cart and not play the bowling, tennis, etc.... Well he asked me to play it and I was all over the place at one point I was turned around driving the wrong way!! I hit every sand dune, wall, and anything else the game has............the boys laugh so hard they think it is really funny but I think I am getting a complex about driving now hahahaha!!! My husband gets on it and drives all over the place fine he doesn't run off the road into the water or slam into the walls or drive up the walls like me, I tried to blame the game but it doesn't work ........ I think I will stick to the Wii Fit and do the yoga.....YEP now that's more my speed.
As for Joshua, he is just Joshua, it is what it is for now. Hopefully AB 162 will pass and he can get the ABA therapy we think he needs, we always have we just could not pay the $2200.00 per month for the one program we have in Reno.
OK well that's it for now I will keep you posted on the results of the vote.
Love ya! Lori

I am back :)

Hey there,
Well I have been off of here for about 2 months, during that time many things of course have happened good things. Our home is in the middle of a short sale and we will not owe any money to our lender or the VA, what a relief. Our Joshua is doing pretty well we have added a few things back into his diet and he has responded greatly, his attitude is doing great as well, we are the midst of cleaning his blood up and he is responding quite well. His vocabulary is growing and he is doing well in school. Do I think his autism is "going away" no ......do I think he is doing better then in the past? Absolutely! the children are all wonderful and in good health, what a joy in our lives!
My last day at my job at Renown Medical Center was on Mother's Day after 5 1/2 years. I start a new full time position at St. Mary's on Monday May 18Th....so no more 2 part time jobs YEAH!!! Back to working only 1 full time job just like it used to be last September. I have no complaints everything is good! Gary is going back to school for Software Engineering and I am continuing on in Respiratory Therapy to become Registered. My 19 year old is starting College this summer and then FT in the fall he is doing great.
Just a quickie update and I just wanted to say hi to all of you!!
Take Care and GOD BLESS!
Lori

R.I.P PAPA (my PAPA just passed away, he was a great man and loved deeply)

Oh I forgot.

Thursday March 26th 2009

Oh yeah I forgot we are still in the midst of rebuilding our website it is going to be at least a month before it is up.

xoxoxoxox

Another day down, nothing to new

March 26th 2009 Thursday

Hi all, well we got the MRT L.E.A.P test results back a few days ago, it contradicts the first test he had back in December of 2007 and the testing he had done at HealthWalk. So Gary gave him Cheddar Cheese for a few days and he is acting like a wild child, the new test says he is not allergic, well I say he is! I did not want him to have the cheese in the first place. Now it is going to take some time to get it out of his system I believe. It is like we went backwards! Plus he is stimming with his facial expressions more. The whole process is totally getting to me, I mean all the tests are different what do I believe?? I am contemplating more fundraisers to get him back to Costa Rica if his blood cleans up. Who knows when we will get that all redone, we really can not have him retested until we see a change in him.........

Guess I am in one of my complaining moods you can always tell, I will not write for awhile and when I do I am all confused with no answers. Maybe I will be in a better mood in a few days. I am just tired and stressed and my 2ND job is just way to much stress for me!

God Bless You~~~Lori

thankfully I do have GOD in my life or these times would be unbearable.

Oh what to write about today???

March 14Th 2009 Saturday

Happy weekend!! Well hopefully it is a Happy one! We are still giving Joshua's all the holistic medications, and now they have had us add in (I forgot the name) a holistic med to help with the Heavy Metal issue. Thankfully we did not have to go down to HealthWalk to get it, we spoke with them on the phone and the Doctor (Dr. Mannes) who does all of the Bio Feedback stuff with the brain says he really can not do much more for Joshua until his body is clear of the Heavy Metals, that is how it came about that we have added the new medication. They asked us if we have seen any changes in Joshua but we had to say no because nothing is consistent, we may see a calmer behavior for 2 days then back to his normal self....... so I do not consider that a change just a different mood for that day or two just like all of us go through. He is not comprehending more, nor speaking more accurately, he is just being Joshua. We will give this new stuff a try and see what results we may see, they said there is no reason for us to drive all the way down there if we have seen no improvements (that was nice of them) once we see some improvement then it is time to go down and retest etc......

We sent off the blood for the MRT L.E.A.P test to see about all of his allergies again, because he has been on the strictest diet you can pretty much be on, ever since our visit down to HealthWalk and we again see no differences with that, but I am really hoping that his gut is healing. My little mans body is just strong I guess, so strong not many things can help him........strong in the wrong way. Sometimes I am just like............ we better start making plans for him in the future keep a good size life insurance policy so if something does happen to one or both of us the money will be there to either take care of him for the rest of his life or aid one of us to take care of him.

I am still really serious about moving I would love to move to a state that has phenomenal schools just for those with Autism

( not the private ones that run $2,000 a month) just somewhere that will work daily with him on everything possible, so he can grow. I love his school and his teachers are fantastic but our schools have limited funding to do what he needs, he in my mind is definitely the worst in his class and the most disruptive. If anyone lives in a state like this please just take a minute to write me and inform me of it, just a few lines I will not keep emailing you & bothering you about it I promise (pinkie promise at that) I look for jobs in other states and well it just is too hard to choose one to apply for as I have no idea as to what that state or town offers for Autism.

Yesterday I must tell you Joshua was getting pretty upset with my husband I believe over having a snack (his 5Th I am sure) so he came in my bedroom said "goodbye daddy!" in his loud growling voice then he closed the door and came to me and said "mama I am mad at daddy!" I said "well are you mad at me too?" he growled "no, just daddy" That is one thing with Joshua he does not hold back, he has no filter at all, if he is mad or upset you are going to hear about it, most of it is funny but I try not to laugh because the last thing I want to do is encourage that behavior, but wouldn't it be cool if we could do that ourselves without getting in trouble or fired from our job because we told the boss how we felt??? The only bad thing besides him having no filter is our Jacob is doing it too yelling "I'm mad!' and crossing his hands in front of his chest, he hunches his shoulders over in a humph stance. I am trying to get him out of it but as long as Joshua is around him, I think it is going to continue..........Help! and Wikes!

Just not a whole lot going on, awaiting our foreclosure......it has me worried, I do not know when the foreclosure is going to happen and our mortgage company is not taking part of the Presidents new stimulus they are just going straight to foreclosure and having no contact with the owners in default, we have left probably over 45 messages......with no return call, not one I am truly

serious not one.

I will say this about Joshua if when we get his blood and body cleaned out he does have a serious change I would consider raising the money and going to have the stem cell treatment again. I really do believe in it but I also believe that some will just not respond, but I would like to give him another chance once he is all fresh and clean inside and in his brain (if that happens)

I just would like to see how he may respond when his insides are really healthy and not all contaminated. Will I go to Costa Rica again..... yes I would, I love the clinic and Costa Rica, but if they have it here in the US by then

(or have a trial being done here) I will stay here and give it a try (if it is a reputable company)

All I hear in my head through everything we are doing is a little song that the boys have on one of their DVD'S it is Elmo singing and it sings (in Elmo's voice)

Keep trying, Keep trying, Don't give up, Don't give up. It can get a little annoying after you have heard Elmo sing it 3, 550 times but I still like the concept!

Take care xoxoxox~~~ Lori

In a couple of days our entire website will be shut down and under construction.....

THURSDAY MARCH 6TH 2009

Well just got off of work and I wanted to make sure that I told everyone that our website www.stride4autism.com will be completely shut down. It costs us over $100.00/year and it is so hard to use it is terrible and .......well.......... we have had no donations to the foundation this year so I am going to work with another provider and get a new site up as soon as possible, one that is easier to use and not so pricey.

I put in for a grant for the foundation but I have not heard anything back, and that was in December I believe, if it does come through I will be able to get our site up and running again sooner. The new site will have the option to buy weighted vest patterns on it also. I will just keep up with this blog for the time being.

You know last night when I got home I swore Joshua was really handling himself a bit different, well a bit better is what I should be saying....I know, I know yesterday I say no improvement, today I say possibly........it is always back and forth with me......when something new stays the same or stays improved for over 4 weeks then I will be positive it is a change and then I will not be so wishy washy. I am tired we were really busy at work the last couple of days and all of the sudden this wave of tiredness came over me about an hour ago and I swear if I laid my head down I would fall right to sleep.........it is like someone drugged my water that is how weird it feels.........I feel like I am sleeping (almost) while I am writing this.....man I want to watch Survivor and American Idol tonight but I think I should probably just hit the hay and get some zzzzzzzzzzz's. But by the time I get home I may be more alert and the tiredness wave will have passed......we shall see. I wish I had some really cool story to tell you but right now it is all boring! Just waiting on GOD ya' know, waiting to see what he is bringing for us (or not.) it is all good!

Well I have to get going and drive home, I hope everyone has a great evening!!

Peace Out (as my 19 year old would say) ~~~Lori

Two front teeth gone......not a whole lot to report on.

Wednesday March 4Th 2009

So Joshua has officially lost his two front teeth, boy is he cute! I will get a picture of him and put it on here. I am sure all of your kids were just as cute!

We thought we would be headed back down to HealthWalk in about a week but they are going to start a heavy metal detox on him before we come back. So probably another 3 to 4 weeks before we have to head down to California again. I have not seen any other changes then what I talked about before, he appears calmer...... But no big tada' like it is ever that easy.........well I do know of a few people who have had the tada' moment, we are just not one of them right now. Joshua's Autism is effecting Jacob a lot as he is now telling us NO, and getting mad the same way Joshua does, also mimicking sounds and movements Joshua makes....Is Jacob autistic? No not that I can tell at all, he does have delayed speech but he is huge strides beyond his brother in development. It is hard to discipline Jacob when he always sees Joshua doing things, he does not understand the whole "Autism" thing....... not yet, Jacob is such a sweet and happy boy but can get his feelings hurt very easily, it breaks my heart to see his lip pop out and the big tears roll down his face, Gary calls me a softy, I am not a softy (well not all of the time anyway) I just understand how hard it must be for Jacob dealing with Joshua and not knowing anything different. Sometimes I really feel sorry for Jacob that he was born into this situation, I know when he is older he will "get it" but growing up through it can not at all be easy! I think I even feel guilty..........

Well the first couple to look at our home wants to make an offer on it! WOW........Problem is our realtor nor I can get in touch with our mortgage company......it has been this way the last 5 months........I mean literally you will sit on hold for 45 minutes to 1.5 hours with music playing (and no it is not the Billboards Top 100 hits) then sometimes someone may answer but they are not the one who can do anything about a short sale, they put you through to the "person who has your account" and you have to leave a message, they never ever call back, and no one will give you a number to reach them straight through. I understand it is crazy right now, but it would seem that if they have a potential sale on their hands they would want to move on it..........Just my opinion.(makes sense to me, but hey my philosophy is not always correct)

The new mortgage modification thing came out today and it is pretty in depth and I have no idea if we can even afford a modified mortgage, I know we qualify but they would literally have to take our loan and drop it to 2% at a 40 year amortization schedule. I do not think that is going to happen and right now I just do not know if I care or not.....the only big thing that scares me is the mortgage company will come after all of the money they lose by selling it in a short sale or an auction post foreclosure that could be $100,000.00 to $200,000.00 depending on the selling or auctioned price, now that is scary owing them that much money!

We will just wait it out, but in the mean time our focus of course is Joshua each day he grows and gets older is each day I fear no change for him will happen, of course I feel that is purely selfish on my part, he more then likely has no idea how he "could" be it is myself that wants a change and I am not going to sit here and say just "for him" it is for all of us the whole family. I will keep walking with GOD on this one but man I get so frustrated, mainly at myself.

Did anyone ever read about the man who was going over sees to sell a kidney so he could pay for ABA therapy for his son?? We were searching online and found a story on a Q & A Blog everyone commenting was telling him not to do it, to learn ABA and teach his child on his own etc, etc, my main concern was what if one of your children needed a kidney and you only had one left and could not help them? I think I would do it, if it was legal and paid enough I would at least consider it............crazy huh? But like I said what if down the road one of your kids needed a kidney and you couldn't help them out, so who knows which way I would go on that, the things we will do or won't do or at least consider possibly..........

Even though it is not peaceful at my house when I get home at night after working all day, I would not give up those two little angels who come screaming to me "mama mama" when I get home and the huge grins with their eyes all lit up, they are so happy to see me, it amazes me because I am like "who would be happy to see me?" but they jump up and down and yell and laugh they are funny! They gives me hugs and kisses and Joshua always tells me he missed me. They so touch my heart and soul I am grateful that I can at least come home to that kind of love, even if Joshua is asking me the same questions he has asked me for months now or has a new movie phrase to use.....they sure are precious and I feel very blessed to have those babies who love me like I was something special......when they are actually the ones who are so special!!

Goodnight and GOD BLESS!!

~~~Lori

Our Home is about to be foreclosed on........it is breaking my heart!!

At the very bottom of this page is the home we are losing, our home, it is about 11 years old, I know it looks huge and it is big but the perfect setup for our family, we did not get into a loan that had a ridiculous % rate (5.5%) the house was a steal of a deal, the taxes and HOA, plus homeowners insurance stacked on monthly put the payment at about $1850.00 that is a great house payment where I live because these home sold at nearly half a million dollars just a couple of years ago they are on one of Nevada's most Golf Courses and just a really great place for kids.
We have never taken out a second nor did we do an interest only loan we played it safe and use my husbands VA Loan (he is a disabled Veteran from Desert Storm)
Well when I left my job at the Hospital to go work for Advanced Lifeline Services to be a manager things were great more money a sign on bonus we could use for Joshua's stem cell treatment, things were great then after the first week at ALS I found out what a bunch of manipulators they were and had lied so much to me about the job, I was not happy and they were mad at me for bowing down to them, I told them they lied to me and I could not work with a company of liars and well the rest is history.........I was asked for my resignation in a "sense" and sent home with no job, no health insurance, no money saved what so ever, and then WHAM Gary was laid off at home depot his evening job (he worked from 8pm - 1am it was the perfect setup when I got off, he went to work, we would have the same days off, but it all fell apart in a matter of days...................... I immediately called my current employer and they rehired me but I had lost my Full Time position to another employee and was able to get on Part Time, which as you can guess was not nearly enough. So I ended up with a second job at a home care company, my weeks run together with very little time off in between. When all was said and done it took 2 months for me to get back into my current job, and 3 months to get into my home care position...............by then we fell behind 3 months on our house payment, my car payment is now 1 month behind, all of our credit cards are months behind with the 25 call everyday telling us we owe them money, we have tried to close the accounts and make out a payment plan, all of them say no or if they do that we will still accrue interest and late fees, over limit fees etc.......... I said forget it I will wait 6 or so months and do a chap 13 Bankruptcy to get them on a payment plan to pay them all in full but get those extra charge taken off hopefully!
We have tried everything in our power to ask our Mortgage company to work with us, drop our rate, extend out loan to a 40 year loan, or re finance it to us for whatever they will except in price for the short sale, (the short sale price is $100,000.00 (yes one hundred thousand dollars less then we owe) In on year time that is how much the value has went down. Everyone is hurting in these days.......but why can't they pass a law to encourage these mortgage companies to re negotiate with us what they would agree to take in a short sale?? And if it forecloses then they will only get may $125,000.00 (two hundred thousand then we owe) I think they do not care with us because it is a VA Backed guaranteed loan so they are gonna get their money. Only problem then is we have to pay back the VA I believe up to $125,000.00 back to them and there is no way around that, that is government backed and you do not get rid of that even through bankruptcy. That amount could buy me a house right now. I am devastated but being Gary can not find a job to work at night that will fit around my work schedule and him getting home early enough to get 3 hours of sleep a night before the kiddos get up, then he is up making breakfast, bathing them, dressing them, feeding them, making lunches, doing their homework, he drives each to school and picks them both up then after school it is Speech Therapy 2 times a week, and OT 2 times a week, then he has to rush home try and get dinner made (which cooking for Joshua is so hard because of all his food allergies) then do homework, of course give them love, attention, and playtime, get their jammies on, get them in to bed while all at the same time doing laundry, cleaning the kitchen after meals, and more.......man I am tired just writing all of this.
Anyway I am not trying to do a oh yoa is me boo hoo hoo........ It just is painful to watch every thing slip away.......any extra money you have goes to pay for Joshua special food that is phenomenally expensive!! I should show you a receipt just from Whole foods for one week and my online receipt........it is insane, (then their is the rest of the family to feed..........) His supplements and holistic meds run close to $300.00 a month...............You have to make that choice though right??? Try to do the best for your child.........I can not justify paying such a high mortgage on just my salary instead of treating him, it just isn't an option.........my life is for my children (I still do not make enough to pay our house payment with both my part time jobs) but if Gary could get a job (It has to be at night but not a total graveyard shift, he has to get sleep or he is just so tired trying to take care of the kids it does not work out a 4 to 5 hour job somewhere each night would be the best thing right now, but in GODS timing right,
not mine ha ha ha ha ha) then maybe it could work out, we are about $1,000.00 short of making the payment............I pray they will work with us somehow.............I pray GOD will continue to bring me peace through this process, because now that we are trying to do a short sale, I am sad everytime I drive up & see the for sale sign in our yard......... :( it hurts my heart deeply.

We had such big hopes & dreams to raise our children there, we have a therapy room for Joshua and Jacob it may not be high tech and we use hand me downs but it is an extra room for ABA and Floor time. The back yard is huge and our kids can run freely in the grass and be as loud as they want to..........this move will devastate Joshua he does not do change well..................A year ago I would not have dreamed this would be happening, but right now I need to pay for the special diet foods, and treatments, plus holistic meds and supplements for Joshua and speech therapy for Jacob............how do you choose the house? or my children future? It is a no brainier my kids come first if it is a tent we must live in then I will do it just to give both of my sons a shot at a better less confusioning life one they can actually calm down enough to enjoy the beauties in life, to slow down enough to sit still for a few moments and actually hear the birds lovely songs and hear the leaves rusting on the trees........those are important things for our children to do, for anyone to do, to be able to be in a quiet place and to enjoy natures gifts to help us stay center and calm.....God has given us so many natural beautiful gifts, that if we could just slow down to use them we could enjoy them and find peace through GODS creation. How powerful would that be??? Sorry to ramble, just keeping the update on the family front, my prayers are with all of you going through the same struggles, one good thing about this is you do find out where you priorities lay, and that you are much stronger then you ever dreamed possible and through this struggle you will be able to touch so many lives & help so many others!
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU AND YOUR ANGEL CHILDREN WHATEVER AGE THEY ARE.
All my love to you!! .......... Lori

Here is my house I will miss it so much!!!! But it is for the kids to help Defeat Autism and not let it defeat us NEVER!!!

The waiting game.....of course..........always huh?

Waiting to see if a change is occurring or not? You know that game the waiting, watching, observing, everyday to see if something is happening to your child with Autism or something else.......is the new diet working, are the stem cells helping, is his gut better, is the new med working? Yes that's a daily routine for me I think I observe to closely..........but how can you not right? I must say in my last post I said Joshua was getting calmer and it is continuing...........he had one small meltdown at school because they took him to the music show assembly and when it was over and everyone clapped Joshua just can not take it, even though they tell him it is coming and to cover his ears, it just doesn't help, I think I am going to make a short modeling tape so Joshua will get the concept of the clapping, for a little while he tried to clap along but I could tell it was pretty painful for him...........but last August we were in Lake Tahoe for my Aunt Helen's Birthday Party and it was outdoors so when everyone clapped after singing Happy Birthday, Joshua had no problem with it he clapped too and he and Jacob were the first one's at the cake! So to me he does better outside because he can not hear an echo of the clapping, when he is inside it is just to much for him but outside where sounds can travel and not be consolidated in one room...........just my opinion. But anyway he has been doing fairly well, he is eating his foods, taking all of his supplements and he will be going back to HealthWalk in a couple of weeks. I do not know if I have ever spoke of it but Joshua was detoxed before for the yeast and did oral chelation, we never saw any change I believe that is because the allergy test at that time led us to believe he could have dairy and wheat, so the cycle just continued on. Plus when he had blood work done here in Reno they never detected any parasites (bacterias) but I think they were not testing the right way nor looking for what needed to be looked for they probably do not have the same capabilities as HealthWalk like I said before there is only 16 of these special microscopes in the US they are used at the Pastuere Institute and the Scripps Center to name a few, they are no joke just amazing watching the blood that closely. It is a shame because I can bet money on it that every other time my sons blood has been taken, it has never been put under a microscope of any kind, it was tested in the lab in other ways but I am sure never under a microscope for the bacteria he has. We were under the impression he was free from all the bacterias (parasites) that is what they told us......
They (the conventional practitioners) only look at the medications that the blood will react to, to treat a condition, this is what they are trained to do............they do not get into the side of "oh what the heck, this kids blood is a mess full of bacterias and metals" We have had multiple testing done for Heavy metals (again through conventional medicine) and every time Negative no metals out of range, we were lied to in a sense........the tests may say "Nothings there" but the tests are the wrong ones, what if it is not even my own child's blood? I work in the hospital I know how many times blood work gets mixed up.......daily! I know it for a fact!!
With the Vital Hematology (live blood test) I am sitting right there and they prick his finger take a few drops of blood put it under the scope and voila'...........on three flat screens I can see his blood and the damage right in front of me, it is so cool, I really want to get my blood done, but the money I would spend on it I need for Joshua (but it would be neat and probably scary who knows whats in my blood??) I am still doing the daily detox (15 day regimen) I am not noticing anything but today is my 5Th day and my husband says to be patient (oh patience I pray for it by the minute!!)
Today is the kids last day of school, they are on year around so they will be out for the next month, fun for daddy at home :) at least during school time daddy gets a two hour break when Jacob is at his class, not like he gets to sit down and relax he uses that time to clean up from breakfast, getting the kids ready for school, take a shower, start laundry, etc....... very hard to do those things when they are home because they always want something and they take up a lot of time..........I know you know what I am talking about. A good thing about having them home is he doesn't have to rush around getting them ready and off to school he can take some time and they can stay in their jammies and play, so each side has it's benefits.
Well that's it just wanted to let you know Joshua is calmer and it is noticeable I do not have to watch his every move to see if he is calmer it is just a presence I can see and hear...........I pray GOD will continue healing Joshua as he plans to and I praise him all the time for that, GOD is awesome if he can work with a person like me all things are possible through him !!!! :)
My best prayers to you all~~ Lori

One front tooth down, and a calmer boy.....

Well Sunday Joshua managed to wiggle his right front tooth enough that he was able to get it out on his own. He was thrilled! His left tooth is loose also so in no time it should be out. He has already lost the two bottom teeth so pretty soon the fronts will be all done. I must say the past few days Joshua has not been having his total melt downs, he is being really good actually, last night I said to myself if he was always "this way" I could deal with that and be content. We had stopped using the Alpha Stim on him because of the Bio Feedback but started it 2 nights ago we just start it before we start the Bio-Feedback music CD. I really think it has a lot to do with his calmer demeanor. We have had him on the strict diet now for 8 days, I can not say I notice something huge you know "the miracle" has happened scenario......but it is a waiting game. Gary is trying really hard to come up with recipes that Joshua can eat, he will eat, and taste good.........he's a trooper he has made some good gains (Gary in his recipe quest). Joshua is taking all of his supplements and vitamins, he does so well, he does not enjoy it at all, but he will do it and believe me there is a lot to do.!

I just started a 15 day body detox just thinking of Parasites in Joshua and reading more about them I am just sickened so I decided.......time for mommy to detox too, only mine is much quicker, two days on it so far but no big result as of yet (not that I would tell you anyway that could get gross!!) I also started taking this stuff called Grean SuperFood, you take it 1 to 3 times daily in milk and it has all kinds of healthy stuff in it, it doesn't taste good..... I am not going to lie, in fact it tastes so bad you know it must be good for you! I am in a slow mode right now I need a nap!!

Joshua is getting his blood drawn tomorrow for his 2nd LEAP MRT blood test to check his allergies to 123 foods and 27 chemicals. We want to make sure the test that he had done in California was accurate, it is hard for us to wrap our heads around something you set your hand on and then it tells you things you are allergic to. If Joshua could have left his hand on it for more then 1 minute I would be more content with the results........so I am doing this for our peace of mine and his good health.

Well once again gotta run~~ Lori

Is it just me or is it hot in here??

Wednesday February 18Th 2009

I am having hot flashes and my friends are making fun of me! I do not think they are like true hot flashes because it is just my entire head hot and that is it........I always knew I was a weirdo but now I really am believing it :)

I am getting anxious as many of us do, I am like come on stem cells, come on CES, come on new diet, come on new meds, come on biofeedback....... do something........... anything give me some hope here please............. I know things are not overnight but it seems no matter what..... things just stay so close to the same, sometimes you just want to throw up your hands and say I am done! But when it is your child I think you will keep trying no matter what just for a small percentage of change for them, and it really is for him my Joshua it isn't so much for me I can handle him, it is for the future so he can function when we are no longer here, it is to save him from the cruelty of other children or adults teasing him and making fun of him.......hurting him his feelings, physically, etc.... I am like that with my other children too, but you know it is different with Joshua. He will be 8 this year and we have known about his Autism since 2005 always trying the treatments, the diets, the different doctors, hoping for a way for him to get better. I trust GOD I truly do and as I always say whatever GOD has for Joshua.........but I am such a weenie........I want him to be how I want him to be............I am not sitting in the faith that I try for everyday with GOD, so many times a day I am catching myself trying to, but struggling..........my son to me is an angel his pale face and big blue eyes, and when he smiles........ ...............oh he lights up the room.

I hurt when he cries too, when he is saddened by something beyond his control or his feelings are hurt.........I want him to stay small if his Autism is always going to be there........... I am afraid for him as he gets older.............that is my human self not trusting GOD, yet I feel I do trust GOD.......I know it is confusing, it truly is.........I trust GOD already has his plan for Joshua, he may heal him and he may not........at what point do you just sit back and say "OK GOD your will be done....I trust you and I will not seek more treatment, I will only trust your miraculous healing hand for Joshua" I say that and it seems so odd to me because I do feel that way, but the devil whispers doubts in my ear and I stumble, I catch myself much quicker then I did in years past this I do know and I know GOD is working on me too every day that I am open to it, which is daily........ I guess my rambling is just about me and my doubts and questions that are not being answered............I guess you just hope that one day you just wake up and really see something and you say "wow it is a miracle" I believe in those miracles.....but I am over anxious to.......I hope I am not holding GOD back from letting Joshua be all he can be. I do not think I am as he is GODS child first and this I know I have already acknowledged that to GOD. I love GOD he is awesome and has brought us to see amazing wonderful things happen for Joshua by strangers who do not even know us.........I think that is a huge purpose for our children..... to show us the kindness others have for them and us.........we will come across some bad apples..........but most have touched my heart forever.........I really thank GOD for that

XOXOXOXOXO ~~~~Lori

I am trying to wrap my mind around Joshua's Holistic treatments....

Tuesday February 17th 2009

Bob the Builder 100% built of Legos at LegoLand!!

I am looking into the treatments my son is now getting and I am wondering if anyone else's child has had parasites in their blood and if you would please share with me how they were treated.

My son is receiving:

1. S-1 Allerdrain™ (Ingredients)

For general drainage, cleansing, and desensitization in such allergy-related conditions as rashes, headaches, fatigue, vertigo, and acne. Supports pancreas, liver, kidneys, lymphatics, colon, and skin to relieve disorders resulting from chronic hypersensitivities.

1/2 a dropper full upon rising in the morning.
1/2 a dropper before dinner (at least 15 minutes before)

&

1/2 dropper full right before bed.

2. A Probiotic.

One capsule upon rising in the morning and one before bed.

3. A Digestive Enzyme

1 - 2 capsules with breakfast (open and put in the food)

1 capsule at lunch

&

1 - 2 capsules with dinner

4. igG 2000 DF (Immunoglobulin concentrate)

Key Benefits of IgG 2000 DF™
• Immune Support • Binds and Neutralizes Major Pathogens
• Reduces G.I. Inflammation / Lessens Gut Permeability
• Supports Lean Muscle Mass • Supports Healthy Cholesterol Levels

1/2 tsp with breakfast

&

1/2 tsp with dinner

5. Vitamin D3

1 dropperful daily.

So from my understanding we are healing his digestive system, boosting his immune system, while promoting healthy cellular growth (?)

So please if your child has been diagnosed with parasites and heavy metal toxicity I would be interested to hear how your child was treated or is being treated and of course how it worked or is working. Email me stride4autism@yahoo.com please.

So Joshua has been listening to his bio-feedback CD for a week now, and taking the homeopathic medications and supplements mentioned above for three days and we have 100% changed his entire diet to fit his allergies we are having another L.E.A.P MRT blood draw, the same Joshua had in December of 2007, we want to make sure we are on track with him with his food allergies.

He was very talkative tonight he got upset two times but calmed down very quickly, I think with the diet being followed perfectly he will become calmer, and the other things.?......time will tell.

I have to go and lay down with Jacob he is over tired and very giggly he wants mommy to lay with him, so off I go my big ole' butt trying to share a kids twin bed with Jacob, I am always hanging onto the head board for dear life trying not to fall onto the floor because only 1/2 of me fits on the bed...........

Goodnight~~~Lori

Just a quickie so you know we made it home...

Sunday February 15th 2009

Oh I know I am so slow with getting back on the blog and keeping it up to date...but the drive home Friday ended up taking over 12 hours because we hit a snow storm coming over the N. Sierras, thank GOD we have a 4 wheel drive because they only let 4 wheel drives and snow chains through, imagine going 20 - 30 miles an hour in the dark with a nice blanket of white powder blowing everywhere......the wind was really nasty. But thankfully we made it home safe!! I had to work the next morning Sat and today and yes tomorrow then off Tuesday and back to work for 3 more fun filled days, oh the joy of it!!

Well as I wrote before Joshua is a mess inside his poor blood cells have horrible parasites and heavy metal toxicity (you can tell when the cell have metal they are jagged all around the edges) For the Parasites they cause the cells not to have an outer wall and they can not carry oxygen, and the clumping of the cells is still being researched.

I am sorry I have to go, I have to get some bills paid and get to bed.....but by Tuesday night I will have much more info and some pictures.

XOXOXOXO~~~Lori

Brain mapping for Joshua and a peak at my brain..... ooooh that is pretty scary

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 10TH 2009 7:10PM

Wish I had more to say tonight but things today turned out differently today we ended up really concentrating on the brain mapping, with only one nap and Joshua listening to an embedded CD while he slept for only 1 hour this afternoon he already showed improvement, it is amazing therapy and let me tell you what it is REAL! The doctor hooked me up today and he does not know me or my life, then as soon as he started seeing the images on the screen he said "Lori how is your memory?" I said "it used to be top notch but the last few months I forget everything" He said have you been hit in the head hard or been in an accident that caused your head to hit the windshield?" I said "my first marriage was a bad one and my husband hit me in the head with his fist and gave me a couple of concussions" (yes I was once in a 14 year relationship turned marriage to a pig who was abusive physically and mentally, it took me a long time to get out but I did.... long story but I am not getting into it, I have always been a strong lady but sometimes you get mentally week and you get stuck...........enough said because I am free now :)

He said "Lori he really did a number on you, your scan looks like some of the NFL Players I have treated"

I told him "yeah I figured, I have PTSD from it too, but life goes on maybe someday I will come back and be treated to" I had already told Gary I would love to have myself worked up especially my blood work I am sure much of the depressive spells I go through and the anxiety attacks stem from all the past crap but most from yucky stuff in my blood.

Well the brain mapping and sessions took longer then expected and we were not able to talk to the Doctor we were set to see to talk about Joshua's parasites and blood problems plus the heavy metals in his blood, but his food allergies came back really BAD! Things he was not reactive to 15 months ago he now is having huge reactions to. So back to a GF/CF diet again and so many other things, I will put the whole list on here just so you can see the complexity and pretty much the only thing he can have is goat milk and strawberries and vegetables! Man this is going to be hard but a life change for all of us, if Joshua has to eat that way we might as well to.........all in the family huh.........it will make it easier to just make one meal for dinner and not 3 or more different ones.....I should be skinny in no time :)

So tomorrow we will get the whole thing in a nutshell, they planned on putting Joshua on some of their supplements but they can not because he has so many fruit allergies that he can not take some of them, so Dr. Dennis R Manness is going to try and create an elixir himself for Joshua, we will see what happens on that. Dr. Anna Walden the Naturopathic, Vital Hematologist said because Joshua is one of their worst cases we will have to treat him in slow steps, getting his blood in order through nutrition and supplements.......meaning we can not give him 10 different supplements at one time we have to add them slowly so we will not shock his system. This is some of the most amazing work I have ever seen and being a Respiratory Therapist for almost 17 years now I have seen it all............conventional medicine that is. But please hear me when I say this.......... I believe that GOD has put cures for every illness on this earth, through everything natural, I have said this for years and years before I even knew about Autism......if we can heal our kids through total natural products and not chemicals we are giving our kids the very best gift we can. We need to get Joshua cleaned out and healthy and hopefully some of the stem cells he did receive will be capable of helping him...............if not?? well............we tried, I would not change it for anything we had to try the therapy, we had no idea of these problems Joshua has (we have had lots of testing done in Reno but as I have said before most of the doctors there are totally clueless when it comes to Autism, they do not order the right testing and they do not treat according to the results they may get back.....they are stabbing in the dark and all they want to do is write a prescription for dangerous drugs that will harm our kids more then anything) so if you are planning on doing stem cell treatment PLEASE do the testing first make sure your child is healthy inside and that the new cells will not be harmed as Joshua's have been.

I do not know when I will be back on tomorrow and if I do it will be plenty late as we have the whole day at the clinic again and then we are taking the kids to LegoLand in the evening tomorrow and all day Thursday, early morning Friday back on the road to home it took us 10 hours to get here so I assume it will be at least 10 to get home whew that is a long time in a car two kiddos. Then back to work for me for a whole week (I am making a face and sticking out my tongue to that one)

We got to walk the entire Pier today and we ate at the end of the Pier at a 50's diner called Ruby's Great place to eat I recommend it they even dress all 50's there to it is so cool!!! Then we strolled around town a bit bought some cheesy souvenirs and came back to our room.

Have a good sleep everybody and GOD BLESS YOU~~~~~Lori

On a lighter note.........

Tuesday February 10Th 2009

Well first of all I need to give a shout out to my son Kelvin he is 19 years old today
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KELVIN!!!!! He has been keeping so busy lately everyday he has off he goes snow boarding and that is made possible by the founder of HealthWalk, that is how we found out about them. There was a contest to write a compelling story about yourself and the winner would get a free season pass to North Star ski Resort in Tahoe! Kelvin wrote and he won!!! The founder Mark chose Kelvin and then he told Kelvin he wanted to talk to me about Joshua...........the rest is history, we spoke several times and he offered to run these tests and treatments on Joshua free of charge at HealthWalk...............how amazing is GOD and the ways he works!! We will be paying for the supplements and however they choose to treat Joshua in addition. The testing like I said is worth every penny, but as you know times are tight for us (for thousands) right now so this is a TRUE BLESSING and the co-founder Marilyn and all of the staff are out of this world wonderful! Joshua can be very hard to work with but they do it with smiles and understanding. Makes me wish I worked in Holistic treatment instead of conventional.......someday I will .......this I know for sure.

So there it is the story of how this began pretty amazing huh?

I couldn't sleep to well last night that is OK, I was not stressed just impatient to find out what we can do for Joshua after finding out so many things about his internal problems. Excited too!!!!

Here is 3 pictures of Beautiful Oceanside (that is where we are staying) Yesterday we tried to go out on the Historic Pier but no way the wind was so bad and I mean BAD then it rained!! But today it is breezy and sunny probably about 65 degrees and we will attempt the pier again today :)



THE BOYS ENJOYING THEIR BED AT THE RESORT. Now you know you have jumped on the bed once or twice yourself, if you haven't you should try it!!! I have at least when I was a kid, which isn't that long ago HA! My nose is growing!!!!

(Above)

THE STORMY OCEAN YESTERDAY DURING OUR ATTEMPT TO WALK DOWN THE PIER





THIS IS THE WYNDHAM RESORT, RIGHT ON THE BEACH WE AS ARE STAYING HERE. MY GREAT FRIEND JANA OWNS A TIMESHARE AND SHE LET ME USE IT INSTEAD OF CHARGING ME $250.00/NIGHT FOR A TWO BEDROOM/2BATH CONDO WITH A BALCONY VIEW OF THE OCEAN, SHE SOLD ME HER POINTS FOR $250.00 THE ENTIRE TRIP!!!!! Thank You Girl!!! I would have paid $500.00 at Motel 6 otherwise, I am getting used to the luxury living, it is easy to do hahahahahahahaha!!
But I guess if I had it all of the time I would not be so appreciative of it when we so get a treat like this.
Be back late tonight to report on all of his heavy metal testing and more......
XOXOXOXOXO~~~~~~Lori