So as you can see a rarity happened Joshua fell asleep during the day, on top of his medical glove balloon, kids I tell you they can fall asleep in any position....but this is a huge rarity for Joshua, he doesn't take naps no matter how hard we try to get him to, this is just one of those "occasions'OK work went really well today no complaints, so that is good. When I call home and talk on the phone to Joshua for about the last past 2 weeks he has not used any movie talk with me when I ask him a question, I do not know if this is from the stem cell treatment or not, I truly believe in 6+ months from now I will be able to write confidently about any changes I may see and I will be able to say "yes this must be a change due to the stem cell injections" with the way he has acted the last couple of times we tried to go to the store I would be like "whoa now" (if I didn't understand the lengthy process of the cells) shouldn't this change overnight?? But no I do not think that because I know it will take a long time for healing, nothing heals overnight, I have a friend who's sister got stem cell injections in both of her knees over 6 months ago down in Mexico and slowly the cartilage is regrowing BUT the fact of the matter is IT IS REGROWING!!
"Patience Lori, Patience" that is what I have to tell myself everyday more then once, because you just want the changes to happen immediately, but...... you have to remember healing takes time, regrowth takes time, time, time, time! But oh how I wish the anxiety attacks he has would just disappear NOW! I am impatient that is no revelation, but like I have to keep projecting "In GODS time" give it time. But you look at your son screaming and yelling and your saying in your head "oh I hope I made the right decision spending all of that money on the stem cells" but I tell you what I will say it again, if nothing changes I will be at peace in my heart about the choice to have him go through the treatment, if I had the chance and did not take it I would always be thinking "what if I would have done it and it helped him?" You just have to take the chances, God made it possible for us to take Joshua there and we took it. No regrets not one at all! Plus like I said I see glimpses of other things in him that I think are changing a bit but I will not say "oh the stem cells did it" not this early in the game. A man who went to..... I believe Sweden or Holland took his daughter with Cerebral Palsy to a clinic for stem cells, for one full year they saw nothing, but after a year to the day she began to crawl up the stairs on her own, her MRI'S began to have less and less white matter (white matter shows the damage in the brain) I have not been in touch with him for months but last we talked he forwarded me the last MRI results and at that time she was beginning to walk and had some speech breaking through and she finally could hold up her head, that all happened around the two year mark she was then 9 years old. She had never walked and never ever could hold her head up at all, she had a neck stabilizer for years, last I knew she no longer needed that stabilizer. For months he was in anguish that he had spent their savings on this treatment and it "didn't work" he was devastated and now look at the results, I once asked him if he now regretted it? He said "The first 11 months yes, but now if she doesn't progress any more I know what I did was right for her and now she actually has some freedom to move about she is not just sitting in her special wheelchair wasting away, I do not regret it at all." I was very touched by that (of course) and admired him for not expecting her to heal 100%, that he was just so happy for what she did get out of it.
I pray in one year I can say what changes we see, and that they are consistent and real and I can say Stem Cells did that, God did this, he made it possible for this chance.
Will I just sit here and do nothing else for Joshua and just wait on the stem cells? No. I want to move forward with other healthy treatments. Nothing that will effect the stem cells in anyway, you have to be very careful what you do after the Stem Cell Treatment, my friend Daniel Faiella is the whiz at this information, man that guy is a genius on the realm of stem cells and autism treatments and when and how to do them. I will start Joshua on the Colloidal Silver but not for 3 months after his treatment, thanks to Daniel for that information!! Otherwise I would have probably used it and damaged the cells or purged them from the body.
Tonight Joshua is great he is laughing and being very silly (he still is only like a three year old, but his speech has slowed down a bit he is not rambling all of his words together quickly, he is not using movie talk to communicate like he has for the last 3 years. He is playing on his own much more and spending quite time with himself, entertaining himself. I love that, but I really, really pray his anxiety and screaming attacks will subside, those hinder him and everyone around him so much, it can ruin his whole day along with ours, it is so physically and mentally tiring and as he gets older and bigger he gets much louder and more defiant. It is so strange because he is such a sweet boy, he is very caring and he always want hugs and kisses, very friendly too and smart you can lay 40 toys on the floor pick them all up and then them lay them back out and keep just one out (all of this without him watching) and he will tell you one is missing, he reads like crazy he just knew how to read, and much more....but then you have this other side of him that impedes his daily activities it is unbelievable, but that is autism right keeps you guessing or at least keeps me guessing!
I just want people to know a school for Autistic children will be opening in S. Nevada in the fall of 2009 "The Achievement Academy" here is the link to a YouTube video about it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_W_obNhzsU
Check it out this is an amazing move for Nevada as we are pretty far behind compared to the East Coast and what they have to offer our children academically. I will keep you all posted about the progress this school is making. Keep them in your prayers that they become very successful for the children!!
Well I have rambled enough, I have to go spend some time with the kiddos before they fall asleep.
This is one of my most favorite times of my life, when I get to lay beside them before bed we giggle, talk, pray, and just have a nice time winding down.
May all of you be able to wind down tonight and have a wonderful sleep ~~~~till later~~ Lori
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