Tommy's Interventions
First Stage of Medical Intervention:
First Stage of Medical Intervention:
- Big Cells: I searched online about the big cells and the B12 injections correct this issue, so it is a relief that this can be fixed with the proper treatment. I already got Tommy his first shot, it was very easy and didn't give to much thought, I just did it. He even didn't feel pain because Dr. Sultan prescribed a cream to numb the area and I waited until Tommy fall asleep. So he doesn't know he got a shot last night.
- Candida: He is already in the medicine that will kill this fungus that it is cousing the problems in his stomach and some of the Autism symptoms. He will be on this medicine for a month. Tommy is already in the No yeast and No sugar diet to get back the candidada bacteria on balance. I will be cooking on the weekends, so I can have time during the week to get done everything in Tommy's intervension. Now, cooking for him has became more challanging because I will have to do my own dressing as well as watching for his cholesterol. Thanks to God that he made Tommy a good eater! So not problem in the change of food.
- Low Iron: Tommy is taking Ferrous Sulfate Iron, which is used to treat or prevent low iron in the blood. This form of iron is better absorbed. So we started him on this new iron supplement Thursday May 29.
- Thyroid and high cholesterol: I have to star collecting data of Tommy's tempeture and I will fax it as soon as we complete the 5 days. So Dr. Sultan will let us know the next step on the treatment for his thyroid. I am trying to watch for food that contains cholesterol and avoid it or decrease its consumption. So we got wild cought salmon and Organic chichen with 98% fat for Tommy.
- Multivitamin: Tommy started his new vitamin, ASD-Plex Thursday May 29. I noticed that this vitamin doesn't include Vitamin A. Kids with Down syndrome need high amounts of vitamin A. So before asking to Dr. Sultan, I revised the treatment plan. So I found in the treatment plan that Dr. Sultan will address specific vitamins separetely, including VITAMIN A. This is the reason I like this doctor, we talk the same language regardless our strong acents. He always has the answers before I make the questions. Tommy doesn't like his new vitamin, so it is a challenging to give him the vitamin, so I will make smoothies to mix the vitamin, it has work well before.
Dr.Sultan's plan is to balance Tommy's entire body system because this is how the body functions. So I have a few things I will include about underline causes of illnesses in Down syndrome.
Neuro-developmental Program
Tommy has a new evaluation on May 30, and his Neurodevelopmentalist was impressed on his progress, specially that he is getting out of isolation.
I am glad I have put in place all the interventions that I have been planning. Working with a schedule and a routine is helping me a lot to get though everything needs to get done every day. A structure routine has allowed me to work on communication routine with Tommy and it is helping to bring those words he can perfectly say out his mouth. I will post when I have time about communication routines, so it may help other parents with their non-verbal children. We are very bless all these interventions are available for Tommy.
Tommy has a new evaluation on May 30, and his Neurodevelopmentalist was impressed on his progress, specially that he is getting out of isolation.
- She noticed Tommy's looks of my attention and keep a good eye contact
- Repetitive behaviors are decreasing. She noticed he is not flapping his hands, I still see it, but I realized on Friday that it has decreased a lot and it is consistent with what My mother-in-law commented to us last weekend.
- She was please with Tommy's academic progress in just a year in the program.
- In our next goals is to improve playing independently with toys. Tommy had play skills closer to his age, but everything was gone when Autism stroked him. So in my search, I have found that video modeling works really good for kids with Autism, so I got a Teach2Talk DVD Play series. Tommy has been watching the video over the weekend, and then, I transferred what he watched in the video to his environment and it was a success. He began to play with a puzzle almost independently!
- Tommy's visual scanning has also improved. It was very bad!
Linda Kane is our neuro-developmenatlist who had a child with Down syndrome. This is one of the reasons I like to work with her. She understand for what we are going through as a family. She developed a new Individulizzed Neurodevelopmental plan on the weekend, but I haven't been able to go through the entire plan yet, but I will do it this week because I have to get new materials to work on the new goals every time we have a revaluation.
Mendability (Neuroscience)
It is truly helping in strengthening Tommy's brain because I am witness how he is better processing and how it regulating better sounds and having better transitions by targeting his brain rather than targeting a specific skill. I have increasing resting time as well as the touch-and-smell root activity. I am pushing my self every day to get the time to complete at least one of the branch activities session. I am working on sensory enriching the house. I got the bathroom and Tommy truly likes it because it is very calming for him due to the textures and colors. When I finish redecorating the house based on sensory enrichment, I will post the photos.
Swimming Lessons
Tommy has also showed improvement in the pool. He is working on learning back stroke swimming style. It is hard for him due to his upper body is the area more affected by the hypotonia, but he is working on it. I am also very curious how his medical intervention will help to strength his body, which may result in a better performance at the pool. Why do I say this? Because hypotonia can also be treated through nutritional intervention, but I didn't know this until I began my journey with Autism.
Craneosacral Therapy
We have increased craneosacral therapy. We have been doing it for a little over a year. And I just recently watch a webinar in the Autism Research Institute where a doctor explains the benefits of this therapy for Autism.Tommy has also showed improvement in the pool. He is working on learning back stroke swimming style. It is hard for him due to his upper body is the area more affected by the hypotonia, but he is working on it. I am also very curious how his medical intervention will help to strength his body, which may result in a better performance at the pool. Why do I say this? Because hypotonia can also be treated through nutritional intervention, but I didn't know this until I began my journey with Autism.
Craneosacral Therapy
I am glad I have put in place all the interventions that I have been planning. Working with a schedule and a routine is helping me a lot to get though everything needs to get done every day. A structure routine has allowed me to work on communication routine with Tommy and it is helping to bring those words he can perfectly say out his mouth. I will post when I have time about communication routines, so it may help other parents with their non-verbal children. We are very bless all these interventions are available for Tommy.
THE SKY IS THE LIMIT!
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