Hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! We had a nice day yesterday! Its been really great having family here ( Mike's cousin Donna and family are visiting) and we also had friends over for dinner. I made a 24 pound turkey and it came out great! Ill post pics soon
Today Makenna turns 5 years old! Its gonna be a mellow day today, no big party for her. But we are leaving for Disneyworld on SUNDAY!
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Friday, November 27, 2009
Friday, November 20, 2009
Feasting...
This morning, Makenna had her Thanksgiving Feast at her school:
I talked to her teachers today, and they said she was extremely well behaved, and very intelligent! Two people also told me that she was beautiful! awwww
Other things that happened this week:
* Shane has been happy, but very hyper this week! He's been very vocal
* Mike went to Panama City for the day
* I bought a huge 24 pound Turkey (biggest one they had in store) and Mike thinks its not enough!
* Thinking about putting up the Xmas decorations... I know its early but our neighbors have theirs up and Makenna and Shane love it!
*Gonna have a girls night out tonight and see New Moon!!
I talked to her teachers today, and they said she was extremely well behaved, and very intelligent! Two people also told me that she was beautiful! awwww
Other things that happened this week:
* Shane has been happy, but very hyper this week! He's been very vocal
* Mike went to Panama City for the day
* I bought a huge 24 pound Turkey (biggest one they had in store) and Mike thinks its not enough!
* Thinking about putting up the Xmas decorations... I know its early but our neighbors have theirs up and Makenna and Shane love it!
*Gonna have a girls night out tonight and see New Moon!!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
check these out!
Heres a cute video of Mike and Shane chatting with eachother while Mike was on his TDY
and heres a video of Makenna at tap class:
Just found out my brother Justin is having a baby and I am gonna be an aunt again! I am SOOOO excited!!
14 days till we leave for Disneyworld!
and heres a video of Makenna at tap class:
Just found out my brother Justin is having a baby and I am gonna be an aunt again! I am SOOOO excited!!
14 days till we leave for Disneyworld!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Autism test results: A good lead.
We finally got test results from Shane's labs in Macon Ga, way back when he had them done in August. It was very interesting. We are glad we have answers and have been doing a lot of research!
-Apparently, Shane has a gene mutation in the M T H F R gene (There are 2 copies, one from me and one from Jennah, and one is working normally (100%), and one is malfunctioning (40% functional) and not processing vitamin B 12 properly... so it was either Me or Jennah that gave this to him. Heavy vaccines and environmental pollutants/chemicals are the triggers that intensify this problem. This condition causes him to have a low detox system, messes up neurotransmitters in his brain, and affects ATP. Any heavy vaccines and toxins have a hard time leaving his body. The doctor also said that whichever one of us passed this on didn't have a hard time due to the lower number of vaccines (12 vs. 32) administered back when we were young.
- He also had Klebsiella present in his gut, which is a bad bacteria. Klebsiella infections tend to occur in people with a weakened immune system. Many of these infections are obtained when a person is in the hospital for some other reason. The most common infection caused by Klebsiella bacteria outside the hospital is pneumonia. It's apparently treatable with antibiotics (to kill the bad bacteria) and probiotics (to restore the good bacteria).
- Due to the immune system problems, the doctor strongly suggested feeding Shane an organic diet the rest of his life (or at least a diet with no artificial preservatives, colors, etc) to give him a head start at releasing toxins.
I have been doing lots of research so I will update more when we learn more. For now, they want to have Shane start injections of Methyl-B12, which is a specialized processed B12 that will boost his neuro and immune system and get them working normally--it will increase his activity and (hopefully) help with his sleep problems as well!
-This is particularly exciting to know regarding Shane's B12 processing problem since Austism studies with Methyl-B12 have shown an increase in executive function, speech, language, socialization, and emotion...if methyl-B12 is given in the right dosage, timing, and form, up to 94% of children will show benefit according to the studies.
-Shane tested in the green (good) for lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic.
-Shane has normal kidney and thyroid function and blood properties.
-After getting vaccines, a person is typically immune to that disease (take mumps for example) on a scale of 0.8-1.0 (low), 1.0-1.1 (medium) 1.1 and over (high). Shane is normal in all except for Rubella, where he scored a 500! That means he's hyper immune and can't have any more shots of that or he'll develop allergies and autoimmune problems.
At least there is more hope now that we might be cornering the source of Shane's problem--these tests have opened some doors--maybe know instead of wild guesses we can start using effective treatments for Shane.
Mike
-Apparently, Shane has a gene mutation in the M T H F R gene (There are 2 copies, one from me and one from Jennah, and one is working normally (100%), and one is malfunctioning (40% functional) and not processing vitamin B 12 properly... so it was either Me or Jennah that gave this to him. Heavy vaccines and environmental pollutants/chemicals are the triggers that intensify this problem. This condition causes him to have a low detox system, messes up neurotransmitters in his brain, and affects ATP. Any heavy vaccines and toxins have a hard time leaving his body. The doctor also said that whichever one of us passed this on didn't have a hard time due to the lower number of vaccines (12 vs. 32) administered back when we were young.
- He also had Klebsiella present in his gut, which is a bad bacteria. Klebsiella infections tend to occur in people with a weakened immune system. Many of these infections are obtained when a person is in the hospital for some other reason. The most common infection caused by Klebsiella bacteria outside the hospital is pneumonia. It's apparently treatable with antibiotics (to kill the bad bacteria) and probiotics (to restore the good bacteria).
- Due to the immune system problems, the doctor strongly suggested feeding Shane an organic diet the rest of his life (or at least a diet with no artificial preservatives, colors, etc) to give him a head start at releasing toxins.
I have been doing lots of research so I will update more when we learn more. For now, they want to have Shane start injections of Methyl-B12, which is a specialized processed B12 that will boost his neuro and immune system and get them working normally--it will increase his activity and (hopefully) help with his sleep problems as well!
-This is particularly exciting to know regarding Shane's B12 processing problem since Austism studies with Methyl-B12 have shown an increase in executive function, speech, language, socialization, and emotion...if methyl-B12 is given in the right dosage, timing, and form, up to 94% of children will show benefit according to the studies.
-Shane tested in the green (good) for lead, mercury, cadmium, and arsenic.
-Shane has normal kidney and thyroid function and blood properties.
-After getting vaccines, a person is typically immune to that disease (take mumps for example) on a scale of 0.8-1.0 (low), 1.0-1.1 (medium) 1.1 and over (high). Shane is normal in all except for Rubella, where he scored a 500! That means he's hyper immune and can't have any more shots of that or he'll develop allergies and autoimmune problems.
At least there is more hope now that we might be cornering the source of Shane's problem--these tests have opened some doors--maybe know instead of wild guesses we can start using effective treatments for Shane.
Mike
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Updates...
Nana and Grandpa (Mike's mom and dad) were supposed to be here for a couple days, but unfortunately, his grandma had been hospitalized. Please help us pray that she will be ok.
Mike has been gone on a short tdy too- down to Cocoa Beach, FL. He's having a good ole time there, visiting some old friends, Mitch and Shelly and Pfeiffer. He is supposed to come home tomorrow though. Makenna and Shane had a blast video chatting with him while he was gone.
We are anxiously awaiting our visit from Mike's cousin Donna and her family for Thanksgiving in less than 3 weeks! Then we will be off to Disneyworld!!!! I can't wait! YES I am way more excited than the kids are!
Mike has been gone on a short tdy too- down to Cocoa Beach, FL. He's having a good ole time there, visiting some old friends, Mitch and Shelly and Pfeiffer. He is supposed to come home tomorrow though. Makenna and Shane had a blast video chatting with him while he was gone.
We are anxiously awaiting our visit from Mike's cousin Donna and her family for Thanksgiving in less than 3 weeks! Then we will be off to Disneyworld!!!! I can't wait! YES I am way more excited than the kids are!
Sunday, November 1, 2009
Halloween09
Makenna painting her pumpkin.
Shane did it too!
Shanes, Makenna's, and my pumpkin
Mike's puking pumpkin
Me and my handsome "date"
50's girls
Makenna posing for the cam
Our group of friends getting ready to go
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