It was a beautiful day and we have a lot to celebrate this year. Here's hoping that his coming year is as great as his last!
We started chelation almost two months ago, but had to pull back and start over at one point. He was detoxing too fast and it was causing a lot of stimming and hyperactivity. We've been taking it much slower now and over the last couple of weeks we've been seeing some progress. He's more talkative, more observant, and just more interested in what's going on around him. There's definitely still some focus issues, but some of the positive standouts for me recently are:
1) Every morning, I would send him out the door to get on the bus and he'd never look back, say goodbye or acknowledge me in any way. Over the last two weeks, every morning he stops on our porch, turns around to look me in the eye and says "See you later!"
2) He's never had any interest in riding a bike. Every time he's gotten on his two-wheeler (with training wheels) he's wanted to get right off as soon as he sat on it and it wobbled. And even on a tricycle, I always had to grab the tops of his legs to help him pedal. Last weekend, he wanted to get on his bike and he finally rode it for the first time. He pumped his legs and didn't complain or ask to get off even once. He even fell off once and got right back on. I was SO proud of him.
3) I've noticed him talking to Samantha more. They have mini-conversations. And yesterday when I put lunch on the table, he said "Come on Samantha! Lunch is ready! Go get your water bottle!" That's a lot of successive sentences for him.
Here's a video I took this morning. He sang himself "Happy Birthday."
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