DAY 13 12/4

Great appointment with DAN! He's on board for our TCM trial. He agrees that we have tried so many interventions, and SO many supplements that a break was in order and the timing perfect for TCM. He was very impressed with the joint attention progress, and the better articulation (referenced that to possible decreased inflammation in the brain from the tea, like a stroke victim might regain speech). My DAN is from India and he read through an online reference I gave him explaining Chinese Medicine's explanation of Autism and he said the aspect of Wind, Heat, Fire, Cold, Dryness and Dampness as external pathogenic factors in CM were very similar to the Indian ideaology he grew up on. He was surprised the spleen was one of the organ's identified. Anyway, he wants to speak with the local Dr. I am using and to keep him closely updated on Ty's experience with the tea!
On the Mercury front, my little Toxic Ty pulled yet another elevated Hg, 11, mid yellow on a Nov. UTM (unprovoked). DDI even wrote in comments "mercury double checked", as the only other metal present on the results was a blip of arsenic. Interestingly, I had noted in my biomed book that on that UTM, Ty had been on Liver Life for 5 days. Now, we stopped the LL when we began the tea, but since the TCM is addressing the liver, I am wondering if that is why we have seen some kicked up detox symptoms. Of course the 1st "tea UTM" won't be back for a week, so we'll have to wait for that comparison. I am a bit overwhelmed with the amount of mercury that he has excreted through the years. We cannot identify any current source, and he has continually pulled elevated levels for 4 years. It doesn't matter if it is provoked (td dmps, dmsa, ALA, IV's, suppositories - we have tried them all), or by supporting methylation via Yasko protocol (unprovoked), it just keeps coming out. For the past 2.5 yrs on Yasko we have done 2-4 UTM's a month and I would comfortably say that he hits elevated Hg at least once a month if not more. That, coupled with our lack of "wow" cognitive gains, is certainly the most frustrating aspect of his biomed.
Ty came off bus and ran to give me a big hug (gotta love that!) Nice BM on potty after school. Teacher didn't have too much to say today, but did note that he was no longer saying /"T"/ in answer to "what is your name?" in circle time. This is not too surprising, he had only done it 3 times before Thanksgiving break, so it wasn't really something he had been doing for a long time. However, yesterday at home when he wanted the TV on, I did get a "T" response for that!