Saturday, September 02, 2006

CHELATION THERAPY - It is a controversial thing in the world of autism. But, after doing our research and finding a doctor with whom we are extremely comfortable, we are doing it. The goal of chelation is to give the patient a chelator which binds to the bad things (in this case, the heavy metals) in their body and helps them to pass these things out of their body. It can be administered in several ways, but the safest, especially with little kids, is having them take tablets 3 a day, for 3 days and then you do a test to see what levels of metals they are passing. A lot of people, including Bill & I, believe that if autistic kids can be de-toxed from all of the toxicity in their systems (mostly heavy metals including mercury) that they can show drastic improvement in many areas. Our doctor says the results of improvement are about 50/50, so we'll just have to wait and see! Today is day 2 of 3 with the first round of medicine - we are praying for good results!!!

1 comment:

Jill said...

There really isn't much risk -- the controversy lies more in the fact that many doctors believe that the treatment is simply a waste of money and that parents find false hope in it. There is I.V. Chelation - which is a lot more risky - (I believe a child has actually died from it) but that isn't what we are doing...no treatment and it's potential benefits would be worth putting Katie's life at risk, but because this is safe...and there is a tremendous chance it will help her, who cares about the cost...it's worth trying if we are able to make any difference in her life :)