Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Brooke Still Moving Forward

On Monday night Linda and I went over to see Brooke and help Cora with the new supplement, DMG. The suggested dose is 125 mg., but start with half for the 1st few days. It is not real easy splitting a capsule with powder inside. Linda, being a nurse, helped Cora with this. Brooke was extremely happy and bright. And, for the first time ever, she had almost constant eye contact with me. We played for awhile, then Brooke pulled me back into the kitchen to get Linda. She pulled us back into her room and pushed us both onto her bed. She then layed between us and pretended to be sleeping and snoring. Not as much eye contact with Linda, but some. We then went back into the kitchen to try and get some supper down Brooke. Not very much luck, so we went outside. Brooke went into the garage, so I went back inside to get my hat. When I came outside, Brooke was saying "Dad ?, Dad ?" When she saw me she said "Dad", and pulled me into her fenced in yard. When it got close to time to go home, I started warning Brooke I was going Bye Bye. She then said "Bye" to her Mom and climbed in my lap. I told her that I was going Bye Bye and she was staying with Mom. Going home is still the major problem, with Brooke crying and trying to come after us as we left. On a bright note, I called Cora when I got home, and she said it only lasted a few minutes, then Brooke was back to normal. It may be normal for any toddler to get upset when someone they care for leaves. I don't know for sure. All I know for sure is that Grandpa is a cream puff and it tears at my heart when I see her so upset when I leave.
Today was her 1st day with DMG. I have not been able to get ahold of Cora to see how it went. The Autism Research Institute claims that DMG works fast with Autistic children. They will either make great strides with speaking and less autistic behavior quickly, or they will have no results at all. Either way, Brooke is doing great and I can't wait to see her again to check on progress.

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