It has been a few months since the last update. Brooke is still improving, slow but steady as Dr. Brown had told us. The biggest change I notice is with Brookes vocabulary. She now says up to 5 or 6 word sentences, when she wants to. Some that come to mind are, "I don't want to go home.", said when she didn't want to leave Grandma and Grandpas house. She was working on a puzzle at home from school. When she figured it out she jumped up and said "I did it" and ran over a gave her mom a high five. I saw Brooke last week. She wanted a different video to watch. She took my hand and took me to the shelf they are stored on. I kept grabbing videos and showing them to Brooke. She would look at them and say "No". After 5 "no's", I told Brooke I would pick her up and she could grab the one she wanted, which she did. Communication has improved, but still has a ways to go. In the past, Brooke would sit at the computer and watch YouTube videos. Whatever was on, she would watch. Now, she takes the mouse and clicks on what she wants to watch. Her control is still not real good, and messes up on occasion. You can tell when a mistake is made as Brooke yells out "help".
About 3 weeks ago Cora sent in a urine sample from Brooke to be tested. Today she got the results from Dr. Brown. Brooke is still loaded with lead. We are taking Brooke back to Dr. Brown's office in Overland Park on Monday for more blood test. After the results are in, Brooke will be starting on comprehensive chelation therapy. Which is giving Brooke something to expel the lead from her system. Dr. Brown told Cora today it will most likely be in suppository form. He had a little boy with the same problems as Brooke, and suppositories worked the best to quickly get out large quanities of lead. Until next time, take care.
