YES!! Praise God! So, we had a slight change; well, okay a major change! We changed whom we are going to consult with. After reading yet another book (this one titled Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD,Asthma, and Allergies by Dr. Kenneth Bock ) I realized that there are other integrative doctors who treat Autism similarly. While they may not do it under the banner of NIDS, they use an integrative approach that combines traditional medical testing and medications with out-of-the box treatments like anti-fungals, dietary needs, specific supplementation, etc. In fact, I had quite a wake-up call because I thought all of the DAN! (Defeat Autism Now!) doctors were naturopaths who did not have access to the traditional testing methods. While many of them are, there is, also, a team of DAN! doctors who are board certified doctors. In this case, Dr. Bock is a board certified Family Practice doc who has morphed into treating the 4A's out of necessity, and uses most of the same methods as Dr. Goldberg and Dr. Russell. While he doesn't require a SPECT scan, he runs extensive bloodwork testing as well as other analysis. We already have the SPECT so that won't hurt anything, and can show him exactly which areas of the brain are inflamed. He's also done a lot of work in honing the thyroid testing of these patients and found that many who test within normal levels with a traditional test will still have a dysfunctioning thyroid by testing each of the 4 thyroid levels separately. I am especially intrigued by this since Nathan has many of the symptoms of hypo-thyroidism and it is prevalent in my side of the family.
We have prayed for timing and for guidance. Brent and I decided that whoever could get us in first is who we would see. Well, Dr. Bock can schedule an actual appointment for June (once we get our app back in) and Dr. Russell's office is still not accepting new patients (still at #11 to even schedule an appointment).SO, while we are bummed it didn't work out for us to go to a familiar place with family there, N and I are excited to go to New York; a place neither of us have ever been to!
The timing and financial side will be more interesting since it will be when Brent is working two jobs (finishing out the USCG and working as Southeast Radar during the height of fishing season), and Dr. Bock doesn't accept insurance. However, we both feel such peace and excitement about this new development that we are trusting God in both areas and just going to plug along unless He shuts a door.
Thank you so much for continuing to pray for, and encourage us on this journey to healing. We are so excited for N and his future!
Blessings,
Hillary
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