December Changes

One big thing that we've changed this month is the amount of grounding time per day.  We had been steadily increasing Thomas' time on his grounding blanket but we really felt maxed out at 4-5 hours.  That's a lot of time to keep a 9 year old boy or any child for that matter on a blanket for!  On December 2nd we got the go ahead from our acupuncturist to try grounding overnight.  Thomas was very happy to have the grounding blanket on his bed as it meant one less thing he had to "do" during the daytime.  Between zapping, grounding and all the supplements we had to have at least 90 minutes to get it in every morning and then a repeat at bedtime plus one session in the afternoon.  Over the course of the next few days, his headache increased and he was more tired.  I knew he was detoxing but it wasn't horrible and I didn't want to have to back off the grounding blanket because then we'd have to do it during the day again so with lots of snuggles we made it through.  It took about 6 days before it didn't seem to be affecting him.  I was grateful that he didn't feel dizzy or horribly sick.   In addition to the grounding overnight, we added a new supplement called Ferra-Tonic which is an iron supplement.  Thomas likes this one because he gets to have it in organic apple juice so it tastes yummy.  He continues using Samento, Citrcidal, Diatameous Earth, Min-Col and Silver but the amount changes based on his muscle response tests each week.

We enjoyed making gingerbread houses from scratch again this year.

working on his gingerbread house

We have been researching the Bio-Mat more and gave the information to the acupuncturist to look into as well.  It's expensive but Thomas loved it when we got to borrow it from the massage therapist.  He said it really made his legs feel better.  His leg pain had improved greatly but it slowly is returning.  There are many knock off mats so we are trying to compare their features as well.




Thomas also enjoys playing with his friends Adam and Luke.  He plays hard and then has to rest after.  It does seem that he is able to play longer and he needs less recovery time but we still aren't to that point of "normal 9 year old activity".

Resting after a play date

On Dec.9th he was super frustrated and did not want to go to acupuncture.  He was fed up with doctor appointments and ended up sobbing in the office.  He ended up opting for the simulator as opposed to needles.  The acupuncturist asked if we'd cheated on the diet.  I didn't think we had except a cookie but it turns out I bought the wrong butter.  The reason he asked is because emotional breakdowns like that can result from a "toxin" entering the body in this case food that isn't good for Thomas.  We didn't figure out that it was the butter until the 17th when I brought in a bunch of Tom's regular food to have him muscle test him on it.

We headed back to the naturopath on the 16th. We ended up not attending our home-school partnership classes in the morning so we didn't have to leave for the appointment until 12:50 p.m.  Thomas' friend died on Tuesday the 15th after battling cancer for several years.  This week has been very emotional for Thomas and he wants lots of hugs and cried frequently so the break from classes allowed us to snuggle in the morning and just play.  We have been working on building my brother's Lego Pirate collection.  At the naturopath we were thrilled to see the difference from our Oct. 16th appointment.  There weren't any spirochetes outside the cell wall and when he "broke" the cell wall there were only a couple.  In October, when he broke the cell wall there were LOTS of spirochetes.  We are so thankful for the visible progress made. 

He built Uncle Greggy's Pirate Ships