Day 228

Day 228

1 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Cobram Estate extra virgin olive oil, COOC Seal)
1/2 Tsp ( 2.5ml ) of Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega Fish Oil
1/8 Tsp of Now Brand Inulin 

One thing I want to talk about is how she is continuing to connect life around her.  Even songs about books or bookcase, now she is pointing to our bookcase in our living room.  

She is almost seven, and it's okay to watch preschool songs to allow her to relearn things in this new light.  

The Nemechek Protocol is something that won't be over night, over seven months, and every day she is connecting words with objects.. 

Even outside a week ago, she saw us sifting some dirt, and she took the shovel to help us sift.  Put the shovel in the dirt on the ground and into the sifter. Without any instruction. 

Be patient with this protocol. 

Please.

Day 218

Day 218

1 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Cobram Estate extra virgin olive oil, COOC Seal)
1/2 Tsp ( 2.5ml ) of Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega Fish Oil
1/8 Tsp of Now Brand Inulin 

Seven months on the Nemechek Protocol.  A Global Pandemic. School cancelled a month already.   Can we say it's been a crazy time?

Monica is still non verbal, but don't look at that as a failure. She is waking up, taking herself to the bathroom.  She is putting clothes on.  She is roller skating, she is bike riding.  She does math game on her own.  

Believe Dr Nemechek in that with slow healing needs to be slow pruning the brain to connect the dots.  Monica sure is.  She was pretty good before knowing her surroundings, but now she's almost like Google Maps!  We passed Extreme Wheels in Crystal Lake yesterday on the way to Walgreens, and she was adamantly pointing out the window letting me know she wants to go.   She helps put groceries in the cart, and she helps me get groceries in the trunk of the car. 

Playing with her little sister who is almost 3 has been awakening.  She went from not caring, to being an instigator with her.   

While I have so many pluses, I want everyone to understand I am not trying to change her.  I am still letting her be Monica.  All these changes she has been doing on her own.  Even down to her putting her socks on. I wasn't even in the room, and she wanted to Roller Skate, so when I returned she had the socks on.  She flaps, she growls, she is still Monica. But connecting the world around her. 

Day 159

Day 159

1 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (BARI extra virgin olive oil, COOC Seal)
1/8 Tsp of Now Brand Inulin
1/2 Tsp ( 2.5ml ) of Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega Fish Oil

Monica put her socks on by herself!

Day 127

Day 127

1/6/2020

20,000 IU a day of D3

1 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (BARI extra virgin olive oil, COOC Seal)
1/8 Tsp of Now Brand Inulin 
1 pill of Now Brand DHA-500 Fish Oil

and now....

2 pills of Irwin Naturals CBD + Ashwagandha

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I bought it from the Vitamin Shoppe in Crystal Lake.  So no advertisements here.

After that last week of school before Christmas break, she was banging her head so bad, I knew that something had to change. The teacher and her staff strongly suggested I contact the doctor to put her on meds for aggression.  I had already scaled back the Inulin to 1/8 tsp.  I lowered her D3 back to 20,000 IUs, and alternate giving her the K2 every few days. 

I also bought the COOC Bari Extra Virgin Olive Oil.  That I bought because I wanted to try another approved brand in case Walmart stops selling Cobram Estate extra virgin olive oil.  Our local Meijer sells the Bari Extra Virgin Olive Oil.

Monica's mother, Alyssa, does not know about the Nemechek Protocol.  However she is in AWE of Monica's awareness to her and Monica's little half sister, Madison. 

Monica prior to the awakening, barely acted like her mother was there.  Basically just stayed in the same room, playing on her tablet.  I didn't want to take the tablet away when mom visits, because then she would associate the removal of a fun thing when Mom and Madi come.  

As of yesterday, when they visited, Monica ran to greet them.  With Madison, Monica upzipped her jacket.  With mom, big hug, and then sat next to her snuggling with tablet. 

As for the lapse in blogging, that was all me.  Not a fault, per say, but a necessity. Two weeks with Monica, and Grandpa. Two weeks of Christmas, mess, all us anxious, etc.  The week of Christmas was almost 60 degrees in Chicago, so we also went to the park, and she got to ride her new bike. 

We went out to a restaurant, our favorite Central Gyros in Chicago with Grandpa's family.  That went OKAY, but she was overheated.  77 degrees inside, since it was so flipping warm out.  I basically let her sit on the floor one table over, I tried to get her to sit on the floor at our table, but she found her "spot".

To those of you on the Nemechek Protocol, or thinking about trying and that read this later. 127 days later seems like yesterday.  The Facebook group I am in showed a non verbal boy who has been on it for two years, talking to the camera.  Two years of diligence, hope, and success.  And YES, when you get headbutted in the cheek at day 120 because she doesn't want to sit at the table you will want to quit.  Remember that your child/teen/adult might have headbutted you anyway. Might never have found that safe spot on the floor.  Might have destroyed the table, and threw a screaming tantrum and you would have had to leave the seven others at the table to enjoy, while you went out to the car to cry so they could wind down.  Instead, it was manageable! 

Here are four pictures from Christmas day, and the last one from this morning while we were waiting for the bus. 

Day 111 Photo

Day 111

Day 105

12/21/2019

1 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Cobram Estate extra virgin olive oil, COOC Seal)
1/8 Tsp of Now Brand Inulin 
1 pill of Now Brand DHA-500 Fish Oil

16 days home now, we are going to try to remove the D3 and K2.   Her aggression is bad at school, even lowering the inulin.  So we will try again. 

Day 103

Day 103

12/14/2019

30,000 IU a day of D3
800 MCG a day K2

1 Tbsp of Extra Virgin Olive Oil (Cobram Estate extra virgin olive oil, COOC Seal)
1/8 Tsp of Now Brand Inulin 
1 pill of Now Brand DHA-500 Fish Oil

I feel pretty good about lowering the Inulin. I didn't really want to, however, I can't have the teachers suggesting anti psychotic meds.   We might leave it at 1/8th for a while, then maybe move up to 1/4 tsp before spring break. And then back up to 1/2 tsp at summer break.

So far, she is extra snuggly. Like a 2 yr old clinging to a parent's leg.   I am good with it.  We went shopping earlier this morning, and she's in a really good mood.  Which is good, because I went to Walgreens yesterday, and that means I don't have anywhere else to go.