Kaelyn | Biomedical Intervention of Kaelyn

So, aside from the amazing strides Kaelyn has made in the month she has been gluten free- we had our first REAL display that this diet has in fact, REALLY changed her and that gluten is evil.

This morning, Kaelyn got ahold of a loaf of bread. She tore into it like a crackhead needing a fix. Buddy found her with the bag in one hand and shoveling bread into her mouth with the other. He had just used the bathroom. She couldnt have eaten much more than a piece. But.. omg…

For the first hour, she looked like she was really really stoned. Eyes glazed over and everything. Then for the following 2-3 hours, she was insane. Screaming and jumping off of furnature and destroying things.  Crankiness has lingered thoughout the day.

At first I was all bummed, thinking that all the work we had done was down the drain. But as I watched her come back into herself after just a few hours, I knew it was just a speedbump and an affirmation that this diet is exactly what she needs. I mean, a piece of bread and a huge negative response immediately? Couldn’t ask for more of a sign. (like I said, aside from the huge improvements she has made)

So yeah, Kae continues to rock this diet and learn a bunch of new things every day. Seems like she is trying to make up for lost time. Thats ok by me.

As some of you know… Kaelyn has many symptoms of Autism. She does strange hand gestures, arm flapping, has an obsession with “sameness”, lack of eye contact and limited affection, decreased sensitivty to pain.  The biggest is that she is 2 and a half and was only able to speak about 8 words on a regular basis.(mamma, daddy, cup, juice, shit (I KNOW) and she could count 1-4, with YEAH being 5)  Most of these symptoms she had only to a limited extent, but they were present.  She has not been diagnosed with Autism, though her doctor has told us that she needs the testing and will be in speech therapy…

and then she recommended we try the gluten and casein free diet.

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