It's baaaaaaaack!

The last time we had tested my son's urine for yeast it was a half-hearted attempt. He was not potty trained and the urine was mixed with a little water as we attempted to collect it in the tub.

Now that he can go on command we finally got a good sample and scary results to go with it too!

I got the results and then waited about a month to speak to my doc about it.

As it turns out, the OAT identified toxins produced by yeast. Well, duh.

He has elevated: hphpa, arabinose, 3 oxyglutaric acid and citramalic acid.

What does this mean?

Well I can go into the entire medical explanation, but I really like mine better: THIS MEANS THAT IT SUCKS! Yet one more thing that sucks about autism.

Now, my baby is supposed to start on grapefruit seed extract, Lacto-duo, colostrum and lipolic acid. Four more supplements to add to his diet?

The scary part is the supposed protocol to follow this week; the grapefruit seed extract for 10 days, then the lipolic acid for 3, and then conclude with a urine and stool collection.

There are days that I want to just take it all away and hand him a bowl of pasta with lots of cheese on it (you know, since he is gf/cf/sf). But, I know that would do no good either so then, what to do?

I am not looking forward to this. He has also been a little spaced out. We call his name and it' s taking him a good 2 or 3 tries to finally get him to look. This has not been present in about 4 years so it is heartbreaking to see some of that return.

Should make for an interesting post next week when it's all done.