It was time for K to visit his DAN! doctor, who is a naturopath in Vancouver, and that meant it was time for a road trip. Not to be too immodest, but this is just one demonstration of our family’s commitment to K and ensuring that we are trying to do all we can to ensure he reaches his maximum potential. After all, it necessitates a long trip involving a ferry crossing each way, and at the end of the long day it was 9 hours from when we left to our return home, all for a 1 hour appointment.

The appointment went well as we discussed all that has been going on since our last conversation in October. We reviewed K’s extensive supplement schedule, which I have been meaning to post, as well as our progress in working to remedy some of his issues from the last round of testing. For “homework” we are going to modify his supplement regimen slightly, and finally going to reduce some of what he is getting. The poor guy never seems to get to eat or drink anything without it being adulterated in some way.

We are also anxious to get the next round of test results. This will be our third round of testing since starting the DAN! protocol and we have been seeing some success. K is definitely improving and his overall health seems to be improving as well now that he is past that awful stage of perpetual infections from last spring! We have seen a nice reduction in some of his toxic load, which we attribute to the natural detoxification we have been doing with him. Now, if we could just get his yeast under control we would be very happy indeed.

All in all, a very long day for the entire family but we got through it without any serious incidents or meltdowns and K’s big sister took it all in stride. We were very proud of her. After all it isn’t much fun riding around in the car to go and sit in the Doctor’s office and then to pile in the car again to head home (thank you portable DVD players!). It’s hard enough for us, let alone a 4 and 6 year old, but we know it is worth it and I think she does too.

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