9/4: Symtpoms Getting Slightly Better

Leo just fell asleep after a pretty good day. Every day, his swallowing seems to be getting ever so slightly better, as is use of his right arm. Now that I have a few minutes, I finally have a chance to upload the July and August MRIs. The August image on the right looks smaller to the naked eye, I think, mainly because the magnification seems different. Per the Parkside MRI report, I think I uploaded the correct images, even though they seem different. Regardless, the professionals here and in Houston have spoken.

July 2006	August 2006

We are also getting more serious about supplements to help Leo's immune system; help relieve some of the swelling and try to hurry along the process of weaning him off of decadron; and general strength and health.

We'd started giving him elderberry extract in Houston and are now giving it to him -- and Anna and Nina -- daily. I think it's supposed to help the immune system. We're also giving him colloidal silver, which is supposed to relieve swelling and inflammation. And today we got the juicer out and made some fresh juice from just about everything: apples, carrots, beets, watermelon, canteloupe, pomegranite, etc. Leo and I enjoyed it, but Anna and Nina snubbed their little noses and refused. I think we'll just have to stop buying juices and make our own to get them to drink these, which were absolutely delicious.

The only bad news is that Leo seems to have developed a mild case of thrush, basically uncontrolled fungus in his mouth. Click here to read more about it, although the picture in this link is much, much worse than Leo's. So we picked-up a prescription to treat this: nystatin, 4 times a day for 10 days...