Six Week Update

[Guest guest]

My son has been using both the Houston enzymes for six weeks now and

he is maintaining his new level of improved eye contact,

socialization, initiating conversation, ability to transition,

compliance with requests, attention, unsolicited affection, energy,

and most importantly, happiness. Stimming and wetting are still

present, but I am hopeful we will see improvement there, too. Very

occasionally, I see some self-injurious behavior, but it is far less

than before enzymes.

Since I last posted our " Success Story " , I have noticed another

impressive change. Until about two weeks ago, my son was obsessed

with Legos. He was rarely without a Lego catalog, flyer, instruction

sheet, or magazine. He read about Legos nearly all day long except

when he was talking about Legos. I think Legos are great toys, but

this inability for my son break thought easily from them was

frustrating at times. I admire people that have great passion about

one subject and can devote their life to it (enzymes, for example),

but to be obsessed in a way that interferes with everyday life can

be, in my opinion, debilitating. Before the enzymes, he would only

discuss other topics if they were in a book or on TV. He enjoyed

talking about weather and other science subjects, but would soon

return to his Lego obsession. Fortunately, at school, he was able to

focus on the topic at hand well enough to progress as hoped, but at

home, it was Legos, Legos, Legos. When he was younger, construction

vehicles were his passion, and at age four, that seemed fine.

However, at age seven, the world expects one to be able to converse

about many subjects. I realized about a week ago that the Lego

obsession was now just an interest.

My son no longer walks around with his nose in a flyer, oblivious to

his surroundings. He still considers Legos his favorite hobby and

will gladly discuss them, but he is able to concentrate on other

topics at length now, too. He is in our world. Just three months

ago my husband and I discussed how in our house, it was like we were

living with a ghost. My son would silently " float " in and out of the

room. He wasn't fully with us. He was half in our world, half in

another world. His new awareness is a great gift both for him and

the people that love him.

Kelley