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This is a letter that my sister-in-law e-mailed to Great Plains lab. She has

some concerns about her son. I haven't noticed any activities that would concern

me, but I am not around him all day. Please e-mail me back if you have any

advice that I can pass on to her. Hopefully the GPL can give her some good

advice.

Thanks in advance.

Here letter follows:

Hello. My sister-in-law recommended your site; her son has been

> diagnosed with

>

> autism.

>

> I am concerned about my son, also. He has had /some/ vaccines, i.e.

> IPV, HiB and DTaP,

>

> as I was concerned at the time and am now more concerned about vaccine

> safety. He

>

> seems very nervous compared to my older daughter. He's beginning to

> talk well at 3 and

>

> seems to function as our PCP deems " normal. " He's a loner, which I

> don't have a problem

>

> with at all; my husband is the same way--he prefers to be alone. His

> problems could be my

>

> imagination, since my nephew has been diagnosed, but I'd like to get

> your feedback on

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> behaviors that I think may be a problem.

>

> * He had a bout with Raynaud's phenomenon at 10 months, diagnosed by

> ish Rite Hospital, Atlanta, GA. However, this has only

> happened one time, when he was just about to get over a viral

> infection, which is why, they say, it occurred at all. I have

> read that Raynaud's is an onset of MS. I am genuinely concerned.

>

> * He loves milk (I read about the wheat/milk allergies) and I put

> Ovaltine in it a lot, which has extra vitamins, etc.

>

> * I took Celexa, an anti-depressant, while I was pregnant and for

> approximately 2 months while nursing him. I stopped taking it

> because I felt guilty because he was getting the drug through my

> milk. I've always wondered if that has caused him to be nervous

> or has caused some other type of abnormality in his brain.

>

> * Two nights ago, he woke up crying, screaming that his leg/knee was

> hurting, pulling it up to him (like an infant does when he/she has

> gas). It used to happen more often--3-4 times a week. My husband

> always says he just got woke up and is pitching a fit. I've

> always thought something was wrong, probably because of the

> Raynaud's thing (which hasn't happened since he was 10 months). I

> say that it /could/ be that he has to pee--his bladder has become

> enlarged and is blocking the flow of blood, cutting off the

> circulation to his leg, hence he grabs his leg. /If/ I can get

> him to pee, he's ok for a while, at least, most of the time.

>

> I'm not a doctor; I'm a momma and my sixth sense seems to be kicking

> in. There may be

>

> absolutely nothing wrong with him, but I'd rather be safe than sorry,

> especially since the

>

> Raynaud's thing occurred and it has been linked to MS. Do you have a

> general

>

> test recommendation when one is not sure if there is actually anything

> wrong? Your

>

> feedback is greatly appreciated, even if it means you think I'm just a

> nutcase.

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H.

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