child refuses DMSA at night... now what? (Andy?)

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We started our first chelation round with our 40lb almost-four-year-old son. He

took 2.8mg (a twelfth of one DMSA capsule) at 2:00, 4:00, 6:00 and 8:00 PM

without a hitch, though he didn't like the taste. I put it in a teaspoon of pear

juice and used an oral syringe to inject it into his mouth, followed by a tasty

chewable vitamin. However when I just attempted to give him the midnight dose,

he was flat-out asleep and hated being woken, screamed bloody murder and

thrashed, waking his little sister and my husband in the other bedrooms. He bit

my finger pretty hard in the process. Some of the dose went into his mouth, some

on the sheet, and the rest is still in the oral syringe. I had trouble finding

his mouth because I didn't want to turn on a light.

What does this mean in terms of chelation? Should we abort the chelation round,

or will this cause redistribution? Should we turn on the lights, hold him down,

and force him to swallow it? Is it okay to do very short 12-hour daytime-only

rounds, such as every two hours between 8AM and 8PM?

Any advice on this would be very welcome. Please help.

Thank you,