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My name is Maggie.

My son Gunnar was diagnosed with autism last January. He was four years old. He was born in 2008. Normal pregnancy.

He was born when he had the shakes. And his eyes were darting everywhere. And they were a little bit concerned by the medical staff. They did some testing. And of course they gave him the Hep B vaccine without my consent. Or my husband’s consent, without even telling us.

We brought him home when he was three days old. We got a phone call from the hospital saying he had hypothyroidism. Congenital hypothyroidism. And we needed to start him immediately on Synthroid, on synthetic thyroid medication.

So he was breastfed. But we did have to crush a pill into some formula to give him once a day.

So he was developing normally. We were happy. We wanted him. We willed him to be a boy. He was our beautiful boy.

He was… I’m going to cry… three years old. And I noticed that he wasn’t asking a lot of questions. He wasn’t asking why. He didn’t seem very interested in the world around him. He started to stare off out the window. Hard to get his attention.

I went to his endocrinologist. My husband and I voiced our concerns. And they blew us off. They said, oh, the medication fluctuation, dosage fluctuations cause side effects of fatigue.

Time went on and other caregivers, in-laws, parents, noticed that he was looking out of the corner of his eye a lot. Very picky about foods. Started having some sensory issues.

I took him to the endocrinologist again. And I said, I want an evaluation. And she said, oh, he’s fine. You know, boys are hard to potty train. I said, but he was potty training. And now he’s wetting himself and doesn’t even notice that he soiled himself. This something is not right.

And she had got a page and left the room. And there was a resident in there. And I said, I want an evaluation. So she pulled up a milestones chart and said, is he doing this? I said, he was. He’s not anymore. Is he doing this? No, he never did that. Is he doing this? No, he never did that.

And she went down the list and then she said, Gunnar, can you stand on one foot? And he didn’t even turn. She said, Gunnar, Gunnar, Gunnar. And he didn’t even notice. And she said, I agree with you. He needs an evaluation.

So, it took six months to get the evaluation. They’re so, so very far backed up. It was, and that apparently after talking to other parents, that was pretty quick in comparison. But I kept calling and pushing and pushing to get the evaluation.

So, finally had it in January. He was four years old. And then they didn’t give us a diagnosis that day. They said that they would send it to us in the mail when they concurred with each other.

So, they told us he had autism. So, they wanted us to come back in February for some more in-depth testing.

So, that testing, we had changed diet. We had switched to gluten, dairy, soy-free diet almost immediately after his diagnosis. And we almost immediately saw good things. And his digestive issues were getting better.

And he was waking up in the middle of the night screaming in the fetal position and couldn’t tell us what was wrong. If I touched him, he’d scream, ow! Music was on quietly and he’d cover his ears and turn it down. And he just was uncomfortable in his own skin. He didn’t want to be held. He didn’t want to be rocked. He didn’t want to be sang to. He wasn’t interested in books.

His speech was, want juice, want juice. He wasn’t speaking in sentences.

So, we had him tested and his speech and language was at a 23-month-old level. He was four years old. His gross and fine motor skills are around 26-27 months.

And so, I just went into hyper-research mode. I read everything I could get my hands on. I was up all night, all my free time. I was consumed with, I’m bound to determine to heal my child.

You know, I went into the whole acceptance thing at first because I felt like I was maybe doing a disservice to him. I wanted to change anything about him. I just wanted to get him healthy.

So, I stumbled upon the CD (MMS) protocol and I started watching and started taking notes. And this makes sense to me.

Had some food allergy panels ran, did a comprehensive stool analysis. Actually, both my kids, my neurotypical daughter and my son, and they both tested highly intolerant to gluten, dairy, and soy, among some other things. They both have leaky gut. My son has bacterial dysbiosis, which is leaky gut caused by bacterial overgrowth. And my daughter’s was yeast. She had overgrowth of Candida.

So, the whole family went on the diet. I have hypothyroidism. I had a giant goiter. Within ten days, my goiter was gone.

I decided that this was going to work for us. I just knew it. I just knew in my gut that this was right. I ordered the book. The book came in. And my son was obsessed with the book. My son, who never was interested in books. And our living room is full of books. And his bedroom is full of books. And sister’s bedroom is full of books. And he never wanted to sit down and read a book.

And this came in the mail. And he was obsessed. This book is it. This book is it. Which was the longest sentence he had really said at that point. And my husband and I looked at each other and our eyes filled with tears. And we were like, yeah buddy, this is it. And we just knew.

We just knew in our gut that this was the answer for us. And so, I started with my son.

I did the protocol complete for four months for myself. I saw a lot of improvements in my own health concerns. I had adrenal fatigue and all sorts of things going on. I feel great now.

My son had immediate improvements. He started sleeping through the night. Seven weeks in, he no longer needed his thyroid medication he had been on since he was three days old. Still doesn’t need it to this day.

Started sleeping through the night. Digesting food normally. Eating normally. The sensory issues disappeared. You know, he is affectionate. He is happy. He is healthy.

Sorry. It is just incredible. It is incredible.

Everybody notices how great he is doing. He is just reading books. He is going to mainstream preschool. He is getting ready to go to kindergarten next year.

His ATEC when we started June 23rd last year was an 80 and it is currently at a 5. And there are things that I believe the ATEC doesn’t show. Improvements such as he is asking why questions. He wants an explanation. He wants to play games. He initiates conversation. He jokes.

He is sneaky like a five-year-old should be when he wants something and he bargains. And if I ask him a question, if he doesn’t know it, he says, I don’t know. And then he gives his best explanation. He is healthy. I mean, he is doing incredibly, incredibly well.

I have talked to so many parents that have tried every intervention under the sun and spent beaucoup dollars. And they are not seeing a tenth of the improvement that we have seen in our son. And he is just a little walking miracle and nobody can limit his potential.

He has got a full childhood now. He has got a full life ahead of him. And I am really excited to see what he does with his life. He is really intelligent. He has got a photographic memory. He can memorize things very quickly.

The scripting has slowed. A lot of his speech for a while seemed a little robotic. And now we are getting more and more natural speech. And it is just incredible.

I love helping other parents. This community of parents is just amazing. They are a family. Everybody cheers each other on. Everybody wants each other’s child to improve. Nobody is selling anything. Nobody is trying to make money. Everybody is just trying to heal their children. And we are doing it. And we are all doing it.

It is just absolutely incredible. It is incredible to be a part of. And I am just honored. Very honored to be a part of it.