Ups and downs

When we started the gf/cf diet with the kids we did not know exactly what to expect. One week after removing dairy and gluten from Liam he started making better eye contact and his therapist from the early intervention program started reporting great changes. But as it happens with every person that is going through a withdrawal, Liam had a very bad week after 2 weeks on the diet. He had fever, was extremely agitated, could not sleep and had terrible tantrums. I knew this could happen, I just didn't know how bad it would be.
We started reading books, doing Internet research and everything possible to learn more about the Biomedical treatment for Autism. That was when we found Karyn Seroussi's book, her story and her fight to get her son better. We went against the doctors who told us that we would have a child for the rest of our lives and that there was nothing to do other than therapies and love.
Now after almost 2 years after beginning treatment I have the joy of hearing my kids sing, play, talk to each other, call me mommy and as strange as it may sound it is a relief to hear them cry when they are hurt ( most autistic kids don't show signs of pain) and be able to tell me where it hurts.
Some days they interact better than others, talk more, but I know I have to be patient. The road to recovery can be really bumpy, it can send you up and down, but love, support and a very good sense of humor will get us there.