How did this happen?

It's Jay again...

Let me preface this entry by stating that I am not a doctor nor do I play one on TV (although that would be really cool and we'd have a lot more money.) As many of you know, we've been to numerous doctors and therapists. We've also researched a lot of info on-line and are currently reading five different books. So...how did this happen? In my opinion, there are a few different factors involved in how this happened. First and foremost, Carson has several food allergies (or intolerances.) He's allergic to wheat, dairy, and eggs. Looking back, Carson was a very sick baby with several ear infections, RSV, asthma, etc. He was on breathing treatments of Pulmicort and Albuterol on and off for at least a year for his "asthma." He was also on antibiotics every time he had an ear infection. I think that many of these illnesses were caused by his food allergies, which we had no way of knowing that he had. Then you throw in a few vaccines here and there and BAM! you have an ASD. The vaccines, antibiotics, etc. are not processed through the body correctly due to the food allergies and the digestive system not working properly because of his "leaky gut." His immune system was constantly compromised without us even knowing it. You know how your doctor always asks if your kids are sick when it's time for vaccines and if they are, they can't get the vaccines at that visit. The reason for that is because your immune system can only fight off one thing at a time. So, as Carson's body was fighting off his food allergies, it could not fight off the vaccines or process them properly through his system. I learned this from Jenny McCarthy. It makes perfect sense. One of our doctors told us that as we were feeding Carson anything with gluten or casein in it, we were feeding his speech and developmental delay. As the gluten and casein breaks down, they become what are called peptides. When you have a leaky gut, the peptides escape out into the bloodstream, continually traveling through the brain causing delays. I believe what Carson has is allergy induced autism. There is a great website on AIA. His body cannot rid itself of all of this gluten and casein and it feeds a huge build up of yeast in his system, which would explain why he has been constipated forever.....until NOW! More to come.....