Cole
Added: 8-25-08:
Cole is our first child so we had no “normal” to measure his progress. He met most milestones (sitting, babbling, pointing, walking) right on time, but had been slower in language area (started saying ‘dada’ sounds as early at 1 year but didn’t start really saying words until closer to 2). My sister didn’t say a single word until she was 2 and she is perfectly fine so we didn’t worry. We taught him a little sign language which he used often (mostly the sign for “more”).
Early on Cole was fascinated with spinning objects and lights. He had a spinning toy (small table with spinner in the middle of it) that he would place all kinds of objects on and watch them spin for hours. As he got older he lessened the time he spends with that toy (his own choice) and stopped spinning objects on the floor as well. We took the toy away once we knew what was going on. I would estimate as early as 14 -16 
months he began flapping his arms whenever he was happy. He liked to line up objects (apples, bars of soap, paperclips). Another fascination is with sliding doors. He could watch them for hours if we let him.
Cole had never had any stomach/digestion problems (obvious ones to us at least). Never thrown up and never had diarrhea. Never has had an ear infection, never taken antibiotics, and rarely caught a cold (maybe once or twice a year at most).
We had always noticed his vocabulary was less than other boys his age. But we first were alerted that something was seriously wrong when we watched Jenny McCarthy’s interview about her son. We saw the similar traits that Cole and her son shared, although Cole had none of the medical problems (like seizers) that her son had. We read her book and decided to pursue bio-medical treatment. We put Cole on the GFCF diet in November 2007. Within two days we saw a reduction in tantrums. He was speaking 115 words (at age 2.8 years) on the day we started the diet. Within 2 months he had added more than 50 words to his vocabulary.
We went to our local Children’s Hospital to get an official diagnosis (basically just to be eligible for social services). They told us, to our faces, that alternative treatments were a waste of our “resources.”
We found Internal Balance by doing web searches and reading articles on EMF. We took Cole for his first 
week of treatment in January 2008. He responded very well to the detoxification sessions. We live outside of Tennessee, so our program consisted of five days with follow up visits every three months.
I would describe his recovery as a “fog lifting.” Grandma noticed right away (after not seeing Cole for 10 days) that he had already improved. He had doubled his word count within 2 months.
We went for our second week of treatment in May. He continues to improve by leaps and bounds. He is now 3.4 years old and his list of accomplishments include:
- Word count is probably 500-800 words (I can’t keep track anymore)
- Speaks in 4-9 word sentences consistently
- Follows directions well
- Huge increase in pointing (almost none before)
- Almost never has tantrums, a simple time-out usually does the trick
- Initiates play with other children on the playground
- Increase in imaginary play (absolutely none before)
- Started special pre-school at 3.0 years and has had great ‘report cards’
We look forward to our next treatments with Internal Balance to continue our upward climb!
