One Brain Balance appointment down, 35 more to go. Whit seemed to have had a good time at his appointment. He did complain that the 3-D glasses he had to wear for one exercise actually made him cry because they hurt his eyes (not boo-hoo cry, but his eyes teared.)
I had intended to sit in the waiting room and get some reading done, but no. I was called back to an office to sign media wavers, information release waivers (for the school—I didn't have the heart to say we ought to leave the school out of it. When I asked for her thoughts on Brain Balance, my principal suggested I put Whit in a dance class. Sooo maybe not a whole lot of support on that front.)
Some home exercises were also explained. There are MANY! Four eye-tracking exercises to be done three times a day, a music cd we have to listen to for 15 minutes, three times a day, and a three body yoga-like exercises three times a day. Every day. He also has to do pushups and situps three times a week. I was really surprised that Whit didn't give me grief about doing these exercises this morning. Each daily exercise only takes about a minute, so it’s not too bad.
Today I have to call and make an appointment to have Whit’s blood drawn one early morning. Part of BB is about elimination diet if he shows sensitivity to any foods. The test will cost $495 (IgG for gluten, some blood plasma amino acid test, and a urine test for organic acid something-or-other—it made more sense when the doctor/nutritionist woman was explaining it to me!) So I will just forget that story on NPR yesterday that Chris alerted me to, about how clinical studies show elimination diets don’t really have any effect on ADHD. http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/01/09/144796050/for-kids-with-adhd-the-elimination-diet-falls-short-of-success My kid gets SO HANGRY!!!
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