October 7th, 2006 at 12:23 am
My daughter received two more allergy treatments in Cleveland at the OsteoMed II clinic.
The diagnostic test from last month was repeated; the results came that the glutin and casein sensitivities had cleared up.
This is the diagnostic tool that is used. The probe is placed in the child’s sock, and the aluminum block with its holes is touched to the vials for any reaction.
After the diagnostic, vials with different materials are placed in the child’s socks for 15 minutes. After the first treatment she wasn’t to have food for three hours. We spent the time in the Cleveland Metro Parks Zoo. After the second set, our child was to have no food or drink except water, and she was not to touch plastic for three hours. This last requirement was the strangest of all, and I found myself wondering, “Type 1 recyclable plastic? Styrofoam?” 
We had to cover her car seat with a cotton bedsheet, and she had to wear socks on her hands so that she wouldn’t touch the plastic buckle of the car seat.
We also received supplements that are said to promote a healthy immune system. The doctor reassured us that she wouldn’t recommend anything that wasn’t FDA-approved. My daughter was able to drink her zinc solution without too much trouble, but the elderberry-flavored Sambucol will have to be hidden in fruit.
Coming soon: pictures and a movie or two from the Cleveland Zoo, and a hotel report. It seems the Holiday Inn Select brand is not as consistent as was once expected.
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November 4th, 2006 at 8:17 am
[...] A little more about the diagnostic test that is used to determine what vials are placed in my girl’s socks. The probe is placed in one sock. Another person holds the child’s arm with one hand, and the adult holds her (in this case) other arm out to the side. The adult also touches her thumb to her middle finger on the hand held out. The osteopath doctor takes the aluminum block and touches the glass vials in the tray while pressing down on the adult’s arm. If the doctor can push the arm down easily, there is a “sensitivity,” and the test is repeated just touching one vial instead of a group. If the arm isn’t pushed down easily, then the sensitivity is “cleared,” and that vial doesn’t have to be placed in the child’s sock for 15 minutes. [...]