New School, New After School Care, New Vitamins

Whitney had her first day at Creel Elementary today. She seemed happy tonight, and the teacher reported that she was happy at school. I hope she maintains this disposition. The class is certainly behind her academically, but the point is to help her behavior right now. She has swimming tomorrow, which should be very interesting.

Creel did not have any spots open in after school care, so we chose to put her at a daycare for after school. There are about 15 children in after school care, and they vary in ages. It really is all she talks about at night. She seems to love it. We started her last week during christmas break so she wouldn't have all the changes to her schedule today. They picked her up at school, and Jeff picked her up after work. It's right around the corner from his work, so it is highly convenient. We have a friend who works there, so that eased this transition quite a bit. I chose this daycare because they didn't balk once about whitney's toileting issues. They said "Taking care of kids is just what we do." The other facilities really seemed to have an issue with helping a child use the toilet. Geez.

We started Whit on a mitochondrial cocktail. This is a set of vitamins she takes twice a day that improve cell function:

• Carnitor
• co enzyme Q10
• B1
• B2
• C
• E

We started this by going to a compounding pharmacy and getting them to mix it all into a liquid...shake Well! Whitney wasn't having ANY of THAT, so we had to go a different direction. I got the coQ10, C, and E in gummy vitamins. What a help that is. Whitney swallows pills pretty easily, so the others go down ok. She balks sometimes, but we just come back later. A little applesauce and she is usually good to go. She is taking Melatonin to extend her sleep at night, so that is quite a load of pills.

It's going to be some time before we see any differences, but she should start to see some strength and endurance improvement. Fingers crossed!