Hi Everyone,
My little guy has lead levels of 49. We painted, did the lead clean
up according health regulations, went by the book, and yet my child's
lead levels shot up. He has Pica a disorder which causes one to eat
non eatable items. During the night he got up and bit through the
paint and even ate the wood of my window Ceil's.

I took him to the hospital after I saw he had been biting the window
Ceil, and they told me his lead levels are 49. Then they suggested
Chelation, and I said lets get started. The doctor said I could do
the Chelation at home, but I told him I would rather start the
Chelation at the hospital because my child had a stroke in October
2005, and I do not want to take any chances of him having any
complications with the Chelator. So far he is doing well on the
Chelator.

The name of the Chelator is Succimer. He stated on Succimer April 22
and will finish May 9th..
Tomorrow May 4th he will get a CBC platelets and Liver function test.
May 16th he will get his Lead Levels checked again.

I am telling you all of this, to let you know that even if you have
done the Lead clean up / paint over lead paint, your child is still
in danger of high lead levels.

We had our house reinspected for lead with an X-ray gun, and found
that the only place that lead was found was our front door / 6 large
windows...We will be replacing them this Saturday...It will be a huge
job, but well worth it.

The only safe way to get rid of lead is to remove the whole area that
the lead was found in...You never know what a child might do!

I will let you know how the CBC Platelets and liver function test
goes.

May God Bless you, and your families.

Deborah Brock
Autism Society of America