Hello Angie,

You said your daughters (Lead Levels) is "3" ? At the number of 3 she
is not in any danger at this moment.

I have a question, Does your little girl put everything in her mouth
that she comes in contact with. ( Mouthing Objects?) Chewing on
furniture's, toys, eating non eatable items? If so she most likely has
Pica.

Being that China has a huge amount of Lead products, and it is used very
commonly by many who refuse to heed the warning, I too would be
extremely worried. The US doctors do not consider Chelation of Lead, for
numbers of 19 or 20, even though they should! Unfortunately US doctors
wait until Lead Level numbers get as high as "40" before doing
Chelation, I am quoting what regular MD practice. However if you find a
DAN doctor they will be more understanding of your concerns, and will
guide you in the right direction, providing the DAN doctor is a "good
one", be very "careful" choosing a DAN doctor. Some of the Chelation
Treatments are Dangerous ! Protocol for acceptable Lead Levels are
single digits. When numbers get above single digits, then be concerned.

Since your daughter has had a History of Lead Levels of 19.6,
unfortunately there is a "huge possibility" the numbers will rise again.
I live in Indiana, and it is sad that my child had to "wait until" his
Lead Levels numbers were ("40" ) before doctors would give chelation
treatment, and then the doctors only chelated for "Lead metals" and
nothing else....which was done "orally", over a period of "only" 4
weeks. I threw a fit, but got no where. A 4 week treatment will only
lower the levels. If the Lead has deposited into the bones, Lead can
leach out of the bones, and into the blood stream, causing high levels
again..

What type of behaviors are you seeing from your daughter? Does have
hyper behavior ? What symptoms are doctors looking at to think she is
retarded and not have Autism? If your daughter is non verbal at age 3,
there is a huge possibility she is Autistic.....Autism has been over
looked many times, and doctor's label the child as retarded, when in
fact they aren't.

Do you have your daughter in an early intervention program? At age 3 she
is too old for First Steps, but is old enough for Preschool. I noticed
you said she gets PT / OT.....that's wonderful. Why is she getting PT,
does she have Physical disabilities ? OT is great, so glad she is
getting this wonderul therapy!

{Please tell me more about your daughters Behaviors.} I am an Autism
Support group leader, and a member of the Autism Society of America. I
all so have completed Autism 101 course.

My little boy just had a blood work up done to check his Lead Levels,
and I should know results by Thursday. He has Pica....and Pica is so
hard to monitor, everything goes straight to his mouth that he comes in
contact with...he even licks the floor looking for the sweet taste of
Lead. Once a child get a taste of Lead, they crave it, and look for that
"high" they get from it.

My little guy has ASD / Pica.

Deborah Bock - ASA / ASI
--- In LeadedKids@yahoogroups.com, "jamie_angela" <jamieangiejacob@...>
wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have a daughter that is 3 years old. We adopted her from China at 11
> months. After having her in our arms for one month, she had her first
> pediatric appt...a blood draw...and found she had a lead level of 19.6
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> no chelation necessary, they said, because her level was not 20.
> So...being naive about the whole thing, I never thought twice. Until
> we began noticing that she wasn't developing. We now have a 3 year old
> that does not walk, talk, or communicate except for whining. (She has
> had non-stop PT, OT and Speech therapies). Dr.s have negated any of
> the "typical" syndromes like autism, Rhett, etc. However, there is
> one dr. that is looking at chelation. Her lead level is 3, but I have
> no doubt that it is in her body, and who knows how high her level was
> in China before we got her. My feeling is right now that she has
> suffered mental retardation because of the lead, and that can't be
> reversed. But...
> Is chelation worthwhile? Any positive results out there?
> Thank you for your thoughts,
> Angie, Michigan
>