Grace's new journey: week 4

Yes, I skipped week 3...for any of you that were wondering:) We just got labs back from a retest on Grace. Many of the labs are significantly improved and the biochemist said that we are doing a great job to move her lab results that quickly. There are two areas that are moving more slowly but they are areas that tend to move slowly. We are still having problems getting...are you ready for this??? enough sugar into her. She is hypoglycemic. Apparently if blood sugars are too low then oxygen doesn't get to the brain properly and it affects concentration/thinking/etc. Who would have thought that a child with ADHD needs more sugar lol! So, we will be adding more juice to her diet. We are already able to back off one of the supplements. Her behavior is probably over all an 8 if we started at a 10, but we did have days where she was a 6. When we have a lot of excitement, fast paced routine, people, going places then she does much more poorly. We have opted that for now we will still do the Ritalin in those situations (I had to take her out of church on Sunday because she was not doing well - I haven't had to do that in a LONG time). We will make sure we give her Ritalin before church for awhile! She is still ornery especially when she doesn't think she is being watched...but part of that is being a strong willed 5 year old:) Overall, in the grand scheme of things, we are pleased with her progress thus far and believe it will only get better.