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So yesterday, we took Lennon to the ER because he was acting funny..kind of lethargic, whiney..some abnormal behavior and so forth..and sure enough his ammonia levels were 276..gees…well so they admitted him, placed him on lipids and glucose and voila this morning his levels were 125 and this afternoon well enough to go home..this makes 8 visits so far this year…and very frustrating because it seems like no matter what we do at home..controlling his diet, making sure he gets his medications and giving him the things he needs more of such as fat (calories) and sugar, it doesn’t do us any good. I know there are times that he does well for a while..in the last year it lasted 6 months…but here recently its…

It was a good thing that in Jan. 07 we have moved to a new area. Lennon would be ill a few more times…with the vomiting and being extremely lethargic.. In August it came to the point that Lennon was almost not responding, and we took him to the ER. They did the usual, hook im to an IV and took down some notes of what we described..they took blood and gave him a physical. The peditrician noted some differences in the amino acids and was concerned enough to have him admitted for an overnight stay. They brought him food which he didn’t keep down..and so the journey began in the discovery of what is wrong with Lennon. The next day due to his normal…

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Lennon was born in 2003. The pregnancy was good, no trauma no trouble..until the end where he had to be induced. Perfect angel, little baby boy. All was well, or so we thought. We went home and started the new routine. Having had children already, it was no big deal for me. But somehow (in my gut) things were different. L couldn’t be consoled, nothing would satisfy him and he constantly had a runny nose and he would just scream for weeks on end. I’d call the doc and nothing was “wrong”. Lennon grew and went through the stages of being ill..symptomsptons but not having the flu.. he’d vomit, he’d be lethargic, hyper, not sleeping (or just a…