People often ask me how Christopher is doing. I don't really know how to answer that. See, he looks fine, he really looks good most of the time, though sometimes his eyes betray him. Lyme manifests itself in all kinds of ways but not usually in ways that you can see physically. It manifests in other ways. Behavior, internal pain, which rotates, stomach pain, those kinds of things. It's also quiet. It's a bacteria. And it keeps drilling. Further and further in to his body. The further it goes the harder to treat. The longer the treatment. The truth is he will really never be cured. His symptoms may go in to remission but he will always have to watch his diet and look for symptoms and he will always have to question and wonder...is my Lyme coming back? Something a child should never have to do. All the way in to adulthood this will haunt him. His whole life. He will have to worry about his wife and children. Because, yes he can give it to them. What a heavy burden for a little boy. And all the while it's unseen to the naked eye.
So for right now he's ok. He's had a not so great last few days for sure. Yesterday alone he had three accidents. I blame it on our diet right now. As we have laxed some with two birthdays and Christmas and family coming in from out of town I'm doing what I can to keep his diet straight but I can't stay on top of all of it. January will be hard but will be a welcome change though he may have some bad herxing again.
Only time will tell.
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