LIST OF THINGS WE TRIED OR STILL DO not in any order updated as I remember! 8.13.2022


  1. Cut nails every other day
  2. Scrub nails in the morning with small nail scrubber
  3. Vacuum every day. Mainly his bedroom and other rooms most of the time.
  4. Wash bedsheets and pillows in high heat. Dry in high heat. Everyday. (we've been through two washers and two dryers last two years) 
  5. Ordered four pairs of Scratch Me Not sleeves. Washed daily high heat and high heat dryer. Diego sleeves were soaked through out the night so I had extra to change them out quickly after a scratch session. He only wore these at night in bed.
  6. Grassfed Beef everyday made in olive oil, with minced organic garlic and organic white onion with salt
  7. Organic sweet potato cut boiled and smashed with his grassfed beef
  8. White rice started May 2020
  9. Take pictures every day or every other day. Same time of day same angle same lighting and label with date
  10. Glutino pretzels
  11. Home made organic french fries baked in oven with olive oil and salt
  12. March 2020 to Now outside in sun as long as we can
  13. High dose Sodium Ascorbate sprinkled on food
  14. NMT strict 2019
  15. Wash hands frequently
  16. We quarantine July 2018 till June 2019. Mainly stayed home had few visitors that were family.
  17. I allowed Diego to stay on tablet during bedtime to distract with the itch, even at 3 am. 
  18. Air purifer beside his room 
  19. Zyrtec daily from June 2018 till August 2019. We stopped due to having blood drawn for allergy testing. We were planning on stopping anyways. 
  20. In the beginning stages we gave ibuprofen an hour before shower to help with the pain. I don't think it even worked. We would give in the morning because he just seemed to be in pain from his red swollen skin. 

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