Re: Everyday miracles (long-sorry)

[Guest guest]

,

Thank You for your beautifully written story of hope, love and

yes...every day miracles! We have to remember that it does take time

to mend broken bodies and immune systems that were dammaged by our

wreckless, toxic society.

My wish for your little girl and for every child out there is for

continued Miracles Every Day!!!

-Trish

>

>

> When we came to the realization that our beautiful two year old

daughter

> was autistic, we were engulfed in fear, anger, sadness, and a

> overwhelming sense of hopelessness and helplessness. We read every

blog,

> every article and every message board in search of a miracle, a

miracle

> that we knew we just had to find. We didn't know if it would take

a day,

> a week, a month, or a year, but we knew miraculously we would one

day

> wake up and everything would be fine. Its now ten months from that

> realization.

>

> We have chosen a path that has taken us through the biomedical

> treatments, therapies of all kinds, and even traditional medicine.

One

> of the finest pediatric hospitals in the world evaluated our

daughter

> and gave us the diagnosis we suspected, full classic autism. We

held out

> hope that there would be some glimmer of optism from the

evaluation.

> There was none.

>

> We continued our regimine of supplements and therapy still

believing

> that one day there would be a miracle. Our DAN doctor reminded us

that

> we were in a marathon, not a sprint (good advice). We still knew a

> miracle had to come our way.

>

> At two years old, our daughter had none of the language skills she

had

> gained prior eighteen months. She avoided eye contact and

interaction

> with family and caregivers, and her sleep pattern included a

period of

> three to four hours of crying/tantrums/playing every night. Her

bowel

> movements were terrible and gave her pain due to the acidic

burning they

> caused her skin. Each day she had more and more difficulty in

playing

> and tantrums became a regular occurence. We needed a miracle.

>

> When we made diet changes and added supplements we hoped that one

> morning all would be fine. Over time, things began to change. She

> stopped lining up her toys when we put her on a casein free diet.

B12

> injections gave us back the eye contact that we thought we lost

forever.

> B6 made the tantrums disappear. Some combination of the probiotics,

> cranberry extract, grapefruit seed extract helped her control the

yeast

> that gave her terrible bowel trouble. Glutithione lotion and 5HTP

> provided sleep filled nights. So far we still have not had the

overnight

> miracle, instead everyday has become a miracle. Our daughter is

happy.

> She plays, sometimes even interacting with her peers, she is

trying to

> sing words to songs, she gives hugs, waves hello/goodbye

(sometimes),

> sleeps through the night most every night, and is astonishing her

> therapists on a daily basis. Her language constantly improves (but

is

> still below average). Everyday is a miracle.

>

> We sometimes think what would have happened to her without the

> intervention. Most likely she would be in some full time care

facility,

> probably on narcotics to keep her calm. Today she is a happy child,

> learning to explore and interact with a world that opens up to her

a

> little each and every day. Everyday is a miracle.

>

> All of you who contribute your experiences and ideas are part of

the

> miracle that we and many others are witnessing on a daily basis.

You

> have decided that things can be better for your kids and you will

make

> it happen. We all struggle with how to best care for those we love,

> unsure, looking for answers that should be there but continue to

escape

> us. We are making progress though. Our shared experiences don't

make it

> into the medical journals or the pharmaceutical reps presentations

but

> they are helping us to overcome the challenges that we face on a

daily

> basis. The ability for people from all backgrounds to join

together to

> fight a common battle the way that we do is a miracle in its own

right.

>

> Our daughter is not " cured " and she has a long way to go, but each

day

> brings more and more hope that she will live a happy and fulfilling

> life. The challenges have just begun, we're only ten months into

what

> may be a never-ending process, but we see the miracles everyday.

Its not

> only the changes in our daughter, its the changes to our family

that

> have made us appreciate what we have. We're not religous, but we

are

> spiritual, and we feel truely blessed.

>

> Thank all of you for your advice and comments. Keep fighting the

good

> fight. Miracles happen everyday!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Very well put. I too have thought about what would have happened if we

weren't willing to try biomed interventions. And I feel pain for the

many children whose parents haven't/won't try biomed & the untapped

potential within those children.

Each small victory in our children's lives is definitely worth

celebrating.

Blessings,

, mom to Nate, age 3