Donuts!

My son got to experience the taste of cinnamon donuts fresh from the cider mill, and without reaction.  Well, actually he had a donut from there a couple weeks back and had a terrible outbreak on his legs.  I worked hard to clear it up, using peroxide baths and moisturizer.  I knew he had a class field trip to the same cider mill coming up, so I made a special trip out there to pick up a donut.  I did a home naet treatment on him with the donut on Monday, and he enjoyed his donut with his class on Wednesday.  It's Friday night now, and his skin still looks great.  The best part was that he got to partake in what all the other kids were doing!  He didn't need any special food, and I didn't have to tell him he couldn't have something.  It was as if everything is normal.  As I chaperoned his trip, I sat back and watched him just be a kid.  It was wonderful.

Strange Reaction to Something so Innocent

The day started off happily.  My husband took our son to Starbucks and purchased him a bottle of Very Berry Naked Juice.  Sounds simple enough--apple juice, banana, strawberries, blackberries, and raspberries--AND natural flavor.  He's had all the fruits before without issue.  He's even had other types of Naked Juice like the Strawberry Banana.  But it was clear that this particular bottle didn't agree with him.  Within minutes of drinking it, my kid was panicking that his throat felt swollen and complaining that his heart was racing.  He dropped to the floor in agony and was gouging at his eyes, which had turned extremely red all around the outside.  Mind you this was 7 in the morning and I was hardly awake.  I flew out of bed to try to help him and get a handle as to what was going on.  I gave him a Benedryl and after a few minutes he calmed down and seemed ok.  I couldn't help but wonder if he had came into contact with peanuts while at the coffee shop.  We had a NAET appointment scheduled for 9 am, and I took the juice with us.  He was showing weak to the juice, especially in the lung area which is rare for him.  Wish I knew what this particular 'natural flavor' consists of, as my post from a year ago proves, it could be anything.

A Quick Update

A quick update . . .My son did eat a blueberry, and although the results weren't exactly what I was hoping for, he did do much better than his previous attempt a couple weeks ago before his treatment.  This time he had one hive on his lower cheek that cleared up with a small cold pack and rubbing his pressure points, all while he was begging for more.  Pre-treatment he had hives all over his face that required Benedryl.  Obviously there's more work to be done, but it's a start.

Soy sauce has slowly crept back into his diet.  I've been cautious with it as the reactions use to be so horrendous and I wanted to make sure I was certain it was now safe.  Seems to be as he's consumed it a dozen times without issue, and I was even using a brand that had wheat.

I've pinpointed an ingredient commonly used in baked goods, and especially in packaged gluten-free foods that is causing my son to have allergic reactions on his legs (many tiny, itchy hives.)  It's 'sodium acid pyrophosphate', and is a common leveling agent.  He reacted terribly to the Glutino brand gluten free pretzels and more recently to Trader Joe's gluten free waffles, each which have this ingredient.  I've home treated for each, but it would be nice to get my hands on the actual culprit.  Might be a little hard to do, as it seems like it has to be ordered in bulk from China.  I'm going to check the grocery store baking powders, as some may have this in it.  My son actually seems to do better with regular pretzels and waffles, but in my attempt to limit his wheat intake we tried these brands.

Our experiment to take my son completely off his asthma meds didn't last as long as I had hoped.  We tried this in mid-August, and noticed an increase in coughing  (where typically he doesn't cough.)  He also had a few days where it seemed he was having trouble with environmental allergies, namely ragweed.  I actually started him on zyrtec, but that only lasted 4 days and he was fine. Not sure if the NAET treatment for 'late summer weed's played any role, but he did treat for that during this time. We did decide to put him back on 1 puff of Flovent 44 per day for now.  The coughing has stopped and he seems fine, his allergist recommends trying again in the spring.

At our most recent NAET appointment we treated for the 'eczema' vial.  Seems like we should have done this a while back, but none-the-less it's now complete.  Thought it was interesting that my kid's former trouble spots immediately flared.  I'm going to have him treat for insect bites/stings since all the bees out are making me a bit nervous.  Then we'll treat for eczema combined with rutin.  We did rutin a few weeks back, but he's showing weak when both of these vials are put together.  The doctor thought to check this combination as I used rutin as a natural birth control for many years prior to trying to conceive.

On another note, I reached out to the mom in the video below.  I was curious as to how many treatments her son has had.  She lost count, but over the course of about 5 years she estimates 200-300.  She also said that her kid seemed to clear his eczema from the head down, which I found very interesting because I had it on my list to ask our doctor why when my kid does react to something that it's his legs that are affected these days.  The doctor said in chiropractic school that they're taught the body heals from the inside, out and top, down.  Seems to be the case for both these boys!

Picture Update

Back in January I wrote that my ultimate goal was to get my kid as prepared as possible for Kindergarten so he (and I!) could feel confident as he ventured into this new phase of his life.  While we still have a ways to go, I'm happy to report that he is doing wonderful and enjoying every second of his new school.  He's in a full day program, which means he's eating lunch in the cafeteria.  The idea was a bit frightening for me, but he's handled it great.  He sits at the peanut free table and knows not to share food (it helps that this is also a school rule.)  Take a look at this happy boy, and check out his gorgeous skin!

Once Labeled "The Most Allergic Child in the World"

I stumbled upon this video documenting a child's journey with allergies and NAET.  This was all too familiar to me; I have pictures of my son looking just like this child.  Once labeled "The Most Allergic Child in the Wold," her son is now healed and his skin looks fabulous--thanks to NAET!

Bluberries and Pesticides (not related)

We're working with the NAET doctor on doing some home treatments for items that I can easily assess as I  need to speed up this process   I treated my kid for a long time nemesis last week, blueberries.  They were the first food that ever caused him vomiting and breathing problems.  At the time his allergist had told me he's never heard of anyone being allergic to blueberries and he didn't seem to believe me.  I then had a chance encounter with a nutritionist who explained that blueberries have a protein called malvin (if I spelled that right) that do cause some people issues, especially kids under one as their bodies do not produce the enzymes to breakdown the malvin.  I haven't seen any research documentation on this, so I'll just have to go with his reaction.  Anyways, today he muscle tested strong to them and we'll give them another go 'round.  We did sample one a couple weeks back that resulted in his face breaking out, so this will be interesting.

Today's treatment at the doctor's was for pesticides.  Usually just his kidneys show weak to most substances, however today it was his kidneys, spleen, and pancreas.  While we were waiting our 20 minutes out, my son uncharacteristically requested to lay down and have a blanket put on him. He then said his head was hurting, that he was nauseous, and his throats was starting to feel funny.  Both the doctor and I took that as a sign that the treatment was working and that the energy was moving through his body like it's suppose to.  By the time we got home he said he was feeling better.  We'll see how the rest of the day goes, at any rate the food avoidance on this one is pretty tough.