New Wave of Vaccines--Oil Based

There is a new wave of oil-based vaccines that are getting ready to be rolled out.  The oil base aggrevates the immune system even more, causing the body to produce antibodies against the disease and also increases the auto-immune response.  Oil based adjuvants are frequently used in lab animals to cause rheumatoid arthritis, so why are they allowed to be used on our children?  http://gaia-health.com/gaia-blog/2013-01-26/new-generation-of-vaccine-adjuvants-worst-ever/

Preparing for Peanuts

We are making preparations to start NAET treatment for peanuts.  Dr. Devi, the developer of NAET, recommends that blood work be taken prior to starting the peanut protocol for comparison purposes.  Our allergist was able to provide me with a uKnow Peanut test kit that I previously discussed.  We just have to go in for the blood work and provide the resutls.  This particular blood test is new to the US, and I don't believe it's covered by insurance at this time.  I expect it will cost me $300.  I could have opted for a standard RAST test, but since this test is more inclusive and able to identify specific peanut protein allergies, we decided to proceed with this one. 

Overall my son is continuing to do well.  He's eating quite a bit of wheat these days, and seems no worse for the wear.  He did have a flavored Aquafina water the other night before I could check the ingredients, and he was BOUNCING off the walls.  Have you ever looked at what's in that stuff?  It looks so unassuming, yet it's filled with artificial sweeter and other unnecessary stuff.  He sure did enjoy it though...

Aquafina Citrus Blend FlavorSplash Ingredients:


Filtered Water, Natural Flavors, Citric Acid, Sodium Hexametaphosphate, Phosphoric Acid, Sodium Benzonate, Sodium Citrate, Sucralose (splenda) Calcium Disodium EDTA.

U.S. Federal Court Acknowleges Vaccines Cause Brain Injuries

This December 2012 US Federal Court decision may be the first of it's kid to recognize that vaccines (the MMR in this case) directly causes brain injury, setting the precedent for future lawsuits, payments, etc. It's a major milestone to have a court acknowledge the fact that there are vaccines that do cause brain injuries.  The Petitioners alleged that as a result of “all the vaccinations administered to their son from March 25, 2003, through February 22, 2005, and more specifically, measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccinations administered to him on December 19, 2003 and May 10, 2004,” their son suffered “a severe and debilitating injury to his brain, described as Autism Spectrum Disorder (‘ASD’).” Damages awarded were just under $1 Million. Not a lot of a lifetime of care, but a major victory none-the-less.

http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/CAMPBELL-SMITH.MOJABI-PROFFER.12.13.2012.pdf

Homeopathy Flu Remedy & Preventative

My area of the country is experiencing a bad flu outbreak, with already 4 pediatric deaths reported.  My son has been instructed by medical doctors not to proceed with further vaccinations due to the complications he has experienced in the past.  So what is a mother to do?  Look for alternatives and keep his immune system strong is what I've chosen to do.  A few years ago I was introduced to one such alternative by a Pediatrician out of Ann Arbor, MI who once practiced traditional Western medicine but has since taken a holistic approach. You can check out her practice, NourishMD.  The medication is called Mucococcinium, and it's a homeopathic remedy formulated to elevate the body’s immune system to combat all types of influenza and respiratory colds.  It’s clinically proven to be 88% effective at preventing the flu and 82% effective at treating the flu-- 2.5 times more effective than the flu vaccine.  As a preventative, my family takes it twice per month.

Fruit Loops and Happy Meals

Another day traveling, and another food advernture.  This time it was Fruit Loops (with cow milk) for breakfast and a McDonald's chicken nugget happy meal for lunch.  I think my son was in heaven.  I once read that only 4% of the U.S. population does not visit McDonald's in a year.  We defintiely fall into that small group of people, so for my son this was a real rariety that he thoroughly enjoyed.  Funny thing is that I recall my parents taking me there atleast weekly and when I was 6  years old I was putting away a Big Mac no problem, my kid probably hasn't ever heard of a Big Mac. 

I'm seeing a pattern here...the more foods he can tolerate, the worse his diet is becoming. He actually does eat healthy most of the time, but it's nice that he can induldge from time-to-time.  This is what we've worked for!

Edited:  As suspected, I asked my son if he knows what a Big Mac is.  He had no clue, so we had to Google it.  He was shocked to learn that it was a sandwich with an extra piece of bread layered in it.  He quickly stated that he does not want one, but dad probably would!

Cow's Milk and Shredded Wheat

We have a new favorite in the house, real Shredded Wheat cereal.  My son tried some with cow milk while at a hotel.  It was my husband's doing, not mine as I would have waited on the milk until we were home in case things didn't go so well. Checking my blog, it was May 2011 when my son last tried cow's milk which resulted in a bad stomach ache.  This time he did great!  Funny though, how I've gotten use to the coconut milk myself, has anyone tried the So Delicious Mint Chocolate holiday edition coconut milk?  The name says it all, yum!

Stupid Cats!

An old problem reared it's ugly head this past weekend.  We were at a house with 4 cats for an early Christmas gathering.  My kid held his own for 4 hours.  When we left I thought his eyes were looking a little red, but then he fell asleep for the night.  When he woke up Monday he looked like Rocky Balboa after fighting Apollo Creed.  Had to ice him down before going to school and use some allergy eye drops.  This might be one of those allergies that just has to be managed with avoidance.

Another Win

Earlier this year my son had a bad reaction to a homemade smoothie I made consisting of whey, banana, and an Indian probiotic milk called lassi that is like a thinned out yogurt.  Usually I buy keifr which is almost identical in ingridents, but on this one occassion the store was out of kefir so I grabbed the lassi instead. Both the kefir and lassi are cultured milk, but very slilghtly in the cultures.  My son begged to try the smoothie (which I drink post-workout), and after a couple of sips he was having an allergic reaction--hives and vomitting.  Technically this could have called for an epi pen since there were 2 body reactions, but his breathing was okay and a benedryl took care of him.

After that incident he treated via NAET for the lassi and whey.  Today as I was making my Saturday post-workout shake, this time with kefir and whey, there he was again asking to try the smoothie.  He had a few sips and we waited.  And waited.  And waited.  And nothing.

So either it was clearly the lassi (which had all but one different culture), or between the NAET and the NMT, and his maturing system, his body is no longer viewing these as threats.  Either way, we'll take it.

NMT just might be working

When we started NMT the practioner said she expect the process to take 6-10 treatments.  After the six treatement I was having a really hard time determining if it was working at all.  My son wasn't having any issues, so I just kept saying that he seems stable.  The one issue that he was having from time-to-time was that after eating processed food for multiple days in a row the back of his thighs would breakout with an eczema rash.  We could control this with diet, but it would flare when we ate out a lot.  I kept telling the NMT nurse that I expect that I'd know NMT was working if these spots cleared up.  Well after the 7th treatment the spots cleared (we had been out of town and ate out 5 days in a row.)  That was over a week ago.  And then with the Pizza Hut meal, I thoroughly expected the rash to return.  But nothing on the back of his legs.  He does still has a small spot on the inside of his knee, but that's it.  Between NAET and NMT we have watched him heal from his head on down.

Con Artist

My Little Con Artist.  Today he had a half day of school, and grandma picked him up for a fun filled afternoon.  The original plan was for them to come back to our house, eat lunch which I had prepared, and then go to the movies.  But when grandma arrived at school my son was dead set on going out to lunch--Pizza Hut to be exact.  Grandma was convinced that I had told him they were going out to eat, which wasn't the case.  Pizza Hut is a place we have not ventured out to yet, even though my son won a free pizza from his book reading club at school.  I just wasn't sure how he'd do there with the extra greasy pizza and breaksticks, but he's been begging us to go for 2-weeks.

So the little con artist swindled Grandma out of a small pizza and breadsticks.  Come to think of it, I bet he even got a soda pop out of it.  I'll have to ask him in the morning.  As Grandma was telling me this story, I asked my son who was sitting right there if he had ever eaten Pizza Hut before.  The look on Grandma's face was priceless, she hadn't considered that he shouldn't be eating it.  Hours have since gone by and he seems absolutely fine.  No unusual itching, skin irritation, or belly aches.  He just might have gotten away this scotfree.