A little piece of heaven

* Peter Pan to the rescue!!! He rescued me from my aching heart yesterday… I missed him soooo much while I was away!

He had a great time with his dad, grandma, and nanny Marta, as you can see in his eyes. I was so pleased to find him chunky, happy, and in great spirits. The only down side is that he had a cough which seems to be developing into a cold…I hope it goes away soon!

* Because of the developing cold I took him to see an acupuncturist today…you can imagine my surprise when she pulls out a laser and tells me that she is about to go needle-free as the laser has even better results than needles! I was thrilled! She is going to help us with our laser – giving us points to use etc – to help Nathan with many things.

* One of the things that she will work on is a protocol called NAET – which helps with allergy elimination. He identifies the foods that Nathan is allergic to, then uses the laser to help eliminate the allergies. She has seen it work, over and over again, and she believes it will really help Nathan.

* Coincidentally, today we got results from Nathan’s IgA/IgG allergy testing with BioTek. I was DISMAYED at the results. He is highly allergic to many substances we’ve been giving him on an almost daily basis!

Extreme allergies:

Almonds, Barley, Beans, Buckwheat, Wheat, Hazelnuts, Lentils, Green Peas, Peanuts, White rice, Rye, Spelt, String Beans, Coconut, Corn, Oats, White potatoes, casein, cheddar cheese, cottage cheese, mozzarella cheese, milk, goat milk, whey, yogurt, chicken, egg white, egg yolk, turkey, honey,

Moderate Allergies

carrots, garlic, onion, zuchini, amaranth, kidney beans, pinto beans, pecan, sesame seed, sunflower seeds, walnuts, grapes, peaches, pineapple.

What are we supposed to feed this kid??? If NAET works, then hopefully we can get rid of all these allergies so he can once again eat whatever he wants! Keep your fingers crossed!

* We are supposed to leave on Saturday to New York…but with Nathan coming down with a cold and Belle sick, I’m wondering if we’ll be able to go? I’m taking them to the doc tomorrow, and got some great acupuncture points to work on with our laser, so I am hoping they’ll both recover in the next day or two!

* Nathan’s braces have been approved (finally!!) and we get to pick them up when we get back!

* I picked him up at school today and found the districts Orthopedic Impairment / Inclusion specialist evaluating Nathan. She was lovely! She totally saw the light in Nathan’s eyes and seemed to “get him”…I am happy that they have such a wonderful person evaluating and helping him.

* It’s nice to be back on the blog again!

And after the storm, came bliss…

After 5 days in Brazil, we spent 6 days in Colombia at our cousin’s beach cottage. It was glorious!

We drank coconut milk from fresh coconuts, napped in the hammock, swam in the ocean and pool, saw and heard the ocean from our bed while we slept at night, ate fresh fish and coconut rice every day, ate lots of sand, and loved spending time with family.

Our adventure in Brazil was wonderful. We got to eat vegetarian food for a week, meditate, find balance, play together, hang out with wonderful friends, and simply got to enjoy a simple life for a few days.

Our time was peaceful, joyful, & stormy.

One night Belle and I went to bed early while everybody was in the temple meditating. All of a sudden a massive storm started. Belle was already asleep so I cuddled up to her in the middle of the tent, trying to keep her warm and safe. There was thunder and lightning and more wind than I’ve ever experienced before. The tent felt like it was going to fly away, taking us with it, far far away. After a few minutes I felt raindrops on my forehead. The tent wasn’t keeping us dry any more. So we ran out looking for help. We broke into one of the tents on the property to get out of the wet rain. We soon realized that spending the night in our tent was not viable, since we were camped right next to a tree and the lightning was ominous. But the marquee tent that we found for shelter was also banging and crashing so we still needed to find shelter for the night. Sarah came to our rescue and spent a couple of hours running around in the thunderstorm looking for a solution for us. Finally one of my teachers offered us a place in his cottage. When we returned to our tent to get our stuff, it had completely collapsed in the storm. It was surely a night to remember.

What did I learn?

That trying to control life and situations leads to nothing but pain. From the moment we got to Brazil in the bristling, shelterless heat, I wondered how I’d get through the week with a baby. The more I wanted to figure things out, the more out of control everything felt. Until I resolved to relax and go with the flow and even though situations were still hard, stuff happened to make everything better.

What a paradox for someone raising a disabled child. What a gigantic lesson for me. One I hope to remember for a long long time.