A little piece of heaven

When we saw Dr. Kenny I brought her a long list of questions / treatments so she could test Nathan.

Honestly, I was full of ideas/expectations.  In fact I was so sure that I had gone ahead of myself and made some appointments for the coming weeks.  I set him up for Tomatis, Intensive Therapy at NAPA, Anat Baniel Method, and HBOT.  But, as often happens with Nathan, he threw me a curve ball and the results we get were VERY DIFFERENT from what I expected.

Here was my list:

Therapies for Nathan Andrew:
• HBOT in Sacramento
• HBOT in anaheim
• Tomatis Therapy at NAPA Center
• Intensive therapy at NAPA center
• Dr. Steve Nelson Asyra
• Dr. Steve Nelson Aura
• Osteopathy with Dr. Fryman
• Osteopathy with Dr. Hagobian
• Osteopathy with doctor at OCFC
• Craniosacral with Brenda
• Feldenkrais with Irina
• Anat Baniel Method with Kristi Kohn in SD
• Anat Baneil Method with practitioners in NC
• Umbilical Cord Stem Cells in China
• Bone Marrow stem cells in Germany
• Dr. West DAN protocol
• Dr. Kim – Teas
• Reike by mom
• G-therapy
• ABR
• AIAHP program
• Augmentative Communication Device
• Kidwalk/Hart Walker
• Vital Stim
• Conductive education
• Mhbot
• Biofeedback / QEEG
• Yoga for the Special Child
• Preschool
• Gymboree
• Dr. Dituro’s stuff
• PlantLife bath salts
• Alaskan Essences aromatherapy
• B12 shots
• Glutathione
• VSL#3
• Dituro Probiotics
• Alaska essences drops

From this entire list, guess what he tested YES for:

Reike (by me – I recently received a Reiki attunement and can now practice reike on others)
Gymboree music class
Feldenkrais with Irina
Plantlife Bath Salts I use this during our bath before bedtime
Alaskan Essences Aromatherapy I spray this over him before bed and upon waking
B12 shots given to him by his DAN doctor
VSL#3 given to him by his DAN doctor – it’s a probiotic

And that’s it.  No stem cells, no ABR, no ABM, no Hbot or Mhbot, no AIAHP, no Tomatis.

And I have to admit, when I left there I was very confused, and I still am.  I mean, I see how Dr. Kenny has helped both of us.  I see the changes in both of us.  But how can it be true?   How can I believe that Nathan couldn’t benefit from ABR or ABM or some of the other super amazing therapies on this list?

Which is why the title of this post is – To believe or not believe?

Do I believe that muscle testing is an adequate method for determining what therapies to try?  Or do I believe that muscle testing works when determining what the body needs like B3 or B12 but not believe that it can predict what the body needs in other areas?

Now I had already decided to make ABR a daily therapy that we do no matter what.  Whether we do Hbot or whatever else we do – we always do ABR.  So many other kids are seeing such great success from it.  But I thought this was a good time, now that he is getting healthier, to add more.

But maybe this whole thing is teaching me  that more isn’t always better?

Dr. Kenny said to me several times – Nathan is perfect.  See him as perfect.  Maybe these therapies are all ways to try to get him to do things he can’t do so it’s just emotionally painful for both of us?

Also, she said that her treatment approach is to give the body the tools it needs to heal itself.  She doesn’t replace what the body needs with herbs and supplements.  The whole premise is to get the body into a state of homeostasis so it can heal by itself.

Also, there are stages of healing and timing is essential.    She told me that many of these therapies are wonderful, but if his body is not ready for them, they will not work.  So she believes that we need to follow the body’s leads to see what it can assimilate and we introduce different therapies/ideas at different times.

I am really confused and just not sure how to move ahead.

I would love some feedback!

I know every so often I post a different variation of this question, but you can imagine how hard it must be to wonder if you’re doing everything you can be doing for your child.  You hear about other programs that are helping other kids tremendously and you wonder if doing those would have similar results for your kid.  So even though we’re on a path every time we cross another street I have to look left and right and wonder if those other directions would also help.

What I was visualizing is something like this:

We do ABR no matter what else we do.  For example, I figured if we did a series of 40 Hbot treatments, we could still fit in 2-3 hours of ABR as well as giving Nathan the necessary supplements that he needs.  After the HBOT sessions, we could do 20 sessions of ABM, again, with ABR in between (2 treatments / day for 2 weeks).   Then we can stay home for a couple of weeks to just rest and assimilate, then try Tomatis with ABR in between, etc.

But now, I’m not so sure.  What do you think?  Help!

This was Mr. Nathan’s game while we waited at Dr. Kenny’s office:

Perhaps some of you may wonder – what’s the big deal?  He’s pushing a button!

The thing is, Nathan has never had the strength or control of his arms to push a button.  Now even though he makes it look easy in the video, the button required a bit of strength to push.  So, perhaps it’s not a huge deal.

But on this road cemented with inchstones, every little one counts!  And we celebrate every thing he can do.  Which is one of the joys of Nathan’s world – very silly things bring all of us a lot of happiness and excitement.

Yesterday we saw Dr. Kenny and Nathan is now at number 850 on a scale of 1000 in overall health and wellness.  From 4 to 850 in 2.5 weeks!  I have been amazed and blown away by the changes I have seen in Nathan.

For now the changes have been mostly in the health and happiness realm.  He is not sick anymore, for the first time in 4 months!  He has been happy and full of energy, playful, content.  He is more interested in toys and books – not just TV.    His color is back and he just feels so much happier!

I am just so thrilled.

Now let me share one of the most amazing things.  Dr. Kenny uses muscle testing to determine what Nathan needs to improve.  If you have never tried muscle testing, I will not even try to explain it.  You have to experience it to believe it.  I was a non-believer until recently.  The whole premise of muscle testing is that the body has an innate wisdom and can guide us towards health.  But the trick is to listen to what the body needs to repair itself.  Holistic health practitioners find this out by using muscle testing.

I found this video, it’s a very basic form of muscle testing (Dr. Kenny takes it SO much further) but it will give you an idea:

Here’s another video that explains a bit more technically:

What is applied kinesiology in Chiropractic Care

Applied kinesiology demonstration

So while we were at Dr. Kenny’s, it ocurred to me – what if I use this method to “communicate” with Nathan?

Since he is non-verbal and cannot tell me what he wants/needs, what if I learn basic muscle testing and learn to do it on him so I can always have an idea of how he feels and how to help him?

I am super excited about the concept.  I asked Dr Kenny about it and she told me of something called BodyTalk where they teach people how to use muscle testing.  How cool would that be?

In the meantime, the most exciting news – Nathan got a haircut!  He looks like a big boy now! 

PS more tommorrow – I have so much to say, but I’m going to try to chit chat a little bit every day, instead of very long posts.