My Family's Journey on the Road to Healing

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My journey started long before I had children. I spent my entire childhood dealing with debilitating migraines and what every doctor told my mother was "something autoimmune, it'll come out as she gets older." Besides all the traditional specialists, my mother brought me to see all different types of natural healers and to pursue different holistic treatments. Nothing seemed to work, I kept on trudging through life for the next few decades trying all different supplements and treatments.

 

As time passed, I became a nurse and a mother. What I learned quickly, was how sensitive my children were to food and the environment, just like their momma. My oldest developed asthma, seemingly out of no where, I ended up in the hospital with a severe infection, my husband was covered in a horrible "unknown" rash, my middle son had weird illnesses with very high fevers and my youngest developed many severe, anaphylactic allergies to both food and outdoor allergens. On top of all that, all three of my boys had significant learning and processing issues. Time was up... I needed to figure out what was going on with my family. I was not going to let my children suffer their whole lives the way I did. And let's face it, I was done being a cranky, tired mother who was always in pain.

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That's when I started taking even more courses and certifications to see how I could help my family.

I thought it would be cheaper than continuing to see providers who couldn't help us and I LOVE puzzles. What I didn't realize was how instrumental the next decade would be in my families health journey. 

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Long story short, we were all suffering from different chronic infections, mostly triggered by strep but also EBV and Lyme's, and we all had extensive mold exposure from infancy. One of my children was diagnosed with subclinical hypothyroid, which was later uncovered to be the autoimmune form, Hashimoto's. What I began to understand was, the current health model, even with some more natural supports and cleaner diet, were not enough. They were not working for my family and we were spending thousands of dollars without really knowing what each one of us actually needed.

 

I spent decades of taking continuing education to help my children (and patients). I always innately understood that body systems do not work in isolation but as a whole. The conventional medicine world does not have the time or resources to truly help their patients to uncover why they are sick, not just manage their symptoms with medicine and surgery.

It is not their fault, it is a truly broken system.

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With support from some really amazing local (and not so local) providers, proper testing and  patience, we are all at our healthiest. Within several weeks of treating my youngest for Lyme's, he began reading out of nowhere, he told me he didn't have "the creepies" anymore. That was the moment I realized that children often cannot explain what they are feeling. How could my child, the one I spend everyday with, feel something so terrible and I had no idea. Within a year, his amplified pain syndrome was under control, he was off almost all pharmaceuticals including his inhaler, he no longer had bone infections and he could be outside without worrying about having his epipen near by. He was finally being a kid again without anxiety, worry or pain!

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With proper nutrition, supplements, environment and individualized testing and recommendations, your child can also join mine in being a care-free kid and you as the parent will be empowered to help your child with the information you will gain while working with Calm Wellness. There will always be bumps in the road but they no longer feel like mountains that we need to climb.

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My promise is to never put your child in a box and to always look at them (and you) as an individual with different needs. I did not give up for my family and I won't give up on yours! I am here to partner with you and give you the information you need to support your child on the road to optimal health and well-being.

 

What's your family's story??? I'd love to hear about it.