Remember the old rhyme about sticks and stones can break your bones but words can never hurt me. Don't you just wish this was true? I am just stewing about something I heard about us on Wednesday night and I am not letting it go. Today, while I was wondering what to read, I grabbed a Bible and read Proverbs 17. (A long time ago a friend told me she reads the Proverbs for the date of the month since there are 31 Proverbs.) Well, it spoke to me today. "The beginning of strife is like releasing water; therefore stop contention before a quarrel starts." "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity." "A merry heart does good, like medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones." "He who has knowledge spares his words, and a man of understanding is of a calm spirit. Even a fool is counted wise when he holds his peace," You see I would like to be confrontational but the Lord knows what will become of me then. I am justified too but I know what the right thing to do is and that is to be QUIET. Lord, help me to seek you and your will for my life.
On a happier note, Isaac is looking much perkier lately and it is apparent he is absorbing his nutrients! He's eating chicken and carrot stir fry and finished most of his school. The others all went outside so we are going to be finishing his math together and doing some test prep. He has to test this year, too bad for him having to do it on the year he has had the most challenges but I am positive he'll do fine. Jordan and Emily test this year too. When it rains it pours they say. (Only say that because it costs $25 per child and I heard it went up to $35 this year.) We have a possibility of a 15 passenger van so please pray for this situation. We need to give the van we are borrowing back soon so getting a van would be almost necessary. With Isaac feeling better it would be nice for us to quit taking turns going places also. Three people always have to stay home. I'm thankful for this sun and the nice weather, the children needed to get outside. Have a wonderful week.
courageous
Friday, April 17, 2009
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
The results are in...
We were able to get to the doctor today on our three month anniversary of Isaac and me going to this particular doctor and we were tested again on the computer to see what has changed. Good, good things!
For Isaac: Three months ago he had about 50 areas of his body test in too low of a number or too high and that meant those areas of his body weren't working properly. Today only about 17 areas tested too high or low!! Wow! One area that was in the normal zone: absorption of nutrients!!!! I have been praying big time for that. We have seen his body taking shape again and he is filling out in different parts of his body. Some of his supplements changed and that is also another good thing, it means things are changing and change is good. We just couldn't have made it this far without the strength the Lord has given us. The parasites tested that they were gone!! We have so much to be thankful for. I am praying that these supplements give him that extra energy and bring him to another turning point in his recovery.
For me: Three months ago I tested low or high in almost all the categories. My heart especially was low. Well, I have had a complete turn around and all categories were nearly in the right range. I have a bit of tweaking to do to my endocrine system, have a little bit of a fungus and then am taking some B vitamins and a digestive aid. I am very pleased. I do wish everyone could go to this doctor. This testing is so neat! We have very satisfied with the results and also have been impressed with how accurately it can pinpoint a problem. When Kevin went to be tested about 6 weeks ago the computer showed he had mitral valve prolapse. In one hour of time it showed it. Twelve years ago Kevin spent several weeks doctoring trying to figure out why he had shortness of breath and somewhat of an anxiety attack on occasion and the testing finally showed mitral valve prolapse. It is amazing how this computer reads your body and balances the right supplementation based on what your body tells it. It has proven to be right on for many of us.
I must add that we have changed our diet considerably to help the healing process. We have cut out all food additives, breads, corn, potatoes, rice and oatmeal, processed sugar. We eat mostly fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, homemade yogurt, peanut butter, lots of salads with tuna and all kinds of good fixings, raw nuts and good fats like homemade butter, ghee, coconut oil and avocados. This was the challenging part. It wasn't required, the doctor we see encourages good choices but he's not a nutritionist. It was a personal choice after much study into what could have caused Isaac's condition. These foods do become quite satisfying once you can overcome the initial shock of not eating a piece of bread with your soup, a tortilla with your taco stuff, bread with sandwiches, muffins for breakfast, chips for a snack, cookies!!
I always feel so encouraged when we come back from the doctor. He adds a little different perspective on things. Just when I get discouraged he helps put me on a more uplifting path with his view of things. Thanks again for checking and praying. God's Blessings to you.
For Isaac: Three months ago he had about 50 areas of his body test in too low of a number or too high and that meant those areas of his body weren't working properly. Today only about 17 areas tested too high or low!! Wow! One area that was in the normal zone: absorption of nutrients!!!! I have been praying big time for that. We have seen his body taking shape again and he is filling out in different parts of his body. Some of his supplements changed and that is also another good thing, it means things are changing and change is good. We just couldn't have made it this far without the strength the Lord has given us. The parasites tested that they were gone!! We have so much to be thankful for. I am praying that these supplements give him that extra energy and bring him to another turning point in his recovery.
For me: Three months ago I tested low or high in almost all the categories. My heart especially was low. Well, I have had a complete turn around and all categories were nearly in the right range. I have a bit of tweaking to do to my endocrine system, have a little bit of a fungus and then am taking some B vitamins and a digestive aid. I am very pleased. I do wish everyone could go to this doctor. This testing is so neat! We have very satisfied with the results and also have been impressed with how accurately it can pinpoint a problem. When Kevin went to be tested about 6 weeks ago the computer showed he had mitral valve prolapse. In one hour of time it showed it. Twelve years ago Kevin spent several weeks doctoring trying to figure out why he had shortness of breath and somewhat of an anxiety attack on occasion and the testing finally showed mitral valve prolapse. It is amazing how this computer reads your body and balances the right supplementation based on what your body tells it. It has proven to be right on for many of us.
I must add that we have changed our diet considerably to help the healing process. We have cut out all food additives, breads, corn, potatoes, rice and oatmeal, processed sugar. We eat mostly fresh or frozen fruits and vegetables, meats, eggs, homemade yogurt, peanut butter, lots of salads with tuna and all kinds of good fixings, raw nuts and good fats like homemade butter, ghee, coconut oil and avocados. This was the challenging part. It wasn't required, the doctor we see encourages good choices but he's not a nutritionist. It was a personal choice after much study into what could have caused Isaac's condition. These foods do become quite satisfying once you can overcome the initial shock of not eating a piece of bread with your soup, a tortilla with your taco stuff, bread with sandwiches, muffins for breakfast, chips for a snack, cookies!!
I always feel so encouraged when we come back from the doctor. He adds a little different perspective on things. Just when I get discouraged he helps put me on a more uplifting path with his view of things. Thanks again for checking and praying. God's Blessings to you.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! I am thankful we were able to attend church today as a family. We took two vehicles and went to a friend's church. It did my heart good to have Isaac right there with us. We stayed home from family gatherings because we have weathered too many birthdays and holidays already with Isaac not being able to have 90 percent of everything and desserts are a hard thing for him to see and smell. We stayed home and I made a turkey Isaac could actually have (all store turkeys are injected with a solution with sodium phosphate, chicken or other broth (which means it probably has MSG in it) and dextrose). Dextrose (sugar) is a huge no-no for Isaac right now. I was able to buy one without that stuff. We had carrots added to it and then broccoli and hard-boiled eggs. We all got full and we didn't even have mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, a few salads, bread and a big dessert! Jordan did make a dessert with almond flour and apples but Isaac can't have it yet. We are still practicing for when he can eat more things. The ingredients were very basic and plain but it was tasty.
Please pray for Isaac. He is discouraged a little. Pray for his diarrhea to clear (I know I keep asking that)(it is not the sick kind of diarrhea that you may think of when someone says diarrhea)(it is actually watery stools) but it is a bummer anyway. Pray for the cramping to go away (it came back but only 2-3 times a day and it doesn't last long). Pray for continued healing and continued weight gain. I just want so much for there to be obvious progress every week. I am impatient but learning to be patient. Thanks for praying for him and checking in on him. It means a lot to me and is encouraging. We sure need friends and family during this trying time.
Please pray for Isaac. He is discouraged a little. Pray for his diarrhea to clear (I know I keep asking that)(it is not the sick kind of diarrhea that you may think of when someone says diarrhea)(it is actually watery stools) but it is a bummer anyway. Pray for the cramping to go away (it came back but only 2-3 times a day and it doesn't last long). Pray for continued healing and continued weight gain. I just want so much for there to be obvious progress every week. I am impatient but learning to be patient. Thanks for praying for him and checking in on him. It means a lot to me and is encouraging. We sure need friends and family during this trying time.
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Continued relief...
Isaac continues to be cramp free and pain free. Praise the Lord! He is eating well but not so varied. I try to change it as much as I can with the foods he is eating. He cannot go on in the introduction diet we are doing until his diarrhea clears up. Soon we will have goat's milk and will add yogurt for him. He didn't feel good when I gave him cow's milk yogurt so I don't dare try that again. He didn't have any trouble when he had goat's milk yogurt back in December. Pray as we get the fencing ready, food, and shelter to receive these goats. Oh, I don't think I said, but we are actually getting our own goats because driving to a milk source around here is too time-consuming. It will be "easier" to have them right here. If having goats is "easy" :) It will be another adventure.
Sunday, April 5, 2009
The baby...
I looked and looked to update a picture of the lovely Lena but this is the best I could find. She started drinking water out of a cup. She is still completely a mama's girl. If I walk in the room that's it, I have to take her. She is completely wrapped around my finger, wait, no that's the other way around :) I cannot deny her. I have started (I laugh here because I've started several times) to let her cry in the night. It works once or twice and I give in because all I want to do is SLEEP! If I go feed her for 5 minutes I can be back to sleep in 10. If I let her cry it will be 45 minutes or more until she stops crying and then I'm am all the way awake! All the same, as much as I bemoan not sleeping because of a nursing baby I am not liking how quickly she is growing up. She is over 7 months old and the time is coming when she'll be more independent and I'm not ready. God certainly knew what he was doing in creating a baby to be so perfect. Thank you dear Lord for giving us another blessing to hold and love and cherish. Lena is the number one used word in our house right now.
Friday, April 3, 2009
Finally...
Finally is the word that could sum up a few things lately.
Finally, our computer is back.
Finally, Kevin is back to work. He was off all last week because of flooding.
Finally, the oldest girls will have a room of there own. Since Kevin was off he was able to finish their room. No more sleeping in the boys room starting tomorrow.
Finally, Isaac is showing some real improvement. He gained 6 pounds in two weeks time!!!! We are so very happy. Kevin wanted to call everyone he knew to tell them of this awesome news. It means so many things. The parasites are probably gone. His villi is standing up and taking in nutrients from his foods. Oh, we have been waiting for this time with great anticipation! Isaac is so encouraged too. He's finally happy with the foods he's eating. Some things he doesn't yet like but he's incredibly strong and takes them like a "man" or not. Some men don't take illness very well :) He is bouncing on the mini-trampoline we got several times a day and it took away the chest pain (the pain was really his lymph system draining). He is getting weekly lymph treatments and his improvement coincides with having them done. I believe a combination of diet, supplements, lymph treatments, God's hand, and the love of his family :) brought this about, and prayers from all those prayer warriors out there.
Please keep him in your prayers. Pray for continued success in weight gain, the foods he eats to agree with him and for healing of his body. He does still have a long way to go. We may be over the worst of it though and that is worth so much to us.
I hate this to get too long but the things we sent away to be tested because we thought they were parasites because he passed a whole lot of them in a short amount of time, well, they were banana seeds. Not banana, but banana seeds. His body wasn't processing the banana he was eating obviously and they were sitting there and making him sick. When they finally came out it was all at once and there were too many at once for us to believe they were really banana, besides we smashed his banana. I don't know enough about this yet but now that I have my computer back I'm going to be checking on a few things. Could banana that sits in your stomach start to ferment and actually sprout. The doctor we are seeing doesn't think so but why were there 50 or more per bowel movement. Why did they become a hard seed like thing? A new mystery in all of this.
Finally, our computer is back.
Finally, Kevin is back to work. He was off all last week because of flooding.
Finally, the oldest girls will have a room of there own. Since Kevin was off he was able to finish their room. No more sleeping in the boys room starting tomorrow.
Finally, Isaac is showing some real improvement. He gained 6 pounds in two weeks time!!!! We are so very happy. Kevin wanted to call everyone he knew to tell them of this awesome news. It means so many things. The parasites are probably gone. His villi is standing up and taking in nutrients from his foods. Oh, we have been waiting for this time with great anticipation! Isaac is so encouraged too. He's finally happy with the foods he's eating. Some things he doesn't yet like but he's incredibly strong and takes them like a "man" or not. Some men don't take illness very well :) He is bouncing on the mini-trampoline we got several times a day and it took away the chest pain (the pain was really his lymph system draining). He is getting weekly lymph treatments and his improvement coincides with having them done. I believe a combination of diet, supplements, lymph treatments, God's hand, and the love of his family :) brought this about, and prayers from all those prayer warriors out there.
Please keep him in your prayers. Pray for continued success in weight gain, the foods he eats to agree with him and for healing of his body. He does still have a long way to go. We may be over the worst of it though and that is worth so much to us.
I hate this to get too long but the things we sent away to be tested because we thought they were parasites because he passed a whole lot of them in a short amount of time, well, they were banana seeds. Not banana, but banana seeds. His body wasn't processing the banana he was eating obviously and they were sitting there and making him sick. When they finally came out it was all at once and there were too many at once for us to believe they were really banana, besides we smashed his banana. I don't know enough about this yet but now that I have my computer back I'm going to be checking on a few things. Could banana that sits in your stomach start to ferment and actually sprout. The doctor we are seeing doesn't think so but why were there 50 or more per bowel movement. Why did they become a hard seed like thing? A new mystery in all of this.
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