Hey Everyone,
I wanted to share the wealth and the blessings that I received with anyone interested in listening (or reading). Several months ago I was reading a prayer chain that one of my patients sends out (thank you Mrs. Johnson). This particular chain had a request for prayers for a little boy (9years) that was having intractable grand mal (the big ones)seizures (30-40/day), he had been to several "specialists" including a UCLA (Go Bruins:) neurosurgeon that had localized the origination point and wanted to take it out..........brain surgery!!! Obviously, the boy's parents did not want their son's brain dissected with the "chance" that it might help his seizures. The little boy, Richard, was taken out of school, unable to play like the other kids, and was walked around exhausted all the time because seizures and of the many drugs that he was taking to try to control the seizures.
I answered the request with the understanding that I don't have a "cure" for epilepsy but if there was any pressure or interference on the nervous system that could be removed with the Chiropractic adjustment the body will heal itself. I'm not an "expert" on epilepsy but I have more first hand knowledge than most because I was in a similar situation growing up. And it was the help that I received from Chiropractic that allowed me to function normally (those of you that know me can argue what "normal" is but, at least I'm me).
I offered to give it my very best with no promises of a cure. Doctor's don't heal, people do. They have been to many different doctors that were asking the same question "how do I get rid of this boy's seizures?". If you ask the same question to people that are trained the same, think the same, and have similar treatment options you will get basically the same type of answer. I asked a different question, "How is this kid functioning?" and by addressing this question, I got a different answer.
I found various areas of spinal pressure and related symptoms and took care of them. After only 2 adjustments, seizures reduced to 15-20 a day, after another week he had 2 seizures THE WHOLE WEEK, and by the 3rd week NO SEIZURES. 4th week he began decreasing his medications, praise the Lord.
When Richard came into the office he was so lethargic that he could barley stand, mumbled when he talked, and couldn't follow directions because of the heavy doses of medications. Well, Richard came back into my office a couple of days ago, it's been a couple of months since I've seen him, and he was AWESOME!! He had gained about 17lbs, he was talkative, smiling, happy, and a bit of a smartass.....just like a normal little boy.
His parents brought me a box of chocolates, a beautiful thank you card, and a $50 gift certificate for PF Changs, I had not charged them for any of my services or time that I had put into Richard;s case, as a thank you for helping their son. They also wrote a wonderful testimonial for Chiropractic care that I could share with others. This family did everything that I asked of them and never missed an appointment (even though it was a 70 mile round trip from their house), and they got the results that they were looking for.
As I said, I didn't charge them for any of my services but I got paid well with their gratitude.....I couldn't have asked for more.
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