Monday, January 8, 2018
This will be a quick post to document what I hope is the beginning of another remarkable upswing. (As I type the words the skeptic in me is convinced I've just jinxed myself.) We are day three of calm. Calm mornings, calm afternoons, and calm bedtimes. Color in her cheeks and happy in her eyes. We have started multiple things over the last few weeks so it is impossible to know which one is helping - I will just call it a team win. Anti-viral RX, homeopathy, gfdf (day 6), addressing possible histamine reactions, and a couple of new supplements from our new ND. I suspect it is the anti-histamine efforts busting up this flare but I will never know. And I don't care. I have spent more time waiting and trying one thing at a time then I care to calculate. I just couldn't do it anymore. I needed to make something happen for this poor child. Now that I understand baseline versus flares it is clearer to me what actions must be taken. I had tried our go-to remedy for flares with no success. I moved on to increase calming supplements and detox strategies which brought pockets of relief. I tried increasing a couple of supplements but didn't see much. A local friend happened to be treating histamine in her child at the same time I was struggling to find something to help us so I gave it a try. That same evening she was back. I wasn't sure of it but deep down I saw her coming back.
It has only been 3 mornings of calm so a rebound can not be touted yet. Yet! But I will be back to sing out loud and celebrate her return to calm. I will surely keep you posted.
Strength. Love. Hope.
