Say Hello to my Little Friend

You'll do anything for a sick child. 

I know our homeopathy journey may seem like a crazy leap of faith, insanity, or whatever to some, but trust me when I say that we've tried everything and look where it got us. 

Nowhere. 

But really homeopathy isn't as crazy as it might seem. Maybe we've been using its principals a lot more than you'd think. Like cures like. Hmm, sounds a little familiar when we start talking vaccines. 

I promise I won't digress there too much, but think about it. Putting diseased tissue in its most weakened form into our bodies revs up the immune system and gets those antibodies flowing with guns ablazin'. 

That's what homeopathy is. It introduces pathology of some form into the body, whether it is from diseased tissue or nature itself, to pump up the immune system. So hopefully that dials down my crazy enough for you to see the connection there so I can share the latest in our PANS/PANDAS journey. 

I've mentioned before that when P/P kids get sick they don't show normal signs of illness (e.g. fever, runny nose, etc). Their immune systems are not working right, so what do you expect?

Instead, they "flare." That's our term for "the brain's on fire, and the revolution is about to begin!"

Last night my P/P kid started complaining about a stuffy nose. Nothing new there with allergies running amuck. You know...

I could feel the flare begin and readied myself to abandon ship, but there was a touch of something new. I looked at him and saw the face of a sick person. Stuffy nose, tired, glassy eyes... you know, miserable. It took me a minute, but then the AHA! moment kicked in! 

                    (Insert most famous 90s AHA! moment. She totally loved Josh.)

Could it be that the old immune system was working in proper fashion again?! Maybe just a scoche? 

Woo hoo! He's miserable! YASSSS, GIRL! Ok, you know what I mean there. 

I may be overreacting, but if you lived in our world you'd give me the benefit of the doubt. To add to my growing suspicion that homeopathy is helping, I've also seen the "fight-or-flight" dilated pupils MUCH less as well as a Bartonella lesion (that has been around for years) practically disappear. He also just seems to feel better overall. 

Thank God for homeopathy. I'm ready for more.