Our Story

In some ways I have been hesitant to put in writing the events of the past four years. However, now I finally feel some energy coming back into my life that is giving me the strength to speak to circumstances that brought very difficult situations to our lives.

My grandson Sam was born February 10, 2019. I noticed on the morning of the 11th when I first saw him, two blue lines to the right near the bridge of his nose. As a Clinical Reflexologist for about 25 years then, I wondered about his nervous system and decided to watch how he progressed. My daughter, his mother and family were diehard vegetarian/vegans which is known to contribute to neurological issues in infants and children if there is not enough vitamin B-12. Most food sources of B-12 are from animal fat and organ meats. I will leave it to the curious to research supplemental forms of B-12 and where those come from.

Fast forward to the first symptoms which were overlooked as, “He’s uncomfortable in his car seat,” to skin eruptions, digestive issues, until it became apparent he was behind other children his age. His discomfort was more obvious and I remember specifically asking my daughter to try eating lamb at a restaurant before nursing him to see if that would help. It did calm him and might possibly have turned things around then which was around 5.5 months. That wasn’t to be…I moved away then and did not see Sam until Christmas and it was devastating to realize his decline. He was hospitalized and they diagnosed him as severely B-12 deficient. That was 2 weeks at Phoenix Children’s Hospital where child protective services was called in and Sam’s mom started eating meat. However, it was too late as Sam stopped nursing and was fed by a tube. I was asked to advocate for Sam and moved my daughter and her 2 sons to Reno with me. We started the recovery process there. Covid had shut everything down. I was using my natural healing wisdom to help in any way possible. The process was very slow as brain atrophy, and demyelination in the spinal cord affecting the nervous system had taken its toll. Sam weighed 18 lbs. for almost 2 years. He wasn’t growing from his hips down. We used osteopathy, neuromovement therapy, a marvelous speech therapist, ortho-bionomy, massage, and supplementation but he was having seizures which were not letting progress happen until we started feeding him the keto diet 4 fats to 1 protein. No carbs…

We saw progress immediately! That is when he started growing and changing for the better.

He saw 4 pediatric neurologists, two were suggesting medications for the seizures but before they got around to trying any of the at least 4 seizure medications they would usually insist on giving to children before recommending a diet change, he was already making great strides! I’m so very grateful he was not medicated at all, because I know all medications have side effects which Sam didn’t have to deal with. The wonderful alternative therapists that have been in Sam’s life are very impressed and complimentary toward us for the healing choices made on Sam’s behalf for his journey. It was obvious to them he had much less trauma and was able to move forward much easier than other children who were treated by them knowing that the parents used the medical model. Sam has gone from having trouble sitting to eat, swallowing, not being able to smile or interact, spasms, digestive issues, difficulties with movement to almost a complete reversal of all his difficulties. Things are still a long way from perfect but he is doing sooo…much better!

During this time, his mom and I have been caring for Sam. Part of the difficulty has been financial because even after covid lock down we have not been able to work as usual. I used to work as a Clinical Reflexologistwhich requires travel and time away which isn’t workable with Sam’s care. His mom has worked at Starbucks for the last 9 months. Paying for his treatments, because we’ve chosen a more natural path, also presents financially stressful circumstances.

I decided the best way to help was to create this website to give information for natural healing with reflexology techniques to help others while helping us care better for Sam and family. This is the part where you can help too. If you are making an order through Amazon, click on a blog title, when the blog. pops up, as you read, an ad banner will appear or pop up, click on any item in the ad banner and you are transported to Amazon where you place the order you wanted to make. Because you clicked from the Miraclesforhealing.com website a small amount of money comes back to me as the creative force behind the site. If you have been or are now a client, friend, or family member who has ever been helped by my reflexology work or healing wisdom, I would appreciate your help using Miraclesforhealing.com. Another way you can help others is to email [email protected] with any questions concerning healing or if I have helped you and you want to remind me, I can blog about your experience which will help others use the info helping heal themselves and those they love.

Our Gratitude knows no bounds!

Sincerely,

Sam’s family