You are Strong! You are Brave! You will Overcome!

You are strong!  You are brave!  You will overcome!  You are a warrior!  This is what I have been repeating to Thomas.  He likes to add "yeah but I am warrior without a knife or ax" (whole other story there).  Yesterday was a rough day emotionally for us.  Thomas had a doctor's appointment in Indiana which the whole family journeyed to.  The news was not what we wanted to hear but we suspected something was off since he started having more symptoms beginning in January and continuing until now. He's been more tired and his hair starting falling out again.  Thankfully he's been able to attend his hockey practices and games but I will tell you that some days it is his sheer willpower forcing him to participate.  He tells us he "never wants to miss a game or practice every again!", even though he doesn't feel well many of the nights.

His blood work showed spirochetes (Lyme bacteria) in the cells and cell walls.  He also had odd shaped cells which indicated liver congestion.  He was low on enzymes and showed protoplasts and liver spiracles which also indicate liver issues.  The Lyme has been hiding out in the deep muscle tissue.  Thomas is also having digestion issues; basically leaky gut so things that should stay in the gut are leaking into his bloodstream.  He also had some yeast overgrowth in his blood. 

We have a whole new regimen of supplements including 2 that have to be done on an empty stomach which is tricky with a kid who snacks a lot :-)  Lots of new yucky tasting drops.  They from the Cowden Approach to treating lyme.  He cried big sobs when we got home and started them.  Today he was a rock star so far and has got them in.  The drops we are going extremely slow on as we have to get him up to 15 drops of 3 different kinds twice a day but for now we are doing 1 drop of each and slowly increasing over the month.  A year and half ago Thomas had a tough time on one of the drops and we had to stop it.  Hopefully, he will tolerate it this time so it can kill the bacteria.  We do have BurBur this time to use to help counteract the ammonia from the detox that is given off from the yeast and spirochetes dying off.

Unfortunately, all the new pills and drops will likely cause a detox which is good in that it means the bacteria is dying and getting out of his system but bad because it will make him feel terrible.  I shudder when I think back over the other times of detox where he just laid on the floor too dizzy or in too much pain to walk and I don't want to even think about doing that again!  Hockey is winding down and we are hoping to time the worst of the detox for in between hockey and lacrosse season.  If this course doesn't work we have a stronger course to pursue.

Tomorrow we go to our local doctor to finish fine tuning this approach and have a NAET treatment.  

Prayers for strength, wisdom and understanding are greatly appreciated.  Yesterday and this morning I was a mess of tears but after some prayer time and reflection I am ready to keep my head up and battle this.