VITAMIN C-Jabrens 1st Treatment

We prepared for the first treatment - Vitamin C - by putting everything containing vitamin C in plastic bags, in the fridge or out of reach. The Dr. explained that he would need to avoid touching or eating anything with it for the next 25 hours. That also meant he couldn't go outside because of grass and fruit tree's.The treatment started with testing him to be sure he was allergic to it. He was. Then she had me lay on the chiropractic table and Jabren held my arm and wrist. In my hand I had a vial containing the vitamin C mix. She administered accupressure down my spine three times along with specific breathing methods during the accupressure. It took maybe a minute. The entire time Jabren held my arm. Somehow he receives the benefit of the treatment, not me. It just goes through me. It was that easy. She slipped the vial into Jabren's sock (adults would just hold it in there hand) for skin contact, and sent us to wait for 15 minutes in the waiting room. Because the spinal accupressure had just been applied causing the brain to be alert and very receptive to new information, the following 15 minutes of being in contact with the Vitamin C (or any allergen) is allowing the brain to reprogram that this is not a dangerous substance to attack. Vitamin C itself is very neccessary, not bad for us, but sometimes are brain recognizes it and many other very good things as something negative and sends out forces to take it on to destroy, thus causing all kinds of repercussions and health problems and diseases.After 15 minutes, the doctor tested that his body responded to the treatment, how long he needed to stay away from the substance, and how far away. His body did respond and he had to stay away for 25 hours and he had to stay 67 feet away from Vitamin C!We went home and did the best we could, he escaped outside twice, but all worked out. We went for the next treatment where she first tested to see if he "cleared" the vitamin C. As he held my wrist and I held the vial in my right hand, holding my left arm out I strongly resisted her downward pressure, indicating that his body now responds positive to it. Before this treatment my arm would just drop to the ground.I was convinced! It was very literal results. Hard to explain but very real. I now believed this could be the answer to resolving his dairy allergy.

Making the Call and Our First Visit

Six weeks after seeing Jabrens pediatrician, we were preparing to go out of town for a family reunion and I was planning menu's with extended family members. I was facing yet another challenging situation of feeding Jabren with crowds who have plenty of food with dairy in it. Minimizing Jabrens deprivation of treats, snacks and such is easier at home where I am in control but social settings were so challenging. So I called and made the appointment. As I spoke with Dr. Judit McCullough, a chiropractor with specific training in NAET, I asked her lots of questions out of skepticism. Basically she told me yes she does what my friend claims and that her own son went into anaphalactic shock and was rushed to the emergency room from contact with peanuts when he was 18 months old. She easily and confidently stated that when he was 5 he had the treatments and ever since then he has not had a problem. He was now 9 and makes PB and J sandwiches all the time.I believed her. I was at my parents house and I was so excited. That was the start of me truly believing there was an end in sight for Jabrens dairy allergy. At this point I only believed he was allergic to the protein in milk and NOT lactose intolerant.Since he was very little he had bright red, almost blistered cheeks and rashes behind his knees and in his elbow creases. He also spit up a lot. I gave him a cheese stick when he was about 9 months old and he spit it all up. Later on, he got sick with rosieola, but before we knew it was that we thought the rash was food related. As I talked with my mother in law she advised I try cutting dairy out for two weeks and see what happened. So I started a dairy free diet when he was 10 months old. Immediately he stopped spitting up. I was convinced though doctors did not support my theory.As he grew and was capable of communicating he never complained of stomach aches or that sugar bothered him, which most kids who have lactose intolerance do. But now looking back he never had dairy. (This is important to the story later on, so when it gets posted I'll bring it up.)His appointment for evaluation was at the end of July just before the reunion. I was at first disappointed that he wouldn't be starting a treatment at this visit. I just wanted this thing done, so I could move on in life. Now I comprehend the process, which just takes preparation and time. We went in and after going through his medical history she pulled out a sheet of paper with 78 allergens listed. Wow, that seemed like a lot; I was very curious to know what she would find on Jabren.The best way to explain how she tested is this. Energy, like electricity is out there. There is a start of energy and then there are conductors to move it. Jabren was the start of his energy field and I was just a conduit which could be tested to see what his energy field reacted negative and positive to. (This is my explanation not an official NAET explanation.)So, she had Jabren hold my right wrist and then she tested my left arm for strength (through muscle resistance testing or MRT). I had strength and could strongly resist her downward pressure on my arm. This demonstrated a base line, or that he was strong and healthy . Then she started slipping little vials in my right hand, Jabren held my right wrist and I held my left arm up as she would push it down after each vial was slipped into my hand. After the first two I had had strenghth. Then some I had no resistance. I was completely shocked! The difference in strength in my arm was very real. It was very literal and possibly only believeable if you experience for yourself how dramatic the difference is.By the end of this visit, she had tested the first 26 and he was only allergic to three things. Vitamin C mix, Sugar Mix and Animal fats. Three treatments and I figured we would know if this whole NAET stuff really worked.She showed me after finding a few of his allergens, that when he let go of my wrist and tested just me that I could resist whereas before I literally could not.

How This All Started

In October 2006, a woman, Lee, was assigned to visit me monthly as a church responsibility. I was explaining to her that my oldest son, Jabren, was allergic to milk. She was interested and told me she had seen this doctor who told her she was allergic to all this stuff, like Vitamin C, sugars and a lot of other things, I've never heard of as allergies. She explained that she elliminated her allergy to the Vitamin C and the sugars. At this point, I was only slightly curious. It was pretty far fetched and I had never comprehended such a thing as elliminating allergies.She came every month and every month I'd ask her about this doctor, how this ellimination worked, and where she was at. It just seemed kind of mind boggling. She didn't know very much about it, except that she tested non-allergic to things she had been treated for.In June 2007 I took Jabren to his pediatrician for his yearly check up and she stressed the importance of two things 1.) absolutely no dairy in his diet, whatsoever and 2.) have allergy testing done, to find out what else he needs to abstain from. She figured if he was this severely allergic to dairy he was likely to have other serious allergies.She gave me a phone number of an allergist and I left her office. I'm grateful to her because she was the first to take this matter seriously and she pointed me in a direction of doing something. Jabren had seen many doctors in his 4 years of life and none of them seriously believed his spitting up, eczema or hives were from dairy. These doctors just advised that if I thought it helped, stop giving him milk products.But as I kept coming across this post-it note with a phone number to call, I just couldn't bring myself to have him tested. It just didn't seem right. I just felt a stupor of thought and no motivation to make the appointment. I believe now, that in the back of my mind I realized that if I was going to find out his allergies I wanted to first start with a less invasive route, like what Lee had told me about. But still I hadn't moved forward with our pediatricians advise, no matter which way I was going to go.Here's the clincher for us:Jake, my husband, started telling Jabren "Someday, when you're a big boy you're going to be able to have milk, and cake and ice cream and pizza, someday when you're a big boy." I remember feeling empowered when Jake said this so confidently, but I felt sad and sorry too, because his doctor said he most likely would not outgrow this, because of its severity. But still, I wanted to believe what Jake was saying. Well, Jabren absolutely believed what his dad was telling him. A few weeks later at dinner he started proclaiming "Look Dad, I'm eating my vegetables so I can be a big boy." Then later he started expressing a desire to have something with cheese, which he knew was totally off limits. We questioned him and he sadly said "But Dad, you told me when I was a big boy I could have dairy."He honestly and in faith believed his dad. If he was a big boy (which to him meant eating his vegetables) he would be able to have milk again. Jake and I looked at each other when we realized what was going on and my heart sank and hurt for Jabren. That is the moment I decided to call Lee's doctor and make an appointment. If there was any possible way for things to change for Jabren I had to at least explore the option.