Treatment Plan

This is what we are currently doing in terms of  treatments and supplements to heal my sensitive boy. My boy is currently thriving and has come a long, long, long, long way in his healing. If you were to meet him now, you would see a bright, funny, sensitive, healthy, strong, and vibrant boy.

His rashes (a typical sign of individuals with Job’s syndrome / Hyper IgE syndrome) are essentially healed. He was once allergic/sensitive to 40+ foods, and now it’s down to four foods (gluten, dairy, fish and eggs) (much more manageable). His IgE levels (which is related to his allergic condition) have decreased from 70,000 IU/mL to 16,612 IU/mL in the last year. We are very thankful.

I feel that Moses’ healing has been so remarkable because we have pursued all five levels of healing during Moses’ healing journey (i.e., healing Moses’ physical, energy, mental, intuitive and spiritual bodies), in addition to a focus on the whole family’s healing journey. Also check out my Tips for Raising a Sensitive Child.

Prayer / Connection with Spirit

• Prayer and meditation (a story about our answered prayer here)
• Visualizing Moses as healed (our story here and here)
• In addition to researching a treatment/supplement, we rely on our intuition / divination when deciding on which treatments to use on our son
• Shamanic healing sessions  (Moses receives shamanic healing only occasionally now, but mama’s meditation  / self-healing / shamanic healing sessions have been an important part of the family’s healing journey)
• Intergenerational healing
• Spending as much time in nature
• Gratitude for our many blessings, even during difficult times.

Treatments

• Heilkunst homeopathy (out of all of the things that we do, this has been the most significant for Moses’ healing; we consult with his Heilkunstler every 6 weeks or so. I highly recommend Heilkunst homeopathy. We had previously consulted with three classical homeopaths, and found that classical homeopathy didn’t help our son.)
• Cranialsacral therapy, total body modification and chiropractic adjustment by his chiropractor (once a month)
• We also occasionally consult with a naturopathic doctor (once or twice a year) (read about one of our consultations here)

Supplements

• daily homeopathic drops and monthly homeopathic powders (as prescribed by our Heilkunstler)
• 3 drops of Vitamin D (1000 IU), for a total of 3,000 IU (we use Vitamin D drops)
• 1 tablespoon Genestra Vitamin B complex
• liquid calcium-magnesium
• liquid multivitamin
• 3 drops of miracle mineral solution (MMS, a natural antimicrobial) in pineapple juice (he’s on this for his Job’ syndrome diagnosis)
• vegetarian omega 3 oil (Nutravege – 1 tsp; I’d have him on a fish oil if he wasn’t allergic to fish) – currently giving him a break from this b/c DH thinks that Moses is sensitive to it, he’s back to a flax seed oil when I can get him to take it (hide it in shakes and on his GF toast)
• Genestra probiotics

Not every day, but when we can hide it in shakes, etc.:

• aloe vera juice (good for teeth)
• hemp seeds
• chia seeds

Meals

• We feed my son as much organic food as possible
• Finding how what he was sensitive / allergic to and avoiding the allergenic foods (we found out through RAST tests, prick tests, IgE blood tests, IgG blood tests, sensitivity tests, experientially, and some DIY food sensitivity tests at home)
• Details about meals for my food-allergic boy (happily, he only has a handful of allergies now) here

Baths

• epsom salt baths with tea tree oil (antimicrobial properties – for rashes associated with Job’s syndrome — his rashes are just about all healed now)

Moisturizer

• coconut oil, vaseline and/or Glassalbase
•  1% hydrocortisone for his ears when his rash is bad (DH will use it on other parts of his body when his rash is bad, typically during healing reactions).

Medicines

• We try to minimize medications to the extent possible because medications often do more harm than good (i.e., side effects) and medications do not heal, but suppress symptoms, which drive the “disease” deeper into an individual (whereas, homeopathy heals the root cause of disease).
• Nonetheless, Moses is taking a prophylactic antibiotic (Novo-lexin) related to his Job’s syndrome diagnosis. If it were completely up to me, he wouldn’t be on them. DH and I have agreed that once his IgE levels normalize, we will just use the mineral miracle solution (MMS) or perhaps add an additional “natural antibiotic”, such as oil of oregano. The story of how we came to terms with starting these medications here.
• He is also taking Alvesco (a preventative puffer for his asthma) – 1 puff  a day (again, he wouldn’t be taking this if it were completely up to me)

Vaccinations

• Moses will not be receiving any further vaccinations. More about this here.

Other ideas about supplements:

• Recommended supplements to boost the immune system here
• Recommended supplements for autism, recommended by a Heilkunst practitioner here
• If you don’t have your own homeopath, you can try some homeopathic remedies for colds and flus at your natural health food store (e.g., Kids 0-9, Hylands).

Things we have tried in the past:

(Note that all of these techniques likely helped to some extent, but there’s only so much money and time, so we had a pick and choose which treatments to stick with and implement. Also Moses didn’t necessarily like all of these treatments, so that helped us to choose as well).

• acupressure – probably could help, but Moses doesn’t like his acupressure points stimulated.
• beta-glucans, a supplement that is good for the immune system – Moses didn’t like the taste, even though it tasted like a sour candy
• body talk – hard to say if it helped, but Moses received body talk every 4 weeks or so when he was 1.5 years to 2.5 years of age
• cactus juice, which has anti-inflammatory properties. Recommended by a natural health practitioner who said that she finds it helps her cancer patients.  Unfortunately, Moses didn’t like the taste. We hid it in his shakes and didn’t wind up using all of it. It was extremely expensive ($150 a bottle).
• castor oil abdominal massage – Moses didn’t like this, so we didn’t get in the habit of doing this
• Chinese herbal remedies recommended by an acupuncturist (we didn’t find a noticeable effect)
• classical homeopathy – we consulted with three different classical homeopaths, including one who was out of province and who specialized in children with eczema and an author of a book about treating children with eczema with homeopathy. We didn’t find a noticeable effect, although Moses’ rashes got extremely worse. That being said, I know that some people have had amazing results from classical homeopathy.
• Diflucan (prescription antifungal) – he was on Diflucan for chronic thrush for over a year, but now no longer needs it
• eat right for your blood type - found it too restrictive for foods that you can eat (esp. since Moses is already on a restricted diet)
• flax seed oil – he was on a daily flax seed oil (1 tsp) for two years, until we found this great vegetarian omega 3 oil which is even better than flax seed oil
• Flovent – he was on Flovent (a preventative puffer) for his asthma for approx. a year (something that I wasn’t a fan of, but DH and his physicians felt strongly about it). We switched to Alvesco once we stopped his antifungal medication because Flovent may result in thrush.
• gentian violet – didn’t help his chronic thrush long-term (and was terribly messy)
• emotional freedom technique (EFT) – I love this technique and highly recommend it although I don’t currently use it very much anymore (you can read a story about how EFT helped our family here)
• glutathione-accellerating supplement (MaxOne because he might be sensitive to shellfish, so can’t have Dr. Keller’s Original Glutathione Formula). Read more about glutathione here. We’re currently giving him a break on this because he detoxes quite strongly on it.
• Himalayan salt sole – I found it too salty and didn’t get into the habit of doing it with Moses
• iron supplement – his hemoglobin levels were once very low and now they are on the low side of normal, so we don’t need to supplement his iron any more
• liquid chlorophyll – Moses was too sensitive even for liquid chlorophyll
• Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET) - did not help (they “desensitized” him to eggs, and a few days later, he wound up in the hospital for four days after accidental exposure to eggs). I loved the theory behind NAET and some people swear by it.
• Sedona method – Great technique (you can learn it yourself by purchasing the book and or getting it from the library, or maybe googling this technique). I love this technique and highly recommend it although I don’t currently use it very much anymore
• numerous special creams for eczema (including medicated creams, as well as over the counter creams purchased online, from health food stores, at the recommendation of homeopaths, etc.), none of which helped. The thing that helped Moses’ skin is sequential treatment through Heilkunst homeopathy
• numerous supplements, some of which Moses was sensitive to and made his rash worse.

Treatments we have considered, but haven’t used (yet)

• camel milk
• oil of oregano and other natural antimicrobials – DH and I use it ourselves, but haven’t given it to Moses yet because of the taste. Will likely use it as a replacement for his pharmaceutical antiobiotic once we stop the prophylactic antibiotic
• Quinton Isotonic minerals
• IVIG – his immunologist has suggested this as a monthly treatment, but we aren’t interested in it at the moment

Job’s syndrome:

• Read about how another holistic mom is treating her son’s Job’s syndrome here.
• Read about how another holistic mom is treating her son with multiple allergies, Hyper IgE (15,000) and  Chronic Granumatolous Disease (CGD) here.
• Read about other potential treatments for Job’s syndrome.