April 29, 2015 Live Blood Scan 2
Today was my son’s second alternative medicine appointment. We can’t say definitively that alternative medicine has helped, but at least we can confidently say that alternative medicine has not made his numbers worse. In fact, my son’s lab looked really good at his last infusion a week ago.
Ever since my son got sick last October, his enzymes have been really elevated. Even though the numbers have been coming down and improving, it has been a gradual and slow process. Last Wednesday my son’s LDH (indicator for tissue damage) went from 1,106 in December to 770 weeks ago to now 199 in the normal range. And his liver enzymes are totally normal now, not just barely hitting the normal range from 5 weeks ago.
We have definitely been tremendously blessed by God’s grace and mercy throughout this process. Given that my son was such a classic dermatomyositis, it is nothing short of a miracle that he is coming out of this pretty much unscathed. Right now at the age of 8, he doesn’t understand or see it yet. But he is truly a walking miracle and will have a great story to share.
Even the naturopath physician today was impressed and happy with my son’s results. The lab numbers looked good, and his live blood scan showed major improvements. His red blood cells are not longer stacked together (the rouleaux). The red blood cells still look like they have spikes,but that’s because of the calcium deposits. But the naturopath physician feels very confident that the amino acids Chelation will clear that up shortly.
The naturopath physician also gave us some samples of Keprex. Right now at this moment I am still on the fence if we are ready to try this alternative cox-2 inhibitor. Yes, the timing couldn’t be better because our rheumatologist has decided to put my son’s infusion on hold right now. But at the same time he is still on his daily plaquenil and weekly methotrexate injection. Yes, this particular naturopath physician is a clinical pharmacist and is certain that Keprex does not interact with the conventional Western medication treatment, but it still requires courage to take that leap of faith to try something new....
