Monday, September 15, 2008

Day Six - Oregano Oil

We are one day past the "Dreaded Day Five" of Oregano Oil and all's well. Asher's dragon breath is gone, is congestion is improved (but not completely gone), and the allergic shiners under his eyes are gone. The kid has so much energy he doesn't know what to do with himself. He's getting into all sorts of trouble.

Asher had a soccer game on Saturday and did his best ever. And at today's soccer practise, he broke a sweat. He NEVER runs hard enough to break a sweat - so it's a VERY big deal!

Another milestone: On Saturday, Asher was able to sit down and put together a Lego Knight by himself (with a little guidance from me, but mainly by himself). He's never been able to focus that much before. I'm certain it's because his body feels SOOO much better.

It obviously seems like we're going down the right path. Even if this doesn't improve his EE, it certainly is helping his overall health. Raj made a comment yesterday that when we do the follow-up lab tests, he suspects we'll find a/some parasites (there seems to be some sort of relationship between parasites and bad bacteria). When the body has parasites, the eosinophils attack them, which causes eosinophilic esophagitis. Interestingly, even though parasites are one of the known causes of EE, Asher has never been tested for parasites before.

If the follow-up lab results show parasites, removing them will DEFINITELY help cure Asher's EE.

2 comments:

Duchess said...

That is great news! I am so happy to hear that it is helping the little guy.

Julie said...

Noticed you haven't updated in awhile. Praying hard Asher's energy has continued and you just have your hands full with 3 ACTIVE kids! Hope no news is good news. Update when you get a chance, would love to hear how the Oregano Oil is doing after nearly a month.