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Daisy McGuire's Story
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Daisy McGuire is my third child. She was born on May 6, 1995. Today Daisy is 7 years old. Our two older children were born each weighing approximately 10 lbs 4 oz. Daisy was born 3 weeks early at 7lbs 10 oz. To my husband and I she was a “preemie.” We had never experienced such a “small” baby. During her first few weeks at home we noticed that she slept a lot. We kept attributing it to the fact that she really should still be in utero. Her color wasn't great…but again we attributed it to her being born early. One day when Daisy was three weeks old I had separate visits from two of my girlfriends. Each one commented that Daisy's “color” did not look good. After the second girlfriend commented on Daisy's “gray” color…I said, “That's it “ and immediately called our pediatrician.
Our pediatrician was alarmed. Apparently a baby who is “gray” is having heart problems. He told me to take her immediately to the emergency room. Once we arrived the emergency team immediately began their “work up” of Daisy. They tested her for RSV a respiratory infection. She had a chest x-ray. One thing we knew for sure…she was not breathing on room air and her white cell count was high. She was admitted into the hospital and required oxygen in order to breathe. She was also put on IC antibiotics. Daisy was a mystery. There was no clear diagnosis. We were on a pediatric ward at Evanston Hospital (a suburb of Chicago.) I kept asking if we should be down at Children's Memorial the doctors reassured me that she was getting equal care at Evanston Hospital because it was the Children's doctors who worked on the pediatric floor. At some point I asked on of the nurses I my daughter was going to die. She told me, “Oh no. If we thought she was critical we would have her in the Intensive Care Unit.” After 5 days of IV- antibiotics and oxygen we left Evanston Hospital with Daisy and no diagnosis.
We came home with Daisy who was now about 1 month old. At first her color seemed “normal”. She continued to sleep a lot but we attributed that to all that she has been through at the hospital. We did notice that she was throwing up her formula quite a bit. (I was unable to nurse Daisy due to medication I was taking at the time.)
At approximately week 7 we noticed that Daisy was going “gray” again. She was going into her deep sleeping patterns throughout the day. We took her back to the emergency room. Once again they worked her up for sepsis by administrating a spinal tap. They x-rayed her chest. This time it was found that Daisy had meningitis and double pneumonia. She was put into an ambulance to be transported down to Children's Memorial Hospital in Chicago. My husband and I ran home…got a few items…and then raced down to the hospital. We arrived in the emergency room looking for Daisy. We were told at that time that she had been admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care and was in isolation due to meningitis.
Daisy was in a critical state. She was in respiratory arrest and her body was filled with infection. I did not leave her bedside for 12 Days. During those 12 Days Daisy was treated with a myriad of drugs. At one point all of her veins had collapsed in her little arms…in order to put yet another IV into Daisy they had to put it in her scalp. She lay there fighting for her life, trying to breathe, and not moving. During this time Daisy had a MRI of her brain to make sure that her brain was developing normally. She was having nebulizer treatments approximately 4 times a day with steroids to open her breathing passages. She was having lung x-rays. She was on oxygen. She was on heavy-duty antibiotics. The doctors tested her for every known disease…including AIDs. Why was this infant so sick? Not one test result came back with a definitive answer! It was discovered that she had reflux. She was unable to keep her formula “down.” This was determined by a test where they put some kind of dye into her and x-rayed her while feeding in order to watch the path of the formula. She was aspirating formula into her lungs.
After 12 days in intensive care Daisy was moved to a regular floor where she stayed for 5 days. She was still on antibiotics and oxygen. She was still receiving steroids daily.
We took Daisy at about 9 weeks of age. The doctors had no explanation about why she had gotten so sick. They basically said that is was probably some kind of “freak” occurrence…and that she would be fine.
Daisy was fine until she was 5 months old. She was hospitalized again for turning “gray” and having some unspecified infection. She was on IV antibiotics at this time.
We now turned to a specialized pediatrician at this point. She had Daisy evaluated by a physical therapist, occupational therapist and a speech therapist. At 5 months age when I brought Daisy in to be evaluated it was like carrying around a 2-x4 piece of wood. She had no mobility. Al therapists agreed that she required treatment. We began out “early intervention: at 5 months of age. Daisy went to PT, OT, and speech once a week. Her “diagnosis” at this point was “Developmentally Delayed.”
At that time her pediatric gastro-enterologist put her on anti-reflux medication. She was put on Zantac and Cisipride. I have since learned that there have been lawsuits against the makers of Cisipride because it causes liver damage.
Over the next 21/2 years Daisy had numerous surgeries and procedures. She was placed under general anesthesia 4 times during that period…for the removal of her tonsils/ adenoids, two ear tube placements, and a gastro- intestinal scope. She was tested for cystic fibrosis…an archaic test where they wrap the baby in heavy cotton and then shock them in order to make them sweat. Cystic Fibrosis is diagnosed through the amount of saline in the sweat.
Because there was no diagnosis, and yet Daisy throughout this time period had numerous respiratory infections, ear infections, throat infections…her pediatric pulmonologist decided to treat her as if she had a disease called “Immotile Cilia Syndrome.” The case was made that this was a likely diagnosis, and yet to get a firm answer her cilia had to be extracted during each of her surgeries. It was not until 2 years ago (although we had abandoned the daily antibiotics) that we were able to ascertain that she in fact did not have Immotile Cilia. This was done during a 5 th surgery when Daisy was 5 years old. The treatment for Immotile Cilia is to be on antibiotics everyday…several times a day.
She continued on daily anti-biotic treatment until she was at least 3 years old.
We moved to Colorado in June of 1999. Daisy had just turned 4. She had been unable to attend pre-school the previous school year due to the number of infections she was getting. By November 1998 we had to take her out of school. Everyone thought we were “nuts” to be moving Daisy to 9,000 feet in the mountains!
When we moved Daisy was in the middle of another bout of pneumonia. We supported her through this with the use of a nebulizer steroids and antibiotics. After about 2 weeks in Colorado her pneumonia was gone. AND it has never recurred! In fact, since we moved to Colorado- other than the occasional “cold” Daisy has been 100% healthy. She was placed in “special Ed” during Kindergarten because of her developmental delays…but by the beginning of the first grade Daisy was right where she needed to be educationally… She is no longer in special Ed.
Approximately 7 weeks ago I began Daisy on Body Balance. Daisy weighs 60 pounds. I was giving her ½ ounce daily. For three weeks everything was “fine.” At about the end of week three Daisy developed a rash that looked like the worst case of chicken pox you have ever seen. It was only on her trunk of her body. Not one inch of skin including her vagina and buttocks were not covered with huge red blotchy bumps. I KNEW that she was in detox. I KNEW that all the medicine she little body had been subjected to between birth and 4 years of age…was coming through her skin.
It was horrible to look at Daisy and not wince with pain. However, she seemed fine. Yes, she was itchy…but she was a trooper. She did not complain. I explained to her how the Body Balance was getting all the “icky” stuff out and that she would be healthier in the end because of this. She intuitively understood.
My husband was out of his mind. He accused me of being negligent by not taking her to a doctor. I told him that we had been through a lot worse with Daisy and that she wasn't going to die from a “rash.” She did not lose her appetite. Her energy was good. She was sleeping well. There was NO other noticeable differences in Daisy other than her skin looked like it was blistering all over her trunk. This a very difficult time for my husband and me.
We have a great, understanding, trusting, healthy relationship. Daisy's detox was throwing us into a “tailspin” emotionally. He kept saying, “Tomorrow you have to take her to the doctor.” I refused. And, I continued to keep her on the Body Balance, although I reduced her daily dose by ½. My husband did come around. We talked at great length during this time. I shared my fears with him. I was scared to see what was happening with Daisy. I did not know when it would end. On a “gut” level I did know that I couldn't interfere with the process that her body was going through. I had to trust. And my husband, who is a really great guy, came to the same conclusion. Daisy's process was affecting everyone in our family on all sorts of emotional levels.
At the gym where I work out there is a guy I know who also happens to be a doctor. He saw Daisy at the height of her rash. He told me she needed to be on antibiotics because there were pustules on top of the bumps, which indicated that there was an infection. I couldn't believe it. Antibiotics were a huge contributor to where she had gotten. I was not going to do that – EVER!
Daisy's rash was severe fro approximately 9 days. It started to diminish slowly. The rash was completely gone after about another week. She now has some residual flat red dots on her body…today she told me they look like freckles. I imagine they will disappear over time.
I do not know what exactly happened. I DO know that the Body Balance forced a detox for Daisy's body. I DO believe that Daisy will be healthier in the long run because of Body Balance.
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