I’ve been wanting to sit down and write this update out for quite some time now… but you know how life just keeps running off ahead of you? Well, tonight I’m making it happen!
Lucy Lu was helping push my last IV of the day!
I’m still at the doctor daily receiving IV treatments to detox all these dead Lyme toxins from my body. These IV treatments are also used to kill off the other two co-infections that I have. I have also been doing a very strong and complex herbal protocol to try to kill off the Babesia and Bartonella. However, no matter how much or how long I do this herbal treatment along with the intense IV treatments, I have not been able to kill these other diseases and they have to go!
I have been researching through the night endlessly, waiting for a breakthrough in treatment options, hoping for new research in the Lyme community, praying for wisdom, and I have come to realize that the ONLY option I have left is going to be some very, very intense anti-parasitic and anti-biotic treatment. I have NOT wanted to go down this route as Lyme Disease destroys your immune system, hormones, thyroid, adrenals, etc… and I’ve been working so hard to rebuild all these systems since Germany that it feels so backwards to take these drugs knowing that they will work against all these areas once again. However; I am out of options and Cory and I both agree that I have to start walking down the path to kill these terrible diseases off now. We cannot wait until the awful symptoms from them continue to increase. We have to get me well so that we can treat our kiddos and continue to work towards a healthy family!
Soooooo… now I have to decide which meds to take, weigh out the pros and cons of each drug, and work on the financial side of whatever path we decide to go down. I am super stressed about the possibility of my seizures coming back, the pain overtaking my body again, and what our lives are going to look like as soon as I start this new treatment. We know, just as it did when treating Lyme that I will get worse before I get better. We just don’t know what that “worse” will look like this time around and I am scared. I will be making a choice that effects my hubby, kiddos, parents, in-laws, and siblings so much… I am not sure if I can handle watching the intense fear that plagued those I love most again.
Please be in prayer for our decisions, for our finances, for our entire family to have peace and strength as we start wading through this next phase ahead of us.
We are praising God for the opportunity to forge ahead into this next phase that would not have been possible without an effective Lyme treatment in Germany and positive detoxing here at home!
Sincerely, Dani
I’ll leave you with a quick update picture style of our last couple of weeks 😉
Straight out of “Grease”… Hayden and Lucy were off to help at our Church’s Big Pumpkin Party!
And don’t forget Mary Poppins who got to enjoy all the festivities!
Family time at the Veteran’s Day Parade 2016! Thank you to ALL who served and sacrificed for our freedoms… We are so grateful for your service!
I mustered up all the energy I had and we ventured out to Devils Lake for a photography field trip… these three sure have great eyes for photography!
Man, I LOVE these three…
This little one is pure sunshine!
Lu and Gig sitting in their “box cars” studying verses for Awana’s Drive-In Movie night!
Just some fun anatomy lessons… and dancing of course too!