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seizure . As you can imagine , having never experienced this before , I was terrified .
We immediately called 911 and Julia was hospitalized for four days while doctors ran all the tests … EEGs , MRIs and CAT scans . The crazy thing was Julia had one seizure each day , and it always happened when the doctors were on rounds and would come in to check on her . Something deep inside me knew it was related to the emotions she was feeling , even though her emotions couldn ’ t be measured by an EEG or MRI .
The next four months were the most challenging months of my life . Julia continued to have seizures , sometimes as many as ten to fifteen a day . The episodes were so unpredictable and the uncertainty of everything in our lives made life exhausting . She ended up taking 4 different seizure medications to get them to stop . During that time , not only were my husband Mike and I trying to keep a close eye on Julia , we were also providing for our 3 younger daughters and doing our best to maintain some sense of normalcy in our lives . It ’ s amazing how a negative situation with a child can have such a dramatic impact on everyone in the family . It didn ’ t stop there . Shortly after Julia ’ s health crisis , Mike started having anxiety attacks and my auto-immune condition , Hashimoto ’ s Thyroiditis , flared to record levels . Talk about a health crisis — we were all going through a major shift .
One of the first things we did to return our family to radiant health was to work with numerous experts , coaches and specialists . This led me , and the entire family , on a powerful journey of self-discovery and led to a reversal of the symptoms . With support and expert guidance , Julia was weaned
WHEN WE , AS MOMS , DEEPLY UNDERSTAND , ACCEPT , AND LEARN TO APPRECIATE THE TRANSFORMATION THAT UNFOLDS AS WE GUIDE OUR CHILDREN TO VIBRANT HEALTH AND HAPPINESS , WE RELEASE OUR OWN SELF- DEFEATING HABITS AND ARE ABLE TO REACH FOR THE STARS .
off all of her medications and I am happy to share that she continues to be seizure free . Through lifestyle changes , Mike eliminated his anxiety and reversed his lifelong allergies , and I was able heal my autoimmune condition .
We discovered a simple holistic approach to health and found deep connections and joy in our lives . That painful part of our lives led me to discover my passion of supporting
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