We wanted to give a comprehensive update of Naomi for those of you who are interested in the whirlwind of "information" that we call modern day healthcare. Many people have asked us about our thoughts on the spiritual dimensions of what was going on with Naomi. The way that we see it is this: whether she was visibly seeing evil spirits, or simply wigging out because of a medical condition, there was a spiritual assault taking place. We have no problem believing the former, and lean towards that as an assessment. But in either case, the presence of fear, confusion, frustration and discouragement we went through as we approached this issue with deep concern for this precious gift we've been given in Naomi; was wearing us down and challenging us. Thank you all so much for your prayers! We firmly believe that Naomi experienced the power of God and the abundance love of Jesus right in the midst of her struggle.
The pediatrician has ruled out everything from her end. The pediatric neurologist said she is 100% fine and canceled the MRI after getting the results of her EEG. Her blood work showed slightly abnormal levels of testosterone (which was deemed unrelated to the issues at hand) so we were sent for an ultrasound which turned out negative (which is positive, ha). The pediatrician's assessment is that she is fine now and nothing was discovered.
The natural doctor, we had mentioned, believed that she had dealt with some type of virus previously that had caused blockage and buildup of toxins in her lymphatic system. The blood work that was ordered by the pediatrician was also sent to "Dr. Dave" for analysis. He highlighted that the blood work showed that Naomi had been in contact with the Epstein-Barr virus. We assume that the pediatrician didn't mention this because she did not currently have high levels of the virus and that by the age of 40 every person has come into contact with it. Apparently, most children do not experience symptoms other than a slight fever. However, some children do experience extreme fatigue, confusion, and some of the other symptoms that Naomi was experiencing physically. His assessment was that this was the initial infection that led to the backage in her lymphatic system. Within three days of taking the supplements that he gave us her symptoms were gone and her "big boob" began to become a normal boob (which is kind of sad to us in some sense, like if Nemo's fin became normal it wouldn't be his lucky fin anymore).
The bottom line is that Naomi is her self again. She has so much energy again, she has barely napped for the past month. Some of it is her age, but we think some of it has been her going from being exhausted all of the time, to feeling better and having her energy back. She still doesn't like to talk about the "things she saw". Some of ya'll have suggested us asking her to draw pictures and get it in the open so that she will talk about it. We still think it's a good idea and we tried to employ it; but she was very clear with us that she doesn't want to or need to do that. She said "Jesus took care of it guys, and I don't need to talk about it anymore!" She has quite a personality, thank you all again for your prayers and encouragement!!!
