Arabic until his three-year-old checkup and vaccinations. After those vaccinations, he regressed in many ways. He slowly started to lose words and we all thought he was being a normal boy that didn’t talk much. Along with speech regression came severe constipation, food allergies and food intolerances. All these were symptoms under the big label AUTISM which was given to my little Yusha.
Life as we all knew it would never be the same. Words can’t describe the pain and suffering my son endured as he suffered from a condition called IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and couldn’t get out of bed.
He spent many months in bed with all kinds of pain relievers. Food was trial and error only giving him the food he liked and wasn’t allergic to, which was only fries. It was a viscous cycle of food intolerance and sensitivity and him only eating fries would worsen the IBS, but because his awareness was limited due to Autism, he would still insist on eating fries. I went to every doctor and tried ABA (Applied Behavior Analysis) to help him try new foods and nothing worked.
In a few words what worked is Love, home schooling and good nutrition. I realized that all the interventions weren’t working. After many sleepless nights and lots of prayers, I knew in my heart that the answer shouldn’t be that complicated and that I needed to just be with my son and follow my heart which is where God will show me the way. I pulled my son out of school and began to homeschool Yusha and took it step by step. My goal was for him to be happy and not suffer.
As I slowly tried new foods, olive oil was the main daily regimen that I stuck with. I knew that because of the rich polyphenols in the oil, this will reduce inflammation. After much research, I learned that Autism is an inflammation disorder that can be caused by many factors which is unknown at this point. What we do know is that real organic olive oil will reduce this inflammation allowing the brain to repair itself thus repairing the body. I witnessed this repair as I saw my son’s symptoms begin to improve. His brain is continuing to repair itself until this day. It is like watching hair growth.
It takes time, effort, love and lots of patience. I trust God so I trust the process. To all of you who are reading this, I tell you the same trust God and trust the process.
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