4 yr old boy with juvenile diabetes, diagnosed at age 9mo. - he gets 4 insulin shots a day - father has diabetes and was diagnosed at age 11 - sister was just diagnosed last year. His mom asked me to post about him, she has no access to a homeopath to see in person. The main issues are:

Total lack of appetite, will not eat, just has no desire to. He will eat if his mom feeds him but doesn't eat when forced to feed himself, well he will eat some but it takes forever to even get a few bites in. Obviously this is difficult as being diabetic he needs to eat regurlarly. Even at birthday parties when other kids are chowing on cake he has no interest in it. He is not being stubborn or defiant, just doesn't care about food at all.

He has sleep problems, it takes him a long time to fall asleep and he wakes at night many times , moaning and talking in his sleep, he wakes with nightmares - won't say what the dreams are about. He frequently wakes between 12am - 1am and again at 4-5am.
Sweats buckets from his head and takes awhile to "wake up" after rising.

He recently had a severe reaction to antibiotics was covered in hives.

His growth is severely stunted. He is not even on the "growth charts" anymore - he had been average height and weight until about age 2.

He is a real cutie, just adorable, kinda quiet - especially around new people or new experiences, he has a silly sense of hunor and wants to make his sister and her friends laugh. Is pretty easy going lets others call the shots, only occasionaly gets angry when his sister starts bossing him around and stuff. His mom says he "tunes her out frequently." He just ignores her and gets absorbed in other things. He likes his pokemon and diginmon characters. He has had all his vaccinations. He doesn't complain much when he gets his shots - occasionaly cries at the doctor if treatment is nasty. He has a pretty high tolerance to pain. He is just a sweetie, but kindof aloof. Brown hair and eyes. I beleive there is heart disease in the family.

He remembers routine things well and patterns, numbers, days of the week seasons. He is afraid of thunderstorms and spiders.

If you need more info let me know. I love this little guy soooo much and would really like to help with the sleeping and eating thing. It is taking a real toll on his mom who is up with him 3-4x per night and she is becomming a walking zombie.

[ 31 May 2001: Message edited by: Barb ]

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Dear Barb,

Calc-carb. 200C.

It's all there--nightmares, loss of appetite,
head sweats, fear of spiders, fear of thunderstorms....I'd be surprised if it were anything else.

Snoopy

Hi Snoopy - and anyone elsewho would be so kind as to offer input.

Mom gave me some more info - don't know if it changes picture.

Ryan does have a large head 90th percentile (I know calc carb too). He used to get tummyaches all the time and complain that his heart was hurting him or punching him. He was put on antireflux meds for 5 weeks (no longer uses them) and problem nis somewaht gone. Though in the morning in car ride to school complains of tummyache like he will throwup. Don't know if this is nerves, carsickness or what.

he likes salty foods best, also cheese.\

His left foot turns inward when he runs, by this I mean his toes point in and he runs on the outer part of foot by outer ankle.

He engages in immaginitive play, likes to build with legos.
He has a quiet voice and just the tiniest hint of a lisp or speech problem - nothing really noticible at all and probably will grow out of this.
Thanks

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Dear Barb,

The extra info is calc. too. As you said, the big head, also it's a 2 for motion sickness while riding in a car (Murphy's Emergency chapter), also, problems with bone formation: calc. is always right in the middle of that, as you know; so I would stay with calc. unless someone has a better slant on this.

Snoopy

Snoopy thanks - I am curious as to why you suggested a 200c. You are "known" for recommending much lower potencies and especially withall the problems this little guy has I am suprised :razz:

barb

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Dear Barb,

I was WONDERING if anybody was gonna say something about that!!!!!

OK, now I'm really on the spot, aren't I?

Well, if you read Dr. Luc De Schepper, as I have, he makes a point about Calcareas, that they are hypo-responsive, hypo-sensitive in general--much like this child, who is rather sluggish, plodding, doesn't complain, remains oblivious, uninterested, etc. Luc says Calcareas need higher potencies or they may not respond.

Also, children, with their usually, in-tact and strong vital force, can take a high potency and bounce back, whereas adults, with many suppressions, are often clobbered by them and don't rebound.

So, there's my explanation. Of course, if the parents want to give a 6C three times a
day.........

Snoopy

Not homeopathic but herbal I'm afraid but Alfalfa stimulates the appetite and is nutritive, You can get it in a tincture that you mix with water or juice. It won't interfere with any homeopathic medication.

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Hi Snoops - and everyone else.

The mom hasn't given the cc yet. She is nervous (undersatndable - I gave her a copy of Demystifying Homeopathy and she has been reading that). I don't have a Calc Carb 200c on hand (must'vegiven it out to someone) I do have a 1m - 30c or Calc Carb lm1. Will any of these do? She is worried of aggros with his diabetes.

Also he desires (not craves) salty/smoked meats - bacon, sausages and ham would this change the picture to Calc Phos?

I don't know if I mentioned in my first posts but the mom wanted me to mention that Ryan has large poops, usually 2x a day. She said she doesn't know where he stores it in his little body

He hasn't grown in height in the past few months and has lost 2 lbs.

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Dear Barb,

Before I repertorize this case, let me ask you some questions. You say he was normal when he was 2--normal height and weight. So that was 2 years ago. I take it the problem the mother is concerned with is that he is not interested in eating. Has this been going on for 2 years or is this recent? Did it come on suddenly or was there a gradual decline in appetite over 2 years?

Is there an etiology? What happened 2 years ago? Can the mother say, "Ever since that shot/antibiotic/medication/etc. he's just never been the same."

The antibiotic that gave him hives, what was it being administered for?

Does he often get sick...colds, ear infections, etc.? Does he often get antibiotics?

What reaction has he had to vaccines?

What is "new" about him now that he's in this weight-loss state?
Are the nightmares, moaning and talking in sleep, difficulty waking, difficulty falling asleep... is this part of the chief complaint or does this go a long way back?

Here's what I'm getting at: He may be a Calc
or calc-phos. child who has never been well since a vaccination or since antibiotics, etc., in which case, he may need a remedy that covers whatever this stress was. Maybe it was a head injury around the age of 2, and maybe he now needs nat-sulph. In other words, I wouldn't want to repertorize his constitutional symptoms along with the pathological stuff.

Ask the mom about possible etiologies: frights, falls, shots, medicines, illnesses, etc.

Ask about his thirst.

Thank you,

Snoopy

Dear Barb,

Regarding my previous letter, you can ask the mom these questions if you want, but my gut feeling is, she doesn't know the answers.
You and I both know that this child has been damaged by allopathic medicine, first from vaccines, causing his level of health to drop, making him susceptible to ear infections and colds, so he's gotten plenty of antibiotics, causing his health to drop even further, and the remedy is Silica. It's a 3 for ill effects of vaccination. It's a 3 for arrested development and emaciation. It also has "want of appetite".

Unless the mom says he fell and hit his head or something to that effect that would completely change my mind, I recommend
Silica 6C or 6X three or 4 times a day for at least 2 weeks.

Tell the mother he'll never get better as
long as he keeps taking antibiotics; that our remedies work great for ear infections,
colds, etc. Especially in children.

If he has to get more vaccinations, he should take Ledum for prevention, three times a day (30 C) for one day before and three days after.

Good luck, Barb,

Snoopy