Accepting and Juicing....

So, Faith has been diagnosed with epilepsy. I believe that I posted that back after that appointment. We held off on medications because we didn't want to mask anything. Faith has now had 2 seizures in 2 weeks, so they seem to be coming closer and closer together. One of them was a grand mal (2 weeks ago, not documented) the other one was yesterday (complex focal, I believe). I am finally starting to accept that she has this condition...we also have accepted the fact that a lot of her behaviour during the day, and her sleep habits, are probably because she is having seizures through the night that we don't know about...

We spent the entire day yesterday talking about what our options are. We have decided that before we start medication we are going to try a naturopath. I am really torn and feel like we are making the choice of the lesser of two evils...the first evil would be letting her continue having seizures and us, and the people around us, living on the edge constantly...never knowing when we will end up in the hospital, the other evil is the side effects of the medication they will give her.

Phenobarital is what she would take. Everyday, for a very long time. The side effects that bother me the most are: agressiveness, irritable behaviour, inattention, hyperactivity. The dr in the out of town hospital also told us that frequently, kids when they start the medication, lose some of their development but always get it back...

I just don't know if this is what we want to look forward to. I think that the side effects mimic ADHD, and I just don't want another lable coming out of this to deal with. It is also a very addictive medication...

I am looking at the possibility of trying to juice for her. Mostly the recipes are green juices, such as, kale, spinach, beet greens, celery etc...They seem easy enough to try them out...My research yesterday showed that a lot of seizures come from a mineral depletion.

One of the remedies for mineral depletion, magnesium in general, was epsom salts (magnesium) in a cup of orange juice (citric acid). Every morning, every night. I feel odd feeding my baby bath salts though...

If anyone has any other suggestions, I would love to hear about them...