Kevin's Healing Journey: Colon Hydro-Therapy

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Colon Hydro-Therapy

In my recent revisit summary, I mentioned that in April Kevin had his first session of Colon Hydro-Therapy or also called a colonic or colon-cleanse (not a colonoscopy).

Colon Hydro-Therapy is a safe and gentle process to cleanse the colon or large intestine with warm purified water of accumulated waste materials and toxins without the use of laxatives or drugs. As you know, Kevin has struggled with elimination and digestion for many years so it is likely there is a buildup of waste creating more toxins in his body. Our constant goal is to get better and more regular elimination and improved digestion from Kevin. It was explained to us that the large intestine or colon works like a muscle and by stimulating with Hydro-Therapy it will re-train and improve the bowel function. This is exactly what we need for Kevin.

In April we took Kevin to Columbus (a two hour drive) for his first colonic. It had been difficult finding someone to do a child for this procedure and another family had recommended this place in Columbus. I was pretty anxious about it because I was not sure what to expect. I brought a bag full of extra supplies trying to prepare for the unexpected and a two hour drive home afterwards. Stress never helps any situation. It took Kevin 10 minutes to finally eliminate the water that was introduced into his system, and we were only having a 30 minute session. We had to use a vibrating massager on his belly to help him release. He eliminated a lot of waste and in the end we were pleased with the results.

After our revisit with FHC, they recommended that we continue to have more sessions but try to find a provider closer to us to avoid the two hour drive. I found a person in Medina (only a 45 minute drive) who has advanced certification and we feel much more comfortable with, we even like the colonic table system much better. Kevin receives a 45 minute session and she stays in the room the whole time and massages Kevin’s belly to help him release. Kevin is quite comfortable during the procedure and watches a show on his DVD player to keep him entertained. Kevin had a very good session and it was recommended that we have a total of 6 sessions, initially. Kevin had sessions 2 consecutive days the first week and another 2 consecutive days the following week, and one session each the two weeks following. When we were driving home after the first session, Kevin was very verbal! I had not noticed that his verbal sounds had decreased somewhat since our revisit, but the colon cleanse seemed to help improve this again for him. It is expected that after a colonic session, it may take 3 days to eliminate (which did happen after the session in Columbus, so no worries on the drive home), but Kevin has been having daily bowel movements since starting the Colon Hydro-Therapy with no help from any kind of stimulate we have had to use in the past. We will likely have to continue on a maintenance program to keep things going but hopefully we will be able to decrease our sessions to once a month or less at some point.

We are very pleased with the results we are seeing from the Colon Hydro-Therapy and would highly recommend it to anyone who has similar issues. We hope this will continue to help improve Kevin’s elimination and digestion. If you have an interest in finding out more about Colon Hydro-Therapy or would like to find a provider near you go to www.i-act.org

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This blog was created to keep our family and friends updated on Kevin's healing journey. It is also our hope that others may find this blog to give help and hope to other delayed kids.

About Kevin

They told us Kevin would never walk or talk. But with lots of prayers, hard work, and extra hands, he began walking when he was four years old and we continue to have faith and hope as we wait patiently for his speech to develop. Kevin is now eight years old. He is diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy due to a brain-injury he had before birth that was caused by a stroke. In 2006, before Kevin was 2 years old, we found Glenn Doman’s book "What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child" that had answers to help children with special needs and developmental delays. We began an individualized home treatment program for Kevin immediately and have been dedicated to our program ever since. We spent three years with the Doman family at The Institutes for the Achievement of Human Potential (IAHP) and now we are with Matthew and Carol Newell at The Family Hope Center (FHC). Twice a year we return to Philadelphia where Kevin receives a neurological evaluation to determine the progress he has made in the last six months. Then they provide us with an individualized, program that puts me in charge to help Kevin develop and reach his fullest potential.

Do You Know a Delayed Child?

The best recommendation we can give to another parent with a special needs or developmentally delayed child (brain-injured, brain-damaged, mentally retarded, mentally deficient, cerebral-palsied, epileptic, autistic, athetoid, hyperactive, attention deficit disordered, developmentally delayed, or down's) is to read Glenn Doman's book What To Do About Your Brain-Injured Child and/or Dr. Coralee Thompson and Dr. Philip Maffetone's book Healthy Brains, Healthy Children. By simply reading these books, you will gain valuable information to help your child which will begin to unlock the potential your child has. And best of all you will learn that there are other options to helping your child that you can do yourself. We would also highly recommend attending the parent course at FHC or IAHP. To read how our journey began and the successful progress Kevin has had refer to the January 2010 blog archive.