Imagine trying to deal with a little boy who has an unknown illness. It was difficult.
I had to educate myself on nutrition, chemicals in a household, cleaning, clothing....anything and everything.
I started by going to doctors. The GP and then specialists. Pediatric skin, allergy, and asthma specialists. That was an eye opener.
There was too little information 23 years ago and very little alternative to conventional medicine. We saw great doctors and they all tried to help but it was near impossible.
I started reading health food flyers and magazines. I spent a lot of time at health food stores and had to travel all over the city.
I nursed him forever..it felt like that anyways because he was allergic to milk and all formula. All.
He ate eggs. Many many eggs. His favourite food to this day.
I tried goat milk but that was not well appreciated. Finally, he started to drink rice milk and eat rice. Anything that was not organic was immediately refused.
Next, he ate broccoli. He loved it raw with rice.
He could eat beef, chicken and one type of sausage.
I slowly introduced other foods into his diet. I made mistakes but he eventually could eat a wee bit more. Yogurt, milk, cheese, wheat etc.
If I gave him a choice of 2 different apples. One conventional and the other organic, he would always reach for the organic. Every single time. Eventually, he couldn't even eat a raw apple. (still can't)
He would eat organic blueberries with gusto but around the age of 18, he became sensitive to them as well.
And this is just food.
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