{"id":344,"date":"2017-02-10T20:15:01","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T20:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empoweringdrmom.wordpress.com\/?p=344"},"modified":"2018-12-31T17:37:53","modified_gmt":"2018-12-31T17:37:53","slug":"neurofeedback-improves-baby-gs-breathing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/empoweringdrmom.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/10\/neurofeedback-improves-baby-gs-breathing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Neurofeedback Improves Baby G’s Breathing"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a nearly 3 year blogging hiatus to deal with the insanity of life, I simply must share!<\/p>\n

It\u2019s 4:30 AM. \u00a0I am blown away by this. Probably it will be hard for anyone to believe who did not witness it. \u00a0But, I had to get up to tell you about it. \u00a0If nothing else, have it documented for my own memory.<\/p>\n

I plugged myself in for a neurofeedback session while typing this. \u00a0I might as well. \u00a0The machine is not being used right now, and I\u2019m beginning to think it needs to be used every minute of the day.<\/p>\n

Since Tuesday night,\u00a0Baby G\u00a0has been having a flare up of her asthma. \u00a0She missed school this week. \u00a0So, she has been home while I am getting myself familiar with my Neuroptimal system, which was delivered Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Baby G, 5 now but still my baby,\u00a0got her first brain training session on Wednesday afternoon. \u00a0She made numerous comments about it while hooked up. \u00a0\u201cI love this!\u201d \u201cThe music is sad.\u201d (something about a boy losing his dog?) \u201cI love the motions.\u201d (art moves on the screen to the music) \u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s working!\u201d \u00a0After that comment, I said, \u201chow do you know it\u2019s working?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Baby G\u00a0replied, \u201cBecause I\u2019m coughing less.\u201d \u00a0Mind you, I never said anything about how this machine may help her. \u00a0She had seen G & J get neurofeedback and always wanted to try it. \u00a0And, I\u2019m thinking, really? It\u2019s helping your cough??? Can it really? \u00a0Well, it is training your brain\u2026 hmmmm\u2026 \u00a0Wednesday night was a horrible night for her. \u00a0She was trying to rest on the little couch in our room. \u00a0She was moaning and writhing all night long. \u00a0Asthma itch, is the only way to describe it. \u00a0Wriggling, scratching, and wheezing. \u00a0We did 2 breathing treatments with albuterol that night, and\u00a0I had to rub her down with lavender and coconut oil\u00a03-4 times to help her calm down and minimize the itching.<\/p>\n

She woke up Thursday morning and asked for neurofeedback right away. \u00a0I put her off because I was too exhausted from the ordeal of a night we had just had to hook her up. \u00a0I gave her a session about noon (I gave her an albuterol treatment at 6 AM and then just prior to that). \u00a0The day went along fine. \u00a0I did not give her another treatment, \u00a0but there was still a little coughing. \u00a0I figured it would be time for a treatment before bed.<\/p>\n

Around 6:30 PM,\u00a0Baby G\u00a0came downstairs crying over something her siblings had said or done to her. \u00a0She\u00a0uses the\u00a0phrase\u00a0\u201cbeing mean at me.\u201d \u00a0I asked if there was anything I could do to help her, and she replied that she wanted her music. \u00a0\u201cSure,\u201d I said, \u201cyou can bring your music down and listen on the couch.\u201d \u00a0She said, \u201cno, I want my neurofeedback music.\u201d \u00a0\u00a0I thought to myself, surely 2 sessions in a day can\u2019t hurt. \u00a0I hooked her up and within about 10 minutes she was asleep.<\/p>\n

I kept the program running as I had just\u00a0learned that your brain does its best work when you are asleep! \u00a0I watched her rest. \u00a0Smooth even deep breathing. \u00a0Very calm. \u00a0Not a single cough. \u00a0Once the session completed, her daddy carried her from the neurofeedback system and put her on the little couch in our room.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m up writing this at 4:30AM\u00a0because I woke up to check on her several times, and all night, no cough, no itching, no writhing, just smooth even quiet breathing.<\/p>\n

Now, I never even considered the idea that neurofeedback could help with her asthma. \u00a0Never. \u00a0However, I have said in my life, many times, that I do not believe in coincidence. \u00a0I believe God gave us that rough night to show us the dramatic change.\u00a0\u00a0Baby G’s\u00a0pediatrician and her daddy can testify that\u00a0her asthma\u00a0is like a\u00a0run-away-train. \u00a0Once it gets going, it takes an ER visit with IV steroids or at minimum oral steroid treatment to stop. \u00a0I was sure we were headed that way again.<\/p>\n

A lot to think about.<\/p>\n

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