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Friday, April 13, 2012
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Kid Updates
As I am reading the blog today I thought that I would give a couple of updates on two of the kids who have been treated.
On the Blog about the second community clinic I wrote about the 10 year old boy who asked for needles on his second visit. We have such beautiful photos of him and his younger sister sleeping on the sofa during an earlier clinic. To me, he is a sweet, polite, kind boy. To his classmates, he is an underdog and subjected to bullying. Since receiving the weekly acupuncture treatments he is feeling better about himself. He is not as stressed and he is able to focus on his schoolwork.
The one person who probably affected me most in this project, and for me made it all worthwhile, is Luz from the coast who is now beginning to read and write at 9 years old. (See the post about Palma Sola in March) We learned more of her story. Luz's biological mother was raped. She did not want to have the child. Lucia took her in during the pregnancy and offered to help raise the child. Lucia does not have any children of her own. Luz was born prematurely at 7 months. The biological mother left soon after.
One of the ear points that is used is for the sympathetic nervous system - the "fight-flight" response to trauma. This work is especially good for post traumatic stress and Luz's development was infused with trauma and stress. Since she is young and still developing in many ways it seems to me that the treatments, especially the first one, was like pushing a re-set button in her.
The next time that Lauro goes to the coast and sees Lucia he has promised that he will give us an update as to how she is doing emotionally and in school.
On the Blog about the second community clinic I wrote about the 10 year old boy who asked for needles on his second visit. We have such beautiful photos of him and his younger sister sleeping on the sofa during an earlier clinic. To me, he is a sweet, polite, kind boy. To his classmates, he is an underdog and subjected to bullying. Since receiving the weekly acupuncture treatments he is feeling better about himself. He is not as stressed and he is able to focus on his schoolwork.
The one person who probably affected me most in this project, and for me made it all worthwhile, is Luz from the coast who is now beginning to read and write at 9 years old. (See the post about Palma Sola in March) We learned more of her story. Luz's biological mother was raped. She did not want to have the child. Lucia took her in during the pregnancy and offered to help raise the child. Lucia does not have any children of her own. Luz was born prematurely at 7 months. The biological mother left soon after.
One of the ear points that is used is for the sympathetic nervous system - the "fight-flight" response to trauma. This work is especially good for post traumatic stress and Luz's development was infused with trauma and stress. Since she is young and still developing in many ways it seems to me that the treatments, especially the first one, was like pushing a re-set button in her.
The next time that Lauro goes to the coast and sees Lucia he has promised that he will give us an update as to how she is doing emotionally and in school.
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