Research that benefits children and families- Uplifting stories

I will share about a crisis that a family I know experienced. Their 11 year old daughter had been complaining about terrible headaches and awful stomach pains for months. She had to be picked up from school many days because of these aches. Her parents decided to take her to the doctor because they thought that something had to be wrong. Parents made an appointment at their local pediatrician and after extensive consultation and one test after another the doctors decided that something was eating away a part of her skull and they would have to operate. They did not investigate the stomach pains and when the family asked they were told that that will be dealt with later.  This meant that a section of her skull was going to be removed and replaced with metal.  

The family was not satisfied with that decision so they sought other opinions. An involved organization went ahead and did some checking and got them in touch with a group of Christian doctors. These doctors interviewed the family, reviewed the forwarded files and took two weeks to pour over research of other similar cases and arrived at the diagnosis that the child may have Celiac disease. A biopsy confirmed the diagnosis, a procedure was done and within forty eight hours, the child was cleared to be released from the hospital and placed on a gluten-free diet regime and the family went home.

The child has been improving steadily since, no more headaches or stomachache plaguing her and so her social life is improving. Her grades are back to normal and this is because of the research that is constantly done to increase knowledge and improve standard of living for children and their families.

More information about Celiac Disease  is available at http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/celiac/