Its hard to even begin to describe how Nico's stroke has ripped our family apart at the seams and after a year and a half right now seems the hardest time. But I am going to start with the first days and weeks and how we coped as a family and how important the Nikken products were in supporting us in our grief, anger, tears and total devastation.
When I first arrived at the hospital after a couple of hours drive, the first time I saw Nico after his stroke, not knowing if during that journey he might not make it. I knew I had to give him homeopathic remedies for shock and trauma and that, that alone could of taken his life. But I had to put that out of my head and just trust that he would make it and I would get to see his smile again.
Soon after arriving at the hospital I started to give him Arnica and Aconite, I only had 30c and alternated them every hour until my brother arrived who had seen a homeopath and brought new remedies which I gave him every hour for 48 hours. He also had some crystals under his pillow and on his heart chakra.
I also took Aconite and Arnica and the remedy Lotus. I had to hide that I was giving them to him as I knew I would be told that I wasn't allowed to. That was just the beginning of many stages where I had to think outside the box and just go ahead with the knowledge I'm doing this for Nico and I had to stand up to that in the hospital. There really is nothing they can give you to help with the healing from a stroke. Yes there is the clot buster drug but that just does the job it is supposed to do and that is if you get help in the first 3 hours. The consultant new from the brain scan it had been much longer than that before Nico got to hospital, so the brain damage was severe.
But I never gave up hope, I had to listen to all the worst case scenarios which shook me to the core but inside a voice kept saying and my friends and family, you don't know how this is going to be, I have to remain positive for our children and most of all for Nico. I would go and cry and then come back to his bedside as if nothing had happened. I never told him what the Dr or consultants said and told them not to also, I just kept telling him he can do this, he will be ok, we will get through this.
When all the Nikken products arrived a couple of weeks after is stroke I was so excited, it felt like the cavalry had arrived! I knew these products were not only going to support Nico in his healing journey but myself and our children.
For us at home we all had the sleep system, so important that we could get into bed knowing that our poor shattered nervous systems would be supported in our sleep, and for me I would be able to sleep and actually be able to get up and face the day. I was struggling with that big time before it arrived. Also knowing that the children who were so upset and so frightened would be supported and have peaceful sleep too and be able to face school. They also wore the power bands at night and when we watched a film and were on the sofa together it was never without the Kenkodream Quilt, and sometimes we would bring one of the mattresses down and have that too for extra support. It make us feel so safe and so warm in such exhausting times.
Nico in hospital had his insoles in his socks before he learnt to start walking and when he started physio in his chair. He was sitting and sleeping on the Kenko Seat, he had his power bands on, the water which we had at home too. Also the supplements Greenzmes and Complete Balance. I went backwards and forwards to the hospital a couple of times a day, bringing meals. I washed and dressed Nico every day as the nurses were so stretched and he needed that as a young man to keep his dignity and sense of self.
I would never have been able to keep going if it wasn't for the Nikken products, I don't know how I did do it, but I had to. I knew that when I wasn't there Nico's nervous system was continuing to be held and supported and his body and spirit energised so it could heal and deal with the trauma and shock, it made it easier to leave him each day, as hard as it was.
I never have had a day without my insoles in my shoes and my power bands, they are an absolute must. Plugging me and the family into natures frequencies with all the other Nikken products and then being in nature as much as we could was also vital. As soon as I could get Nico out of the hospital in a wheel chair I did. There is a lovely church near by with a gorgeous green small garden where you could feel the sun on your face and hear the birds sing. It was so important to escape from the hospital environment, which was relentlessly noisey, busy, and depressing especially as some of the patients were acute and some passed away and they were all much older. We needed it to keep our spirits up. It was really difficult handling a wheel chair even though it wasn't that far away, but I was blessed as there was always a kind soul there to help when I was struggling to push him up the slight hill.
After five weeks Nico was transferred to the Neuro Rehab Unit and it all changed again.
