Inflammation Helps Your Body Heal

“Your dog is going to be permanently paralyzed.” These were the words from my veterinarian last week. I was not prepared to hear this nor was I was willing to believe him.

It started out like any other Sunday. “Come on, Scout -- let’s go for a walk.” He joyfully jumps up and down and all around. A Sunday walk, ooh these are good. We are driving to our favorite place where no leashes are required so my energetic Rat Terrier can run to his heart’s content. I open the car door to let Scout out and he spots a huge black bird, the kind he loves to give chase. Out of the car quick as a whip and in a flash as he is flying through the air, his back right leg hits the curb. Then the scream and howl…he is on his back, screaming in agony, contorting his body trying to fix whatever damage he has done. With Scout alternating between screaming and whimpering, with people coming from everywhere to see what has happened, my husband wants to help our poor helpless, writhing dog. Scout bites him, his eyes saying “I’m sorry.” He soon becomes exhausted and we are able to get him in the car and rush him home.

I start giving Scout homeopathic remedies for trauma. I check him all over for broken bones; there are none. I surmise that he must have knocked a disc or two out of alignment when he hit that curb at full force and he has pinched some nerves in his back. So I give him some nutrients for inflammation. It’s Sunday so I look up vets in our area who do chiropractic work on dogs and make an appointment for the next morning. On Monday, I have to carry Scout into the clinic. The vet takes one look at him and pronounces, “Your dog is going to be permanently paralyzed.” I said, “No, he’s not. Please don’t say that again. I know I may not seem like your “normal patient” and I don’t mean to be rude, but this is what I’d like you to do. I would like you to take x-rays of Scout’s back to make sure there are no fractures in his spine and then I would like you to give him a chiropractic adjustment.” “But, he needs steroids,” the doctor stated emphatically. “I hear what you’re saying; please just do what I ask. Is that okay with you?” “Okay.” Truth be told I am greatly shortening this exchange; let’s just say Scout’s x-rays showed compression of 2 discs and no other injury. The doctor gave him a chiropractic adjustment and after the visit was over I took Scout outside and he went pee and thank God and Hallelujah he was able to go poo, albeit very sorely.

We have continued on this path of recovery and Scout is now running, jumping up on the couch, on the bed, and on me. He just has the slightest pain and weakness in the one right back leg which we are praying will heal completely.

The point of my story: what if I had believed the doctor? I would have a paralyzed dog right now. There are other ways to treat the human body. We have whole food nutrition for one which is amazing. The body is a living machine that requires certain nutrients to run at optimum health. I read stories from my doctor’s group where even the doctors are starting to make changes, starting to question. They are seeing that old standby ways such as treating things like sprains and pulls with NSAIDs drugs are causing more harm than good. These drugs stop the body’s inflammation process. It turns out that the body’s response of inflammation is what actually heals the sprain or pull. Ice is best; maybe a pain med for the first day or two.

Doctors are starting to question the status quo. Maybe we should too.

Miracles happen every day when you give the body what it needs to heal. It’s real and simple.