Integrative medicine has been a life-sustaining blessing for Shelby. As a result of scarring from several bouts with kidneys stones, Shelby’s kidneys became an ideal environment for infections. She has had countless E. Coli infections. When treated with conventional medicine, the infections would disappear… only to return just a few months later. Since being treated with integrative medicine, the amount of time Shelby is infection free has increased dramatically. She experiences many months without infection, thus improving her quality of life. Nutritional supplements have given her immune system the additional support it needs to combat most of these infections. When she does get another infection, antibiotics are able to clear it from her system. And, because Shelby does not need to take antibiotics frequently, they are still effective when they are prescribed for her. Integrative medicine has been the perfect mix of traditional and alternative therapies which has allowed Shelby to have a good quality of life. At this writing, through integrative medicine and God’s grace, Shelby has just celebrated her fourteenth birthday!
---- Patty Hedges