Seven(7) years later, I got married to Romsey and two(2) months later she became pregnant with our first child. In her third month of pregnancy, our doctor informed us that we had a serious complication developing. Romsey's blood type is Rh negative and she had antibodies developing for Rh positive blood.

That means her body's immune system was reacting to the babies Rh positive blood. Romsey nearly carried the child full term but it had to be taken by emergency C-section due to severe anemia in the child resulting from the reaction in Romsey's body. After two blood transfusions and over a week in neonatal intensive care, we came home with our first born baby boy.

Then came the doctor and hospital bills. We had insurance at that time that covered much of the bills but our rates nearly doubled. Due to the high cost each month, we decided to drop our insurance.

Some people might say that was a foolish move but that decision has turned out to be one of the biggest blessings in our lives by the fact that it forced us to look at ways to take care of ourselves before we get sick rather than after.


Well, it wasn't long until our second child was on the way and our doctor was convinced this pregnancy had the same complication as the first. Since we didn't have insurance, our doctor sent us to Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas. The doctors there were convinced, as well, that Romsey's immune system was reacting to this child in the same way her body was to the first.

After several tests checking the amniotic fluid, they determined it was imperative we undergo a risky procedure to draw blood from the umbilical cord of the baby, using a six (6) inch needle. He informed us that there was a 3% chance the procedure could cause a blood clot in the umbilical cord, killing the baby but there was a greater risk of loosing the child not doing the test that doing it.

Finally, after all the stress from all the procedures including sonograms, amniocenteses, and then this risky blood testing procedure, the doctors informed us there was no need for concern, the baby had Romsey's blood type.

To say the least, our emotions were mixed with gratefulness and frustration; gratefulness that everything was alright, frustration that we'd been through so much for nothing. On top of that, it turned out we didn't qualify for medical assistance so in came a whole new crop of medical bills even though the tests they conducted turned out to be mistaken diagnosis on their part.

Our next experience with the medical community turned out to be our last. Our second child was now about a year and a half old and every morning he woke up completely clogged up with mucous to the point he could hardly breathe.

So we took him to our pediatrician who diagnosed him with asthma. He immediately wanted to put him on medication and a respirator. We asked if there was anything we could do nutritionally that would help this condition and he said "You can change your diet if you want but it won't do any good".

We then consulted a nutritionist over the telephone and he instructed us to get the child off cow's milk and onto raw goat's milk. Following his recommendation, in just two(2) weeks, the mucous was completely cleared up and to this day, now over seven(7) years later, he's not had anymore problems.

This was a real turning point in our lives because having lost all confidence in the very profession I had spent so much of my life to be a part of, we felt forced to look elsewhere for help.

We began to learn all we could in the area of nutrition, applying what we learned. Our diet began to change by cutting out red meat, baking our own fresh-ground whole wheat bread, and drinking purified water.