Hope Comes in Pieces Review on Amazon

Mia Turns Six Years Old

Mia's goes to the pet store once a week when she does well during ABA therapies.  She never played with the puppies though she said she wanted one.  Last week, she saw a dachshund puppy.  Her reaction was totally different.  She got down and played with it.  Then she looked at me.  I heard the words that many parent's hear much earlier when at the pet store, "Home, take him home?"

What's a mom to do?  Little moments like these, where I can see Mia catching up developmentally, I really appreciate those moments.  We couldn't bring the puppy home that day.  Her birthday was coming up.  I called both grandmothers, my sister, Mamaw Beverly - a big thanks to them for Cyndy, Mia's puppy.  #Reminder, need a new reward. 

Hope Comes in Pieces

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Ma, your world hurts! Mia Smith, a five-year old girl, regresses into thirty-eight medical and behavioral conditions, one hundred and thirty one allergies, and autism. Many substances and foods in her biological environment cause her pain. Her mother, Terra Smith, practically the Chief Recovery Officer, works with doctors, therapists, and insurance companies to coordinate all the care required for Mia’s comeback. Her father, Craig Smith, puts in the work hours to make sure the family has a home, food, and clothes. The longer recovery takes, the more Mia falls behind.

A main demand of Mia’s recovery is that Terra is often required to mentally, physically, and emotionally adopt Mia’s changing points of view.  Then, she has to step back out and be the parent.

Yet, Terra Smith is set on helping Mia to discover what recovery feels like. Hope comes in pieces of knowledge and moments broken away from the trying, exhausting day. But Terra will take those pieces, thoughtfully put them where they fit until the full picture of recovery comes into view.

With a forward by Jerry Kartzinel, MD (Best-Selling Author, Board Certified pediatrician and a Fellow in the American Academy of Pediatrics) this book in one testimony of the 1 in 15 children who have developmental issues within the U.S. Additionally, the European Union estimates that 800 million children live in environments that negatively effect cognitive development.

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Fierce Defenders and Stalwart Advocates - Celebrities Out-Front

Jenny McCarthy

Left to Right: Ryan Blair, Jenny McCarthy, Jodi Gomes, Ryan Neufeld, Dawn Neufeld, Jacqueline Laurita, Chris Laurita
Speaking: Jacqueline Laurita

Left to Right: Ryan Neufeld, Dawn Neufeld, Jacqueline Laurita

Left: Ryan Blair 

Jodie Gomes

Speaking: Chris Laurita

Terra's Takeaway - Autism Education Summit

My takeaway from the Autism Education Conference – I paid very little in comparison to the quality and level of medical and other consultations I got for Mia.  Really, there was no way I could have afforded it otherwise.  Even then, I needed help getting there (Thanks Mom).  Just talking out-of-pocket medical costs, take a look at the qualification of the posted physicians, all of which are known internationally.

Left to Right: Dr. Anju Usman, Alford Kerry Hardy (Al), Me

Anju Usman, MD

•  FAAFP, Fellow of the American Academy of Family Practice
• ABIHM, American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine
• Hom-C – Homeopathic  Certified

Dr. Kartzinel  - Left

• Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• Best-Selling Author
• Pediatrician
• Owner Kartzinel Wellness Center

Dr. Theoharis C. Theoharides

• Doctor of Medicine, Medicine, Yale University Graduate School
• Doctor of Philosophy, Pharmacology ,Yale University Graduate School
• Master of Philosophy, Immunopharmacology, Yale University Graduate School
• Master of Science, Neuroimmunology Yale College
• Bachelor of Arts, Biology and History of Science & Medicine, Cum laude, Yale
• Fellow in the American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology

I spoke to more physicians. We just have pictures of these few. This level of expertise isn't cheap. Thank you to Generation Rescue and the sponsors for making this event happen.  If you know someone who needs help getting to one of theses conferences, please help them out directly.  If you don't know someone, please donate to Generation Rescue.

Mast Cell Master, Dr. Theoharides

Theoharis C. Theoharides, MS, PhD, MD, FAAAAI.

Director, Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory at Tufts University

http://www.mastcellmaster.com/

We call him Dr. Theo.  I look forward to understanding more of how mast cells regulate the body's immune system and what happens when pathogens and toxins interfere with them.  #mastcellmaster  

The Team From World Stem Cells Clinic

http://www.worldstemcellsclinic.com/clinic-staff/

Terra and Alexis Wineman at the Hope for Recovery Party

Alexis Wineman and Terra

Next Steps for Mia, Down to the Nitty-Gritty

The Autism Education Summit provided face-to-face connections with potential resources for parents who must find the next steps or overall plans for their children’s health. Those connections are very important.

Parents perform web searches, make phone calls, attend doctors’ appointments, and talk with other parents through social media.  It may take weeks if not months to have all the information needed to make a well informed decision on a course of action.

In contrast, this photo represents something that rarely (if ever) happens outside a venue like this summit. Terra, in an unscripted and unplanned moment:
            1. Had  access to multiple professional categories simultaneously

            2. Professionals talking face-to-face with other professional discussed the viability of specific treatments for a specific child

            3. As a result of that discussion, Terra walked away with a plan in about twenty minutes versus weeks or months.  Granted, she had done a great deal of research beforehand that catalyzed the outcome.

Above, we have a Terra, Dr. Jerry Kartzinel of Karzinel Wellness Center, Samir Patel - CEO of OxyHealth, and Annie Sidner of Nourishing Hope.  The camera angle only captured Annie’s hands, but she is pictured below, taken earlier as Terra and Annie walked through previously attempted therapies.

Left - Annie Sidner of Nourishing Hope

Educators - none yet or a few hundred IEPs

Educators - none or a few hundred IEPs, read Hope Comes in Pieces  The needs of the child, the direction of the parents, state laws, federal laws, dwindling resources,.. discover the data some parents use to chart their child's course. #aba #bcaba

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Mia's Specialist, Jerry Kartzinel, MD

Dr. Jerry Kartzinel "specializes in the recovery of neurodevelopmental, chronic neuro-inflammatory diseases, and hormonal dysfunctions."  The Kartzinel Wellness Center "offers treatment, education, and support." for these conditions.  http://www.drjerryk.com

With his help, Mia can actually go to the cinema to see a movie of her choice.  Dr. Kartzinel wrote the forward to Hope Comes in Pieces and has appeared on Larry King and CBS This Morning.

Speaking of choices, whether new or in education for years, one IEP meetings or a few hundred, consider reading Hope Comes in Pieces.