I was out shopping with my wife and 27-month-old Hayes. I grabbed a sample of some trail mix that was being handed out at the department store and Hayes, seeing that I was snacking, wanted some. I gave her a very small chunk of dried fruit that I thought was a cranberry.

She immediately began to fuss and wipe her tongue. I thought it was stuck in her teeth so my wife took her to the car for a drink of water while I paid for our purchase.

All the way home she continued to fuss and 15 minutes later when we reached home, Hayes was getting worse. Her eyes were starting to swell, she began pulling at her ears and scratching any piece of skin she could find.

She was crying saying, "I don't want to breathe, I don't want to eat!" I have never seen such a severe reaction in anyone and began to panic. We decided to head for the ER because I felt time was not on our side. As we were about to leave, I noticed my ArthroStim sitting by the door.

I have had great results with my patients' allergies with KST so I decided to adjust Hayes before going to the ER. Hayes was screaming and crying. Her eyelids were a swollen purple color. She was only able to open her eyes halfway because of the swelling. My hands shook as I checked her for an OD. An inner voice told me to correct the subluxation before going to the ER.

I let the OD guide me and spent about 10 minutes adjusting as fast as I could. When nothing else was showed up, I took her up from my wife and gave her a hug. She said, "Daddy can I watch Dora DVD?"

She started singing along with Dora and within 30 minutes the swelling was gone from her eyes and the welts on her face, arms, stomach, and legs were almost gone. Within an hour, she was running around the house and asking for more to eat.

It scares me to think of what could have happened without that adjustment, or what other interventions would have been taken had we gone to the ER first.

PS. KST got rid of my 10 years of headaches as well.