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Speaker 0 describes being twenty-one months into the protocol and nearing completion. They’ve finished all frequent IV chemo and now only go in once a month for treatment, with oral daily chemo at home, resulting in much less treatment than a few months earlier.
Speaker 1 asks if the alternative treatments, in addition to traditional treatment, are helping the child handle side effects. Speaker 0 confirms: “So much better. Okay. So much better.” They note a test result when doctors questioned why the child didn’t seem sicker or look worse; they backed off on some treatments to observe, and within less than a week the child experienced nausea, headaches, bone pain, and other common symptoms. They showed doctors this pattern, demonstrating that when they are not using supplements and daily support, the child becomes sick quickly. They say doctors were skeptical of their approach. Tensions rose around February after they presented a meta-analysis suggesting that some chemo is no longer shown to be helpful and may be more harmful due to toxicity. That, they say, was the last straw.
They recount that doctors began to push harder and claimed they would refer to Child Protective Services (CPS) if the child did not look sicker soon. Doctors started testing at every visit for the presence of the oral chemo in the child’s blood, and it’s consistently present because it is given daily. They hired a nurse privately to come to their home at bedtime to administer the meds, and they record the process with video of the child eating the meds; the nurse signs an electronic log verifying administration. When conflicts intensified about a month ago, they had an attorney, who sent a certified letter to the clinic with evidence: the nurse’s documentation, lab results showing the drug in the blood, and observed side effects that were minimal and manageable. They point out there are other variables affecting the child’s ANC; they have twenty-one months of records showing the child’s ANC was sometimes higher even when there were no home meds. They claim the medication is metabolized faster when the child drinks milk. They mention living on an organic farm with their own cows, and that the child drinks milk. They note that taking vitamin D can affect ANC.
Speaker 1 remarks on the extraordinary situation: instead of learning what is enabling the child to have fewer side effects, the state is threatening to remove the child. They ask if someone reported them and how they protected the child. Speaker 0 explains that they were told during a September visit that if the child’s ANC wasn’t below 1,500 by the October 17 visit, they would refer to CPS for suspected medication noncompliance, which would be considered neglect. Speaker 1 reiterates the surprise at labeling medication noncompliance and the state deciding what the child should receive, calling it utterly ridiculous.