...First Do No Harm Page #8

- There you go, buddy.

- Hey.

Thanks.

Okay.

- Hi. - Good morning.

How's everything going so far?

Good! I, um,

I dreaded the fast.

I thought he'd be beggin'me

for food, but so far he's not.

He has had... seizures

the last two days...

...but only small ones.

I don't know if it's my imagination or not,

but his whole body seems more relaxed.

Many parents notice positive changes

during the fasting period.

Fasting rests the body.

Now, you'll know within a month whether

the diet is gonna work for Robbie.

And if it does, you'll

keep him on it for two to three years...

...before returning him

to a normal diet.

- Okay.

- To be effective, the ketogenic diet...

...must be rigidly controlled.

Each meal is precalculated, and all

foods are weighed on a gram scale.

- Right.

- It's difficult.

Well, is it more difficult than watchin'

your kid have a hundred seizures a day?

I've been teaching

and administering the ketogenic diet...

...here at Hopkins

since 1949...

...to well over 500 patients.

I've never seen a parent, win, lose or draw,

that regrets having given it a try.

Dear Dave, Lynn and Mark:

This is day five.

I'm holding my breath.

No seizures

for three whole days.

Not one.

I guess it could be the drugs, but we

already started to take them away.

The plate is already weighed and

now I'm gonna weigh out 17 grams...

Mrs. Kelly, the dietician here,

she's been so enthusiastic and helpful.

She treats us like we were her first

patients. It's hard to believe...

...she's been doin'this

for over 40 years.

See how close

to 17 that is? Yeah.

- I wanna know how good it tastes.

- He loves bacon.

Robbie's meals are actually much better

looking than I thought they'd be.

And he wolfs 'em down.

Our scripture today

is from Matthew 17.

"A man came to Him

saying, 'Lord... "

"... have mercy on my son, for he

has epilepsy and suffers severely".

"And Jesus rebuked the demon,

and he came out of him... "

"... and the child was cured

from that very hour.

"Then the disciples came to

Jesus privately and said... "

"... Why could not

we cast him out?"

"And Jesus said, 'This kind does not

go out except by prayer and fasting'. "

Let us pray. Father...

...we ask Your blessing

on this child, Robbie...

...that he may come forth

from sickness into health,

to live as Your servant

in wholeness...

The nuns are so good to us.

They really made us feel welcome.

And we're trying not to disrupt

their lives too much.

- Roast beef. - I'm almost afraid to

say this, but I think this is working.

- Tonight we have a choice of...

- I know it is.

Dave, I keep remembering

the questions you asked...

...about the doctors

censoring information...

...and robbing us

even of hope.

And I keep wondering, what could

have gone so horribly wrong...

...with this whole

medical system?

Hey, I'll race ya!

We gave them our son.

We gave them our trust.

We damn near had

to give 'em our home.

But instead of giving us

the simplest information...

...they abused Robbie, and

they almost destroyed us all.

- Yea, I won! I won!

- Not that any of'em will ever ask...

...but I wonder if they have

any idea of the pain they caused.

And I wonder if someday

I'm gonna be able to find...

...in my heart a way

to get past the anger...

...and feel forgiveness.

I don't know, Dave.

I don't know.

- Hello?

- Hi, it's me.

- Is everything okay?

- Yeah, we're fine.

- How's Robbie doing?

- Well...

...he's almost

our old kid again.

I think he's comin' back

to us, Dave.

Ohh.

Thank God.

I miss you so much.

I miss you too.

I miss us.

Do you miss us?

Oh, boy, do I miss us.

Tell me.

Dave, we're in a convent here.

Give the nuns something

to remember you by.

Come on! Hurry up!

- Do you see him anywhere?

- I don't see him.

See him?

Hey, squirt!

Good goin',

but you need to hang on.

I don't need to. I'm big!

Gotcha!

Hey, Margeen, look at me!

Ride 'em, cowboy!

Hi, Marissa!

- Hi, Mom and Dad!

- Hi, sweetie!

Somewhere

Over the rainbow

Way up high

There's a land

That I heard of

Once in a lullaby.

Not much of a view, huh?

Somewhere

Over the rainbow

Skies are blue

Security.

And those dreams

That you dare to dream

- Hold him just like that.

- They really do come true.

Someday I'll wish

Upon a star

And I'll wake up

Where the clouds

are far behind me

Oh, yes

Where troubles melt

Like lemon drops

- Way above the chimney tops

- I've never seen a parent...

- win, lose or draw, that regrets having

given it a try. - That's where you'll

Find me

Gonna be somewhere

Over the rainbow

Oh, where pretty little

bluebirds fly

For more information on the ketogenic diet,

please call the Charlie Foundation at:

All over the rainbow

Why

Then, oh, why

Can't I?

Can't I?

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