Tuesday, March 3, 2009

GANGRENE

For two and a half months I have been dealing with GANGRENE.
This is a new one for me. I have never tried heal someone with gangrene before this.
My experiences in all of these years have taught me that anything is possible.
Besides, who wants to have a part of them cut off!!
The fellow I have been working with, had a stroke, then a massive heart attack and a few days after the heart attack, 9 of his toes turned gangrene. The vascular surgeon, said the gangrene was a result of the blood supply at the arch of the feet being cut off for a period of time during and after the heart attack.
There are two kinds of gangrene: wet and dry. This guy had both.
Gangrene occurs when tissues are destroyed and there is a lack blood supply.
Dry gangrene tissue turns black. Wet gangrene is infected with bacteria, causing the tissue to turn soft. Wet gangrene is more serious and more difficult to heal because the infection can lead to blood poisoning.
When I first saw the toes, the dry gangrene was evident in many spots on a number of toes and other parts of the lower foot. The wet gangrene was on the tips of 6 of the toes and it was already quite mucky and smelly.
The Doctor did start a course of strong antibiotics right away and suggested an antibiotic cream. For the first few days we followed those instructions. The infection seemed to be better but the toes looked BAD. I began to wrap the feet in raw cabbage leaves each night and remove them in the morning, soaking the feet in Celtic Sea Salt baths each time. To my amazement, the gangrene began to fall off some of the toes and new pink flesh was left behind. Over these weeks, I have used the cabbage, lavender essential oil and a wonderful blend of essential oils called Exodus II. At first I treated the feet twice daily and now I am able to attend to them once a day. Almost all of the gangrene has fallen away now and the last two (worst toes) spots are almost gone.
I am very encouraged to see that despite the severity of the gangrene, the battle has been won without the loss of any body parts.
If you have further questions regarding the process, please feel free to email me.