Thanksgiving 為思言皮膚好轉感恩

Thanksgiving holiday is coming up next week, but as Christians, we need to be thankful at all times for all that God has given us. We want to thank Him for the improvement we see in Bethany's skin. Many of you have prayed for her and we would like to tell you that God had indeed answered all our prayers.

As you know, Bethany has been struggling with eczema since she was about three months old. Her condition was so bad that at one point she couldn't live without using steroid creams every day. We have been taking her to the dermatologist almost every month and have spent a lot of money on her expensive prescription creams. Nothing seems to have worked until Kummy read from a mommy's online network about flax seed oil, which was supposed to help with eczema. Since we were already giving Bethany a lot of chemicals through the medicines, Kummy thought why not give Bethany something natural just to try. After checking with both the pediatrician and the dermatologist, she started giving a small teaspoon of flax seed oil in Bethany's meals twice a day. After couple of weeks, we have seen great improvements, especially on her face, which is not red anymore. She still has few red spots on her body every now and then, but are never as bad as before. We are still very vigilant of what she eats and keep moisturizing her diligently, but it seems that the biggest battle is over for now.

下星期是一年一度的感恩節, 但是身為基督徒, 我們要時刻感恩, 感謝神每天給我們的恩典. 我們在此為思言的皮膚好轉而獻上感恩, 因為他是聽禱告的神, 而你們當中也有不少曾為她代禱, 謝謝!
從差不多三個月開始, 思言的皮膚便開始變壞, 濕疹情況嚴重, 總是要靠含類固醇的外用藥才可把紅斑的情況壓制著, 但只是冶標不冶本的辦法. 我們幾乎每個月也要到皮膚專科醫生一趟, 花在昂貴藥物上的金錢也算不了. 有一次嘉曼無意中在一個媽媽專門網站中, 讀到關於麻籽油的好處, 有人說她的孩子也有濕疹的問題, 而他吃了麻籽油後便大有改善. 嘉曼想, 橫豎思言從各類的藥物中也吸取了不少化學品, 倒不如讓她試試天然的麻籽油, 看看中不中用. 問過了兒科和皮膚專科醫生後, 嘉曼每天兩次在思言的飯中加上少許麻籽油, 兩星期後, 我們果然發覺有明顯的改善. 現在思言的臉上已再沒有紅斑, 身上偶而有些微紅, 但是總不是像以前那麼嚴重. 對於她的飲食, 我們仍然十分小心, 也要常常為她塗潤膚膏, 才能保持現況.