Dr. Aron - One Year

This is part of a series of posts about Penny's eczema story.  To start at the beginning, go here.

One year ago today, I first emailed Dr. Aron.  It's hard to think about what life was like a year ago.  I wrote about that time...

Who is this Dr. Aron?

This is part of a series of posts about Penny's eczema story.  To start at the beginning, go here.

I first heard about Dr. Richard Aron on the Facebook group Eczema Parents. Like any parent who has been around the eczema block, I was very skeptical at first.  We've all heard of plenty of miracle lotions and diets.  None of them have helped.  And these parents on FB were saying they had paid an overseas doctor online for a consultation?  It honestly sounded like a scam.

Hunting Those Elusive Triggers

This is part of a series of posts about Penny's eczema story.  To start at the beginning, go here.

By the fall of 2014, Penny's eczema was in a much better place.  Wet wrapping and keeping her skin covered had cleared the eczema from much of her body.  This huge progress further convinced me that Topical Steroid Addiction was not what we were dealing with.  And she was growing so fast!

Yet she still had some trouble spots that drove us crazy.

Learning from National Jewish Hospital

This is part of a series of posts about Penny's eczema story.  To start at the beginning, go here

As I was reading about Topical Steroid Addiction, I also found a Facebook group called Eczema Parents.  One of the first posts I saw was about a family who had been to a hospital in Denver called National Jewish Health that has an intense outpatient program for children with allergies, eczema, and/or asthma. 

The Darkest Time

This is part of a series of posts about Penny's eczema story.  To start at the beginning, go here.

After the GAPS diet, we got to some sort of normal for a while, but still never enough sleep.  I was applying topical steroids very sparingly and still only using coconut oil instead of the Vanicream we'd had success with before GAPS.