Kierra, a two year old girl was diagnosed with reflux and resistant thrush after 5 months of crying. She had physical pains that would cause her mother to take her to urgent care and Children’s Hospital, they thought she might have meningitis, so she had many tests stopping just short of a spinal tap. Later, she got the rotavirus and was back to Children’s Hospital twice in 2 weeks for IV fluids due to dehydration and listlessness. After starting school, any cold virus that her older sister brought home Kierra would catch, she was sick 8 out of 10 weeks that Fall. Kierra was on and off multiple rounds of antibiotics. She had constant skin rashes, sinus congestion, and secondary sinus infections.

The EENT doctor said she may need adenoid surgery to help the sinuses. That’s when her mother thought of seeing Dr. Penry. She really wanted to avoid adenoid surgery. Dr. Penry checked her spine and found that she had misalignments that could weaken her nerve system and immune function. Her mother didn’t know what else to do so she started bringing her for care for her spine. Not long after starting to see Dr. Penry the whole family came down with a stomach virus, yet thankfully Kierra recovered without a visit to their PCP. She wasn’t even the one who was the most sick. Over the next couple of months she had got sick once but again didn’t need a doctor visit or antibiotics. Then she was exposed to multiple cold viruses from 3 different people, and she didn’t get sick at all! This was an enormous victory! The difference in Kierra’s immune system now compared to prior to chiropractic is remarkable! What is especially meaningful is that now she can easily conceptualize Kierra as a healthy person! We are so grateful to Dr. Penry for all he has contributed for the whole family.