Poor Erik. He has been recovering from Epstein Barr - now understand that we are not whiny sick people, we quickly recover from most anything and really do a great job at visualizing our way to wellness - he's been doing better, he's over the infectious part and is now in full recovery saw the ND again this week, he's due to get an O2, vit. B/C combo shot hopefully today but it became painfully aware to me last night that he needs WAY more time. He slept and rested most of yesterday, sat and helped by burning more DVDs for our last book as orders for it are still soaring! and we are so thankful - he moved from bed to desk to bed and at about 5:45pm he decided he wanted to go out so we went to dinner and then he thought he'd be good to take a walk around Target (got Samuel the cutest little ladybug clogs on the planet, lol) - he nearly collapsed in Target. It just hit me that he would not be ready for our trip next week to Sacramento. He is far more frail and weak than he is willing to let on. I was worried last night that he'd need to be hospitalized, a worry that I hadn't had since we found out he had mono nearly month ago. Then he was so sick and dehydrated that his organs were starting to revolt and his pancreas was in crisis - while he is doing much better, he is still so weak. So after a lot of prayer, I will start making phone calls an emailing everyone today about postponing our conference tour a bit. We had been planning to reschedule Los Angeles for July anyway just because the timing was off for all the participants, but we also decided to postpone Austin until August and I am going to see about moving Sacramento to September. I am sure we'll have to issue some refunds, but I bet many will be okay with our moving it. I just don't see him recovering fully before next week and having the energy he needs to do all the filming and run our webinar broadcast. I do feel like there is always a blessing to be gained and feel like we can take the time to bring in even more teachers and have a full two day conference. Sigi and Ellen will likely welcome having more time to teach their art form and if we do a full two day format then I think that will really make it possible.
So... where do I go from here? we are just going to get this man healthy. July is his favorite month because we always go to Comic Con in San Diego (more Waldorfy than one might think!) and since we are aiming to put our LA conference around that time then he'll have some more stress free time to prepare for it all. I do think it is the stress that has been doing him in. This will give him a full recovery. It will also give me some time that I've been looking forward to - I am ready to dig fully into the grade 6 book and we have a math book we are putting together as well so I can use the time to properly get those in order and prepare for the back to school rush. And that darn hall closet might get cleaned out, lol... that's been on my list for over a month!
All in all, I am at peace with our choice - I know that folks will understand. And I know that Erik will recover and become the vibrant person he misses being.
Friday, April 18, 2008
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I will totally pray for you guys-- I am so glad you've decided to postpone your conference and take the time you need to let Eric heal. What a relief it must be!! Sending you love and healing wishes!
I'm glad you are postponing, too. The last few times I've seen Eric, he hasn't looked well.
Sorry Eric..... ;)
Poor baby, we are sending many positive vibes your way. Are you watching diet, vitamins and minerals to ensure that Erik's getting what his immune system needs right now? Have you tried the homeopath? I'm sure you've done all the needful things, so I'll lay off the advice now :-)
Big hugs to the Neilsen clan.
Polly.
Thank you everyone for prayers.
Polly, yes he's on really good homeopathics, some good adrennal stuff and he's started doing CMR (cellular memory release) to work on some of the emotional stuff that goes along with it all. He's got two more sessions. I think that is helping too.
Honestly - I think he wanted me to think he was more well than he was and then he got really stressed about that because he wasn't honoring his body. He was worried we had people expecting us to be there and he's a huge part of the show - when he nearly collapsed I was really shocked because I thought he was doing better. we aren't back to square one with his recovery but I think we were skirting it. This week the kids and I are going to get out of the house at least 4 hours a day so he can get the concentrated rest he needs. I am going to contact all the attendees tomorrow and give them the options we came up with and go from there. The last of the new books will go out tomorrow too... it will be a busy day. The kids are going to take the week off from school to help me so we can get back on top of it all. I feel a lot of peace right now. We made the right choice. Thank you again for your thoughts and prayers.
Melisa, will be praying for your hubby's health and recovery. Peace and strength to you all !
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