I wanted to talk about what was going on in February of  2017. A little back story.
We had noticed Elijah wasn't eating much food. Also noticed that he was getting skinnier and skinnier. I had taken him to his doctor, and all was said as that when he started playing soccer again in the spring he would get his appetite back. SO we where sent on our way.

I know something wasn't right. I had read info on Eating disorders. So I thought he had and eating disorder. I took him into Madrone Mental Health and chatted with the nice people there. We had scheduled a blood test to determine if Elijah had anorexia. Which the signs where there.

Elijah had become very restrictive with what he was allowing into his body.  Basically slowly starving himself. He was obsessing over watching cooking shows, looking at restaurants and there pictures of food.

I had noticed Elijah had development of lanugo: soft, fine hair that grows on face. Also one of the signs. He was also always feeling cold. Well he had lost 14 pounds with in a few months.

He started a counseling program at Madrone. It was really helping. He was actually starting to eat a little more. He was turning things around. I had talked to a good friend about all of this. Her son also had an eating disorder. She took him to Joe Casey who does Hypnotherapy and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique, tapping) So I gave him a call to. Anything that I could do, I would for my boy.

With in a few months Elijah seemed to be back on track. Plus I gave him Zinc at the time. I had sought help from my boss whom is an Nutritionist. Zinc was one of the minerals lacking those with Anorexia. Which I assumed helped him too. By August he seemed to be back to normal. He just started High School Soccer and was super excited to be starting school soon.

Little did we know that is was his body's natural way to not put pressure on his intestines because of the tumor. Weight loss, Stomach pain where his now only symptoms.