Follow-up Interview to the Day Care Incident
Hello, Defiant Friends!
Many of you will remember one of my recent ‘rants’, where I was so appalled at the treatment my friend’s daughter received at a supposedly ‘top’ day care center here in Lexington, SC. I have followed up with my friend, and asked him to provide the details of the consequences in his own words. His daughter became very sick from the processed food they fed her–and that is just the beginning. I recently interviewed him on the experience. Read the following interview for details:
First, tell us what happened.
Jhazmyne’s experience with daycare was not a good one. Less than two weeks after enrolling her at Gateway Academy in Lexington, not only did I have to remove her from their care, I filed a complaint with the Department of Social Services (DSS). The investigator found them guilty of multiple violations and issued them citations for their actions. This information is made publicly available on the DSS website.
To recap what happened, on Jhazmyne’s first day at Gateway, her “teachers” completely disregarded her dietary restrictions, negligently ignored her documented and listed food allergies, chose not to use the food which I provided, and fed her a variety of toxic, chemically preserved, denatured processed food. The director of the daycare was given specific written instructions to not feed her any food unless provided by the parents. Jhazmyne became very sick because of this, which I will describe below.
This situation was bad enough and I wanted to pull her out of that center as soon as possible. I began looking for alternatives but one week later and before I was able to line anything else up, there was another incident. The regional director of Gateway, Debbie Williams, allowed the extermination company “Orkin” to come into the center while children were present and spray poison in the classrooms. This exposure to these chemicals made Jhazmyne violently ill (uncontrollable vomiting and shaking), within hours and it lasted for 3 days. I immediately removed her from enrollment and contacted DSS.
Was your daughter sick after eating the processed food?
Jhazmyne was very sick after being forced to eat a nitrate and sodium filled, processed turkey sandwich on white bread, along with canned corn syrup sweetened fruit. For the first time in her life (she was 1 year at the time) she was sick. She had stomach and digestion issues (diarrhea and bloating), congestion and breathing problems, followed by a 103 fever, which lasted two days. Her entire recovery time from this food was over a week.
What were her symptoms?
See above
Has she ever been sick before?
At no point before this time had Jhazmyne ever been sick. I feel that it is important to mention that she had never experienced a single illness or problem that would normally be associated with babies. She never spits up, she never had colic, never diarrhea, no runny noses, not even diaper rash.
How do you know it was the food and not just a coincidence of her ‘picking up a bug’ at day care?
First of all, I don’t believe in the “contagion theory”. What I have seen to be true is that all sickness comes from within and is a form of detoxification from what we are exposed to in our diet and environment (not referring to germs). Children are born with perfect immune systems and they only begin to degrade because of what they get exposed to (vaccines, medicines, formulas, chemicals). That being said, Jhazmyne has never been an isolated child. She has been around many different people and animals since the day she was born. She had been around groups of children before the daycare center and has been in contact with people both healthy and sick. In over 365 days of being on this Earth, the only day she ever got sick was on the day someone fed her processed food. Being a long-term primarily raw foodist myself who has occasionally fallen off the wagon, I recognize what she was going through as a 100% reaction to cooked food.
How did you feel about them ignoring your food that you provided and feeding her what they wanted?
I am a very serious person when it comes to diet. I firmly believe that how we eat is the key to how we live and that improper diet is the sole cause for just about every health problem that the human race faces. Getting in between me and my health or the health of my family, would not be a desirable place for anyone to be. This might be hard for some to understand, but I can see no difference between what the daycare center did by ignoring my daughter’s dietary restrictions or putting a loaded gun to her head. Both of these actions to me are an indistinguishable act of war and hostility towards her well-being. There will be no forgiveness in my heart for anyone who crosses these lines with me.
What is her normal nutrition program?
Jhazmyne, like all living creatures, was born into this world a raw foodist, and for the most part remains to be. She never is given anything artificially made, processed, preserved, or refined. Her diet consists of foods that would be considered biologically appropriate for a human to eat such as avocados, coconuts, fresh fruits, nuts, meat, fish, and eggs; as well as foods that have proven to be extremely beneficial in their raw form such as unpasteurized raw dairy, (milk, cheese, butter, cream and cultured dairy, kefir, yogurt, and buttermilk). Because of her lifestyle and diet, Jhazmyne has been able to do things that most other children are not able to do at the same age. Within a day or so of being born she began to support her head by herself and look around the room. At 8 weeks she began to stand with a little support. By 10 months she was walking non-stop, climbing onto couches and off of beds. At 11 months she was running all over and getting into everything. She has always been physically able to do things that children 3-6 months older than her are just able to do. This is without a doubt because of her diet and upbringing.
Thank you so much. Your story will help warn many caring parents of the dangers of processed food & chemicals!
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Wow! As you can see, this was serious, and even the DSS agreed. The amazing precocious development of this child, and her lack of ‘typical’ childhood illnesses, just lends more credence to the fact that sickness is not a normal part of childhood. It is literally given to the children to eat in the junk food that the vast majority of parents allow–or even encourage–and their bodies react to it. And isn’t it amazing how toxic all those bug chemicals really are? If they kill bugs, which are hard to kill, then………what do they do to our bodies?
So many of the things we think are ‘bugs’ or ‘viruses’ are really our bodies rejecting toxins and the natural detox reactions to them. The body detoxes by either SECRETING or EXCRETING. ‘Infections’ are most often a simple mucus reaction as the body secretes tons of mucus to help capture & flush out toxins. Stomach ‘viruses’ are most often food-related, as the body purges from one end or the other, or both if it’s really nasty!
Be Defiant! Defy those nasty processed foods full of toxins & chemicals. Protect your health, & the health of your family! Stand up for your health, as my friend did. He said that they thought he was crazy, because most people think a turkey sandwich is ‘healthy’, but he was willing to face their ridicule & resistance because he deeply believes in his values, & the power of whole, raw foods.
Misbehave! Raise a ruckus! Fight for your health!!! I am so glad my friend did, & he won! Now it’s documented for the world to see. Good job, my Defiant Friend!
Be Defiant!
Christy
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