Healing Touch NJ Newsletter Issue 4 November, 2010

Bonnie Harrison, RN, CHTP, from Hackettstown, NJ describes how she used HT to assist her mother-in-law, Ruth, during a hospital stay. From Ruth's arrival at the emergency room until her discharge four days later, Bonnie used HT to relieve the pain of a broken hip that required surgery. Notice how Bonnie turned the time normally spent waiting for tests and their results into opportunities to use HT to ease pain and reduce anxiety. We can all do that for family and friends. Below is her story that has a nice surprise ending.

One Wednesday afternoon, I received a call that my mother-in-law, Ruth (age 93), had fallen and was being transported to Hackettstown Hospital. She arrived at the ER with considerable pain in her left hip and elbow. She had an abrasion and bruise on her elbow and was unable to raise or fully extend her arm. As Ruth waited for x-rays, I did Healing Touch on her elbow. I worked for about ten minutes alternating Hands in Motion and Hands Still when she told me that the pain was gone and demonstrated a full range of motion with her arm. I also noticed a significant decrease in discoloration in the area.

As we continued to wait, I did Energetic Ultrasound around her left hip. The x-ray was negative for the elbow but inconclusive for the hip so we waited again for a CAT scan. I used the wait time to do Chakra Connection and Hands in Motion clearing from head to toe. Unfortunately, the scan showed a broken leg, and she was scheduled for surgery the next morning. It was not until she arrived at her hospital room and was moved around a bit, that she took some pain medication---the first of the day! Before she went to sleep, I did a Spiral Meditation followed by Pain Drain and Magnetic Passes to clear the area around the left hip. She then slept pain-free through the night.

Ruth's surgery went well and two screws were placed in the bone. I continued doing HT with Ruth twice a day for the remainder of her stay. Only once did she request pain medication telling her physical therapist, "I am getting Healing Touch and don't need it". Her orthopedic surgeon was impressed with how Ruth's incision was healing. Normally there is much more bruising after this type of surgery. He was also pleased with the incredibly small amount of pain medication she had requested.

But perhaps the most amazing part of this story is the effect that HT had on Ruth's dementia. Ruth's memory is poor and it is not unusual for her to ask, "What day is it?" about every two hours. At the conclusion of a session on the third day, Ruth opened her eyes and said, "When are you leaving to see Matthew?" For her to recall that I was about to pick up my son, Matthew, from college was just short of miraculous. When I told her how impressed I was that she remembered, she answered, "Well it is Saturday." My husband and his sister were speechless. Ruth has not remembered an accurate day in months!