Mother Cub:One Woman's Journey to Save Her Son
By Susan Lynn Perry


“Your son seems to have a slight delay.”
 
“Your son is displaying some autistic behaviors.”

“Your son is definitely on the spectrum.”

“Your son has PDD-NOS.”

“Your son has Autism.”

And then there’s my all-time favorite…. “Your son is perfectly fine. He’s just developing a little slower than most.”

That last one came from my son’s pediatrician. Let me re-phrase that. It was from my son’s former pediatrician. After listening to that doctor for over a year and delaying doing anything about my son’s condition, I finally got up the courage to get a second opinion. And then a third. And then a fourth.

All of the sentences listed above were used to define my son, Justin, between his first and fourth years of life, but none of them were delivered to me with a resounding finality that I could accept as the cold, hard truth. And every time I asked for clarification or tried to question the “professional” in order to try and figure out what the heck was going on, I was typically waved off as an overprotective, hypochondriac, hysterical mother.

Sound familiar?

I’m willing to bet that you or someone you know has experienced some of the same treatment.

How could my son have autism?  And why did I waste an entire year listening to his doctor say nothing's wrong - when I could have been doing something about it?  Aren't we supposed to be able to rely on our doctor's opinion?

Luckily, I listened to my instincts.  Luckily, I took the time and effort to find out the truth about my son's condition.  Luckily, I was able to piece together that Justin does not have a genetic form of autism at all, but that he has mercury poisoning from his very first vaccination at nineteen days old.  

And, luckily, through my successful nutritional supplement, diet and speech interventions, I've been able to experience the joy of my son's language exploding from a typical two-word simple sentence of "more juice" to "Mommy, the computer's not working."  And all of this has happened in just five months' time.  Just think, if I had not had the guts to question his doctor, my son probably would've regressed to the point of no language at all by this time.

If you take nothing else away from my story, please take this one piece of advice. Be a mother cub. Follow your instincts when it comes to your child. You know him/her better than anyone else, and it is your job to do everything you can to make the world a better place for your little one. Protect and nurture your child and you will help him/her to thrive – even when you’re not around.

Who am I? I am a hard-working, concerned, loving, worried parent of a very bright, delightful little boy named Justin. And this is my story of how I went about getting to the bottom of my son’s health issues. I followed my instincts and ultimately saved my son.

I hope and pray that you can do the same for your precious child.



This is an excerpt from Susan Lynn Perry's book, Mother Cub: One Woman's Journey to Save Her Son.  To order a copy, please click  ORDER BOOK NOW