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2 Days of Cannabis Treatment Later and This Boy Says His First Word
Kalel Santiago of Puerto Rico was diagnosed
with a rare form of cancer called
neuroblastoma at 10 months of age. Within just two days, he was finally able to
speak. “He surprised us in school by saying
the vowels, A-E-I-O-U. It was the first time
ever,” Abiel said. “You can’t
imagine the emotion we had,
hearing Kalel’s voice for the first
time. It was amazing.
The teacher recorded him and
sent it to my wife and me and we
said well, the only different thing
we have been doing is using the
CBD.”
Soon after, he began using
consonants, too, speaking like his
parents never thought possible.
He endured chemotherapy, radiation
treatments, and surgery for two years—and
survived.
Then he was diagnosed with something
permanent: severe autism that disabled him
from speaking.
“While he was in the hospital, we noticed he
didn’t speak at all and had some behaviour
that wasn’t right, like hand flapping, and
walking on his toes,” his father Abiel Gomez
Santiago told Yahoo News. “But we waited
until he was 3 and cancer-free to look at his
behaviour.” According to Yahoo, “He and his
wife Gladys — also parents to two older boys,
now 18 and 20 — did a cram course in
educating themselves on autism.
They tried various schools and therapies and
eventually found impressive success with a
unique surf-therapy school near their home.”
Eventually, the Santiago family stumbled
upon a treatment of real potency and
potential: CBD oil.
Through a fundraising program, they were
able to receive a tiny bottle of the oil. Kalel
was given oral doses twice a day. “He said, ‘amo mi mama,’ ‘I love my mom,’”
Abiel says. “I don’t know how to thank [the
CBD oil makers].”
Kalel’s story is yet another piece of evidence
piling onto the mountain of support for
cannabis oil and full marijuana legalisation.
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autistic-boy-gains-ability-to-speak.html