Gabrielle Bourdeau my 6 year old girl living with chronic pain and discomfort for 4 1/2 years until we met Dr. Steve Stewart from the Chiropractic Health and Wellness Centre in London, Ontario. At the age of 18 months Gabrielle broke her leg, she was casted improperly, which caused and an other injury, an ucler to the back of her left heel. The skin on her heel had died off, it was cold, black looking and extremely painful. The dead skin became infected, Gabrielle became very sick, the doctors wanted to remove her foot within 24 hours, but the antibiotics worked. Thus, her foot was saved and she had surgery and was on the road to recovery, so we thought. However, her flesh healed with scar, nerve damage, and severe pain.  To help her we went to see doctor's from Montreal, Toronto, London Sick Children's hospital, Chatham, Windsor and travelled in hope that someone could help her.

After years of traveling we came to accept that there was no more that the doctors could do. Gabrielle was taking 45 tablets of tylenol for the pain in a month and we would freeze her heel 4 times a day so she couldn't feel the pain.  This also meant that if she stepped on glass and cut her foot she wouldn't feel it.  This was the only way our daughter could function normally.

This summer of 2009 we signed our children up for karate, and we met Sensi Steve Stewart who happen to be a doctor and said he might be able to help her.  We had been through so much with Gabrielle we didn't know what to think, however if there was a chance we had to follow it.   We travelled to London, to his clinic and he was very thorough with our daughter, he gave her a needle on the side of her foot and did some laser to her.  It was amazing, Gabrielle was okay and didn't have any pain at all.  Just like that it was gone. Gabrielle went for weeks with no pain. She visits Doctor Steve monthly and the last 2 months she hasn't needed a treatment. We found our miracle, our little girl suffered for years and in one visit with this doctor she was better.

I believe that people enter our lives for a reason. Some people may enter your life because you are in need, yet some people will enter your life because they are in need.  Whatever the reason, greeting people with open arms and an open mind has always been difficult for me. For years I have dealt with the pain of dealing with my daughter's heel and watched her suffer. I've had no choice but to be strong for her. I taught my daughter to  have courage, motivation, self confidence, perseverance and hope that some day, things would get better. We have prayed together as a family for a miracle and travelled to see many doctors.  When there was no more hope left, Doctor Steve Stewart entered our lives. He will always have our gratitude, appreciation and thanks, with what his has accomplish in one visit is a miracle for our daughter. No doctor in Canada in 4 1/2 years was able to help her until we meet Dr. Steve.

My son was diagnosed with mild asthma at age 3. When he hit puberty, his asthma became uncontrollable, and he had to take adult doses of Advair daily. By the time he turned 15, he would get severe asthma attacks every 4-6 weeks. He had to take increasing doses of Prednisone each time he got sick and stay on it up to 3 weeks at a time, before returning to normal. In addition, he would take Pulmicort and Albuterol nebulizer treatments, and sometimes he was even given intramuscular steroid injections and IV steroid's.

After suffering thru a week long, severe asthma attack, my son woke up with the worst headache that he had ever had. This headache responded to no medication and would not go away. Over the next fifteen months, he saw specialist after specialist, was hospitalized 7 times, (3 at renowned headache institutes for weeks at a time,) had multiple spinal taps, 2 surgeries, multiple MRI's and CT Scans, every lab test known to man and multiple misdiagnosis's, all the while with no relief from his headaches. He could not go to school and could barely get out of bed or off of a couch. He took more prescription drugs and had more IV drug treatment than anyone should ever endure in a lifetime, let alone in a year as a growing teenager. He knew nothing other than severe pain 24/7, and was classified as having new daily persistent migraine headaches, the worst possible type, even though there was no family history of migraine headaches.

Fortunately, a friend referred us to Dr. Steve Stewart. Had my husband and I not been there during the first visit, I honestly would not have believed it. In a matter of 30 minutes, Dr. Stewart not only figured out what was wrong in my sons body, but why he became sick. Over the next several months, Dr. Stewart recommended a holistic treatment plan for him, and the headaches improved day by day and my son became a normal teenager again. He was taken off of all asthma medications for the first time ever. He was able to return to high school for his senior year and graduate with the rest of his class.

Three years have now passed since our first visit with Dr. Steve Stewart, and I thank God everyday that he brought him into our life. My son remains headache free, off of all medication, and with no asthma attacks!! Had we not seen Dr. Steve Stewart, there is no doubt in my mind that my son would still be suffering from intense pain 24/7 and unable to function. My son attends college and is pursuing a fulfilling career while enjoying life to its fullest!