It made such a drastic change, the expression of happiness on her face was astounding. Nettie was born with severe Hydrocephalus - a rare genetic brain disorder which caused her head to swell with massive water instead of brain tissue. But other than having an underdeveloped brain, she was born at full term and was otherwise healthy. But Netties lack of brain matter posed major health risks and within weeks she was stricken by a catalogue of major disorders including epilepsy, cerebral palsy, developmental delay and partial blindness and paralysis. From that point she then suffered from five different types of violent seizures and at times has been totally dependent on a life support machine to stay alive. Ms Garner said she had heard about the medical properties of cannabis oil, but hadnt previously considered it because she lived in a state where the drug is outlawed, prohibited and demonized. Of her decision to use the drug, she said: Many are putting forth effort to fight and change the laws but Nettie could not wait any longer. When Ms Garner had all but given up hope of Nettie surviving, she got in touch with Stephen Carmen of Carmen CBD Oils, a cancer and epilepsy treatment foundation which helps families that cant afford medicine to obtain free cannabis oils. HOW MEDICAL CANNABIS WORKS The use of medical cannabis and pure cannabidiol - an active substance in the cannabis plant - for neurologic conditions is controversial. Cannabidiol, or CBD, has medicinal properties, but does not provide the high associated with the drug. It is thought the CBD quiets the excessive electrical and chemical activity in the brain that causes seizures. Research carried out at Denver Health Medical Centre in the U.S. discusses a child with a severe form of epilepsy given cannabis in conjunction with anti-epileptic medication. The child went from suffering 50 convulsions a day to around night-time convulsions per month, doctors say. However some research has suggested that medical marijuana, when given to epilepsy patients, can cause anxiety, schizophrenia and addiction. Medical cannabis has also been used to treat people with MS, post-traumatic stress disorder and nerve pain. It is also used to alleviate nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients. She was supplied with cannabidiol, a compound in cannabis that no traces of tetrahydrocannabinol, better known as THC, - the psychoactive compound in marijuana. Nettie took her first dose on July 2 and since then, Ms Garner claims that the toddlers seizures have stopped entirely and she is even able to hold the weight of her own head. Ms Garner said: There is no doubt in my mind Nettie would be dead today if it wasnt for Carmen CBD Oils reaching out to me to help. She is grabbing, playing and even interacting with moaning and coos, which is incredible. We have a long way to go, but Im willing and she is still fighting. Dr. Bonni Goldstein, medical director at Canna-Centers a medical practice dedicated to educating patients on the use of Cannabis for serious and chronic medical conditions, said in the six years as a medical cannabis physician he had witnessed incredible results. Dr Goldstein said cannabis had helped patients with multiple sclerosis, cancer, epilepsy, chronic and severe pain conditions, amongst many others, and patients were now seeing medical cannabis as a real option. As of June this year Medical marijuana is reportedly legal in 23 US states. In Florida, a bill known as the Charlottes Web Medical Hemp Act 2014 was signed and passed on June 16, allowing patients to use a strain of the drug to treat conditions such as epilepsy, Lou Gehrigs Disease and cancer. The bill was named after seven-year-old Colorado girl, Charlotte Figi, who suffers from a rare form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome. Her parents are reported to be successfully treating her debilitating seizures with a strain of high-CBD, low-THC medical cannabis, called Charlottes web. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2710488/The-mother-toddler-sent-home-hospital-die-claims-daughter-making-miraculous-recovery-thanks-CANNABIS.html#ixzz3GW5svEdS Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
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