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By Dr. Patricia Carrington

Anita tapped continuously in the waiting room outside of the OR while her husband made some urgent phone calls. Her anxiety went way down and out of exhaustion she had actually dozed off when the surgeon came out to greet them after the surgery and told them that the site of the operation had been "a mess", but that the infection was so well contained that it had not spread at all. "Never in a million years would I have dreamed we would find this kind of situation when we got in." He said, "He didn’t seem sick enough for this." Anita is of the opinion that their extensive use of EFT may well have helped to contain the infection.

The surgeon expected Bobby to be in the hospital from four to seven days, although surprisingly he had no fever. Postoperatively they did even more tapping than before because Bobby was in serious pain and had to endure many needles. However, after he tapped about the needles, he didn’t obsess any more about people walking down the hall to approach his room to take blood. Before tapping, every time he heard footsteps he thought someone was coming to "stick him." EFT took away that fear.

After the surgery they tapped a great deal for Bobby's feelings of being out of control, and the result was that a surprising quiet authority came over the child. When hospital personnel came in with medications or injections that he did not feel ready for, he would politely say to them, "I don't want to do that right now. Can I do it in an hour?" His mother doubts that she could have as effectively asserted herself under similar circumstances.

A specific example of the new maturity that he was now displaying was when one nurse missed his vein twice when trying to take blood and it was extremely uncomfortable for him. He turned to this nurse and said, "You’re not doing a very good job. Could you find someone else to do this?" So –– the nurse did.

Bobby then asked the hospital authorities, "What do I have to do to get these things out of my arm?" They explained to him that he needed to be able to walk down the hall, to have had a good bowel movement and be eating a regular diet. He then set out to make these things happen and was soon able to pass all these tests. To everyone's surprise, Bobby was released from the hospital two and a half days after surgery instead of the expected much longer time.

This was an amazing growth experience for Bobby and as they watched the way he handled himself in the hospital, his parents were viewing him differently. With his fear removed, this little boy was realizing his own ability to assert himself, quietly and strongly.

His mother comments that she would love to see every parent in the world using EFT with their children. When, two weeks after the surgery, Bobby had to return once more to the emergency room because of a stomach virus that was complicating the final stage of his recovery (he bounced right back from this and is now fine). As he was watching the other children in the waiting room who were crying and screaming in fear and distress, his comment was, "I sure wish all these kids could have EFT!"

EFT Master, Dr. Patricia Carrington

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