The Oaxaca Project

Emigdio has leukemia.
The first time I met Emigdio he was alone in the hospital bed, lying there pale, sad and without any energy. He saw me come in with TappyBear and I could see the curiosity in his eyes. When I came in with TappyBear, he was curious. Who is this woman and why is she carrying a stuffed bear? I asked him if he wanted to learn how to use his magic fingers. He nodded. When I asked him if he felt sad or had pain, he said he didn’t have any energy. We began using Tappy and tapped about energy. His color got better and he sat up.

Fears
The next time I saw him his color was still good and he told me he felt lots more energy, and was much less tired. He was smiling so widely that I felt delight.

I decided to find out if he had any fears. He thought a moment then said he did. I asked what color it was. He said it didn’t have a color. I asked if his fear had a shape or form. He said an animal. I asked him to close his eyes and tell me what animal. He thought for a moment then told me it was a dog. When I asked if it was a ferocious dog he nodded vigorously yes.
We tapped:
I have this fear and it looks like a dog.
It is a mean dog.
It is a black mean dog.
It scares me.
I don’t like it.
I’m afraid of it.
It might hurt me.
I think the dog would like some attention just like me
He might need some love too..
I can change the mean dog by treating it nicely.
I think I’ll give it something to eat so that it feels better.
I change the mean dog to a nice dog, a pet, a friendly dog.

I asked him to close his eyes again to look at the fear that was a dog. He did, but then opened them quickly with pleasantly surprised shock on his face. He said it wasn’t a bad dog, but a good dog. He was smiling from ear to ear. Since he was alone again I asked if he misses his family. Of course he did. I had him tap on seeing his family in his mind’s eye and that they were always close. When we finished he didn’t feel alone but that his family was right next to him.

The following day, the nurse reported to me that Emigdio had excitedly told her about how we had used Tappy to get rid of his fears.

As I work with this young boy and see how excited about healing he is and having a way to get rid of his fears, my heart fills and tears come to my eyes.

The Promise
A few weeks later, Emigdio was in ICU with an intestinal infection. He told me the infection was green, an ugly green. We used TappyBear to clear out this image. As we tapped he decided to burn the ugly green. It took a while but then it was gone. We put healing “energy” in its place.

Now that we’ve tapped together several times and he felt confidence in me, I asked him if he remembered when he first got sick. Without pause, he said three years ago when he little brother got ill. He was scared, that fear was like lots of bad dogs. We tapped to release those fears/bad dogs.

I asked him if there was anything else. He said he was scared for his little brother so he promised to get sick so his brother could get better. I could hardly believe what I was hearing. What an incredible promise. How does one heal when one is holding such a powerful promise?

We tapped:
I was scared for my little brother and got sick instead.
He got well, but I stayed sick.
I thought I was doing a good thing to make him better.
I didn’t know he would get well on his own.
Then I stayed sick.
I am a good boy.
I promised to get ill because I love my little brother so much.
I chose to get ill for my brother, but I don’t have to do that anymore.
Now I know my brother will get well on his own and I can get well too.
I release myself from that promise to be ill for him.
I can now get better.
He said the fear was gone but I knew something stayed by the look on his face. So I had him look at his disease again. This time it was a pain in his left chest/heart. I asked if he felt guilty and he did.

We tapped:
I feel guilty because I promised to get sick so my brother could get well.
I am a good kid doing what I thought was best.
I didn’t know better, but now I am free to heal too.

He looked so relieved. Afterwards he only wanted to close his eyes and sleep. There is nothing like a deep release to make you want to rest.

The next time I saw him he looked wonderful, happy and healthy. His father said he was doing well.

Emigdio