I met William Cook in 2014 when I was on my search to help my daughter heal from PANDAS. I was told by our medical practitioner that a woman who was a patient of hers had a son with a similar condition as my daughter and that I should speak to her about essential oils and how they helped her child with his motor tics. I reached out to that woman, and she thought it best for me to consult with Will Cook because his son actually had PANDAS and recovered from it through the use of essential oils. I contacted him for help and immediately got the feeling on the phone that he was the right person to talk to. I knew nothing about essential oils at this time, and as a doctor of chiropractic, I’ve met a lot of salespeople. I can tell when I’m being sold or when someone seems disingenuous. William Cook was nothing but gracious and completely, unconditionally willing to help me. He explained the mechanism of the condition and shared with me the essential-oil wellness plan he used to help his son recover. As part of our Western culture, we are taught to trust pharmaceuticals as the only answer to all our healthcare needs. But as a holistic healthcare professional, I have learned that if we work with the inherent recuperative healing powers of the body, then we can observe how the human body is innately designed to heal itself. Essential oils can and will elicit natural responses in the body, thus stimulating its innate ability to heal. The truth everyone should know is that our bodies were designed to heal themselves, and stress—whether chemical, physical, or emotional—can interfere with that process. Essential oils help to reduce stress in all areas, especially pure, therapeutic essential oils and blends. Since first speaking with Will, I have continued to use essential oils throughout every aspect of my life and my children’s lives. I have even seen great results within my chiropractic practice. I absolutely love essential oils for their amazing therapeutic benefits. What’s also amazing is what I have seen Will do for so many families who suffer from this condition. With PANDAS, it’s not only the child who suffers, but the whole family. Giving families like ours hope that their child can recover naturally is more valuable than anything in the world!
PANDAS Hope for Healing was an invaluable resource to me in a time I needed it the most. William and Joann Cook offered a sound explanation of how essential oils worked, how to use them, and what research they had read. Most of all, they listened as parents. Using natural therapies empowers you as a parent to heal your child naturally and helps to get to the source of the problem and not just treat symptoms.
After months of searching for recovery for my son who had PANDAS, which included many pharmaceutical based treatment routes and attempts, I finally chanced upon a website site of the Cooks, through a very desperate internet search. I reached out to them and eagerly waited for a return call. When we eventually spoke, it was a call that changed my life in more aspects than I could have ever imagined. First and foremost, as soon as I started on the essential oil wellness support program suggested by William Cook, I observed immediate improvement of my son’s symptoms. Mr. Cook walked me through the process, expertly and patiently, supporting and encouraging me along the way. After just a few short weeks, the symptoms were gone completely. My family and I were “hooked!” In fact, I was so amazed by the fascinating positive results and the amazing healing supportive benefits of the essential oils and the wellness-specific massage technique he taught me, that it led me on a mission to spread the word to let every other desperate parent know that there Is hope and help in fighting PANDAS! On a personal level, the essential oils have become my go-to, for any complaints or ailments that my kids or I ever have. I familiarized myself with the many essential oils and continue to be amazed by their properties. I encourage every single mom and dad out there to read this book and give essential oils a try. Just like it did for me, this might just change your life for the better, and in many more ways than you can ever imagine.
We believe that Will and his wife, Joann, were sent to our family by God. My wife and I have a son who was suffering from PANDAS/ PANS, and we watched in horror as, over time, he became more and more episodic. Aside from IVIG and medications such as long-term antibiotics, there were not a whole lot of treatments to resort to. Moreover, the apparent benefits of each do not always outweigh the enormous adverse effects they have on the body and its immune system. As parents in search of answers to reverse our son’s plight, and by the grace of God, we came across a video posted by William and Joann
Cook about their son’s PANDAS journey to recovery. That is how we first learned in detail the many benefits and healing effects they had for their son in using them against his battle with PANDAS. Will Cook is an amazing individual who truly is one of the kindest and giving people I have ever had the pleasure of coming into contact with. After our many conversations, I could not even begin to gauge the depth of his knowledge. He is a critical thinker who has used his God-given gifts to pay it forward, helping others like my son. Together, with his wife Joann, the Cooks have made recovery from PANDAS/PANS not only their personal triumph, but they have made it their mission. Will spoke to my wife and I with such depth and detail, educating us both about the use and benefits of essential oils. The time he allocated to us, countless phone conversations, emails, and texts guiding and directing us along the way without ever asking for anything in return, will never be forgotten. Will and his wife have shown themselves to be in complete service to others, as our family is not the only family to whom they have helped. Without Will and Joann’s intervention, I am not sure where we would be today. Essential oils were the determining factor in the healing and well-being of my son, who has to date shown a remarkable recovery. My family will be eternally grateful to both of them for their knowledge, compassion, wisdom, and guidance. God bless the Cook family and PANDAS Hope for Healing!
From the moment we connected with Will and Joann Cook, we knew we had finally found our path to healing. After countless traditional and functional doctor appointments, we still had no answers to our many questions. It wasn’t until we miraculously found PANDAS Hope for Healing that the puzzle pieces started to fall into place. Their endless depth of knowledge and genuine concern for our daughter’s recovery has been nothing short of inspiring and humbling during our darkest moments. Words cannot express how truly life-changing our experience has been. Under the tireless and selfless support of Will and Joann Cook, and the Grace of our Lord and Savior, we know we will overcome the challenges before us and will be forever grateful.
Our son developed pandas in the eighth grade. His symptoms included anxiety and OCD behavior where he would wash his hands to the point of cracking and bleeding, as well as extreme neurological decline and depression. At his lowest point, he lost his ability to read and write and was unable to bathe himself independently or brush his teeth. Our pediatric specialist told us the only available options were IVIG therapy, plasmapheresis therapy, and antidepressants. She told us to do our research because these therapies had side effects and that there was no cure. At this point my husband and I felt hopeless. We cried out to the Lord in prayer and He answered our prayers by providing Pastor Cook and his family. The Cooks guided us on our essential-oil journey and provided the knowledge of these necessary oils that would promote healing and restoration within our son’s body. The process required much patience, for his full and complete healing did not happen overnight. At times, things seemed as if they were getting worse rather than better, but we persevered with the Lord’s help. We are thrilled to say that our son is completely healed! Not only did he benefit from essential oils, but so did our entire family! These oils have promoted healing from my autoimmune diseases and our younger son’s speech delay. Thank you, Cook family, for your continued dedication to this calling and help for so many families. There is hope! Thank you, Lord!
Like many moms and dads, I cannot tell you how many sleepless nights I spent online researching PANDAS/PANS, desperate to help my daughter. After many therapies, doctors of all types, antipsychotic medications, and nothing working, I came across someone’s blog that mentioned Joann and William Cook. I immediately reached out to William, and he set up a time to talk with me. I remember finally feeling like I was being heard, and it was refreshing to know that we were not alone in this fight. We immediately began using the essential oils suggested to support my daughter, and it did truly make a difference. While we are still on the journey to complete healing, I owe so much to the Cooks for their willingness to share their successes so that my child could find her way out of this living nightmare. Thank you will never be enough!
What the Cooks have to offer parents struggling to find answers and concrete information to help their children heal in a natural way is twofold. Step-by-step instruction so that the parent can take control of their child’s healing feels like more than most doctors can do when you are in crisis, but also their simple love and compassion is miraculous. Through various natural means, our son is completely healed; oils were just a part of that healing for us. We still use them today, and we value their power and healing properties. Being heard and witnessed by the Cooks absolutely started us on a healing journey that changed all of our lives, and we are beyond grateful.
Thank you, William and Joann Cook, for sharing your insight and knowledge about the wellness power of essential oils. It was a blessing beyond measure that I can’t begin to describe! Before I found the Cooks, I only associated essential oils with something that hippies did. Boy, was I wrong! Even in pharmacy school I had never been educated on what essentials oils were or their abilities to help stimulate healing and promote balance within the human body. My son suffered a strep infection, and he awoke a different person. He had always been more thoughtful and thought through his actions ahead of time more than my other son, but this change in behavior was profoundly different. It was like night and day! My son couldn’t leave my side as he was crippled with anxiety and fear that he couldn’t put into words. It was an all-encompassing type of fear like when you wake from a nightmare, except this extreme anxiety continued all day long and wasn’t associated with any dreams. My son still had a grip on what was “normal” and knew that what he was experiencing was not normal, but he was terrified to be without me. We spent so many weeks just sitting on the couch, side by side, hugging in hopes of quelling the anxiety and fears. After reading about PANDAS Hope for Healing online, I spoke with William on the phone. He listened and understood the confusion and suffering that we were going through. He helped us come up with a regimen of essential oils that would support my son’s body and help with the specific symptoms of PANDAS that my son was experiencing. During that time, I learned that PANDAS could manifest in children in different ways. In some, it is crippling anxiety, in others it is OCD, or emotional extremes. Now our lives are completely different than before. My son is happy, anxiety-free, and PANDAS is an era of our lives that we share with people but we are not living in its grasp from moment to moment. Today, we still use the essential oils if we feel we are getting sick to help support our immune system. Our son loves a cinnamon blend and will put it in his diffuser if he feels he needs it. We cannot thank William and Joann Cook enough for sharing their knowledge and love with us freely, and helping start us on the path to regaining our lives. May they be forever blessed by God!
When our daughter, Alayna, was seven years old, she literally changed overnight. She went from being a well-adjusted, fun-loving, fearless, up for any challenge, kind of girl to a child filled with worrisome thoughts, fear, anxiety, and OCD. We extensively researched her symptoms, and every road kept bringing us back to PANDAS. This was roughly eleven years ago, and good luck finding a doctor who’d even heard of PANDAS. We were fortunate to find one doctor in Maryland, who we visited several times, and one in New Jersey, who treated her over the phone. She was placed on antibiotics, but every time the medications were stopped, the symptoms would return. We began to consider IVIG, which is scary on several other levels. One day, I randomly found posts on this subject by William Cook. We reached out to him, and the next day, we spoke on the phone. We immediately related to each other over stories of his son and our daughter. He spoke of the unbelievable success they’d had with essential oils. He also spoke of how basically, the son they thought was lost was returned to them fully recovered. Believing we met this man for a reason, we decided to get the essential oils he recommended and follow the wellness plan he outlined for us. We decided to stop Alayna’s medications for two weeks before we began using the oils, just so we would be sure if any change in behavior was actually related to the oils. After about four months of following the essential oils plan, Alayna was basically symptom-free and had been fully returned to us! She became her normal fun-loving, fearless, goal-oriented, outspoken self. Alayna has long since adopted a healthy lifestyle consisting of athletic strength training and a healthy diet. She challenges us daily to become better, healthier people. She has been a four-year varsity starter
at her high school for her two beloved sports of field hockey and softball. We are beyond happy to report that she will be attending college in the fall of 2022, where she was recruited to play field hockey. We don’t know how things might have turned out if it wasn’t for Will and his family coming into our life. His patience and support changed us from never hearing about essential oils to explaining what they are and how they work to anyone who will listen. As someone who would have laughed and thought using oils was for shamans and mystics, we urge you to give them an honest try. If you are considering using essential oils, ask yourself what reasons you would have for not using them. You have nothing to lose and your whole world to gain.
I first spoke with William Cook one year before my daughter, who was four and a half years old at that time, received a live flu vaccine. About a week before that, she had a one-week course of antibiotics, and that summer, she received five scheduled vaccines. She developed significant neurological symptoms within two weeks of receiving the flu vaccine that I almost could not recognize my child. She had developed PANS. I was hopeless, scared, and desperate to find help for my child. One afternoon, I contacted William Cook. It was comforting to hear that he could relate to what I felt and what I was sharing about my daughter. He was not a medical provider and could not provide me with medical advice. However, I was impressed by his understanding of PANDAS/PANS and his extensive knowledge of essential oils. That day a complete stranger became a long-time friend who not only shared his knowledge with me but also offered hope, encouragement, and prayer. Will’s passion for essential oils and desire to help other children was evident and infectious. I have learned a lot from Will and have invested many hours educating myself about essential oils, how they work, and how to use them. Over time, my daughter has shown improvements, but we are still on the journey to a complete recovery. We still have work to do, but Will always reminds me to keep the faith and to never lose hope. Because of my medical knowledge as a pharmacist, I understand that every child is different and has different damage, even if labeled with the same diagnosis. There is not one set of essential oils for all, but every child must be addressed individually. Since I met Will and was introduced to essential oils, the life of my daughter and my family has changed forever. We use essential oils daily, and my daughter and family have not needed pharmaceutical medicine since. I use oils to manage respiratory infections, sunburns, allergies, skin rashes, and stomachaches. We changed what we eat and don’t eat. My daughter is healthier because of it and has been able to do everything every other healthy child does and better. I am grateful to Will for sharing his knowledge with me and so many others. My life and the life of my family are changed forever because I crossed paths with William Cook and PANDAS Hope for Healing.
All I can say to William and Joann Cook is thank you, thank you, thank you! Oh my God, why didn’t I find them and these amazing oils sooner? I have no words left to express what an impacting and profound change has taken place with our son. To think that in just a few months these oils have done something that medication for more than a year could not do is unbelievable. I cannot believe that something as simple as this was the answer for what was robbing our son of his childhood. He is now totally tic free. He has not had even one rage or anger flare up in over four weeks. His anxiety is almost completely gone. We are so deeply thankful to the Cooks for sharing their story with us and helping us use essential oils correctly. We owe our life to them. May God bless their family, always.
My son, Jacob, was diagnosed in 2012 with PANDAS. It was an uphill battle from that diagnosis trying to support his healing. We went to so many amazing doctors and had such support in our healing journey. Three years after Jacob’s diagnosis, he was diagnosed with C. diff from being on prolonged antibiotics. The very thing that was helping him was hurting him. We were desperate because he was doing better but just could not get him to the light at the very end of the tunnel. I was constantly researching and came across the website PANDAS Hope for Healing. I reached out and spoke to William and heard his son’s story. William understood what we were dealing with because he and his wife lived it. I was impressed by his protocol using the oils and was willing to try. William gave us a specific wellness plan to support my son’s body so it could begin to heal itself. Within only a few weeks we saw progress! Tics were diminishing, anxiety was decreasing and Jacob was on his way to recovering. I feel that during our journey we were sent angels along the way in Jacob’s healing and William was one of them. It truly took a village to heal Jacob and I am so happy to say Jacob is now seventeen and a junior in high school—and an elite runner. He is an inspiration to us! If you are reading this book because you are struggling with PANDAS/PANS, I want you to know there is light at the end of the tunnel. Give yourself grace because this journey is hard. I am thankful that I found William’s website on a day I was feeling defeated. There truly is hope in the healing process.
I want to send you a huge THANKS for all your guidance with the essential oil wellness plan. The Dean at my Son's Yeshiva School sent us a text that he's... Thank Gd ...doing great. His anxiety is really dissipating daily, and he keeps telling me he's feeling more relaxed and starting to learn something finally. He could not concentrate the whole last year in school. This has been a 9-year journey for us, trying just about every single method of healing that exists on the globe. I promised Gd in my prayers that I would share with others and try to help them once HE shows us the way. I cannot thank you enough for helping him and making our Holiday season much more manageable for the whole family. You are Heaven sent.
My son, Jacob, was diagnosed in 2012 with PANDAS. It was an uphill battle from that diagnosis trying to support his healing. We went to so many amazing doctors and had such support in our healing journey. Three years after Jacob’s diagnosis, he was diagnosed with C. diff from being on prolonged antibiotics. The very thing that was helping him was hurting him. We were desperate because he was doing better but just could not get him to the light at the very end of the tunnel. I was constantly researching and came across the website PANDAS Hope for Healing. I reached out and spoke to William and heard his son’s story. William understood what we were dealing with because he and his wife lived it. I was impressed by his protocol using the oils and was willing to try. William gave us a specific wellness plan to support my son’s body so it could begin to heal itself. Within only a few weeks we saw progress! Tics were diminishing, anxiety was decreasing and Jacob was on his way to recovering. I feel that during our journey we were sent angels along the way in Jacob’s healing and William was one of them. It truly took a village to heal Jacob and I am so happy to say Jacob is now seventeen and a junior in high school—and an elite runner. He is an inspiration to us! If you are reading this book because you are struggling with PANDAS/PANS, I want you to know there is light at the end of the tunnel. Give yourself grace because this journey is hard. I am thankful that I found William’s website on a day I was feeling defeated. There truly is hope in the healing process.
First, thank you for all your calls and support. You and your wife are amazing and so compassionate. Where do you find the time to help so many? Well as you know we have three kids with PANDAS/PANS. All three have been on medicine for more than two years. NOTHING has worked. Our Son had IVIG, but his symptoms came back after 3 months. Two of our children have only tics, and one with tics and OCD. Our son has been doing the capsules everyday now for three weeks plus the raindrop, and we have had our first complete week free of bed wetting. Prior to this he went through three pull ups a night. His mood swings have totally calmed down now and there is a significant reduction in his anxiety and rituals. Our daughters will not take the capsules, but instead we have been applying the oils on their feet daily along with the massage and Megan's tics have dramatically reduced. Lisa still has some small eye blinking tics, but there is a big difference and we can see that she is making progress. I want to say that since we added the essential oil infused Juice and the enzymes the results and progress have seemed to boost significantly. In fact the tics literally stopped after three days on the juice and enzymes. We are so excited about the future and complete recovery. Thank you again for your willingness to share your story of recovery. May God bless you. Hope to update you soon with more good news!
I want to thank you again for all you have done for us, and helping us with the essential oils. Words cannot adequately express how thankful we are for finding you both and these incredible oils. As I have shared in the past, we were so afraid to believe, not because of you, but because we were so afraid of being let down yet again. I want to tell you, while we still have more to go, Michael is absolutely a different boy. His motor tics are almost completely gone except for some slight movements at night before bed. We have even see a marked improvement in his hand writing, so much so that the teacher even commented to me yesterday when I picked him up. We are truly amazed. Also, as you know he had such trouble sleeping and now he is sleeping through the night for more them 3 weeks! THIS HUGE!!! None of us have had a good night’s sleep in soooooo long we are beside ourselves. I just wanted to share this with you, and again to say thank you for your help. We can never repay you for all you have done! I hope someday we can come to NY with Michael so we can meet face to face, and he can give you the biggest hug ever. Hope to speak with you soon.
Hi, I just wanted to give you an update on Cameron. We started last Monday (May 12th.) At that time, Cameron had stuttering that was causing him frustration, he was throat clicking and had chronic sniffing. Cameron has also had chronic sinus infections over the past 2 years. We started the capsules on Friday (May 16th) and the roll on and massage on Saturday (May 17th). On Saturday he woke up with sinus drainage. And normally for Cameron he would not have symptoms with his sinus infections. He would just have increased tics and behavior issues. Never sinus drainage. It just never drained. Well for two days he would blow his nose throughout the day and it would take 5 minutes each time to get all of the thick yellow crud out. I could not believe what was coming out of his nose. It was like he body was detoxing and removing all the infection from his sinuses. By Monday (May 19th) that had stopped. Now we have noticed over the last couple of days that his sniffing is reduced and his throat clearing is gone, the stuttering is a bit better. At first all of the tics got worse and now is tapering down. The other surprising thing that we noticed was during his swim lessons today. Cameron has always been very stiff. He has an awkward way that he runs. It’s almost like he doesn't have full range of motion in his lower legs. He had kind of a shuffle run. And when he would swim, he would be stiff and had an awkward kick. Well today he was in the pool and he was so relaxed. He just glided across the water. The swim instructor pointed out that he did so much better today. And then afterwards he and his sister were racing. Maegan always wins. Cameron has never been a good runner. He beat her twice today. She was shocked. It is like his muscles are relaxing. I am seeing great things from essential oils and can't wait to see more. Thank you again for sharing this with us. We are so excited about his progress.
Thanks for all you help, you are such a blessing. Joey is sleeping so much better now, in fact last night he didn't wake up once. We introduced the oil capsules from the regimen 4 weeks ago, as you know his mood swings are practically over. He is dealing with some slight ODD issues, but nothing like in the beginning. The change in his ups and downs is drastic, and the anxiety issues are so improved. He is just so different, and he actually notices it. I am so amazed by these oils. It’s like I have my old Joey back. We have more to go, but truthfully I can see so much progress in really a very short time. I called his Doctor today just to tell him what was going on. He seemed very impressed. When I think of how long we used antibiotics with no changes, and then to see such a change with the oils, it’s really nothing short of remarkable. My only regrets are that I wished we would have found them sooner. We really are so grateful for you both and your desire to help others. We can't wait to see all that is ahead!
I just wanted to give you an update on how our son is doing. We have been using the regimen of essential oils since the end of May. When we started his motor tic's were so severe he could barely speak. He was having outbursts and was not doing well in school. He is now in 2nd grade and we are in our 3rd nine weeks of school. This year he is an "A" student academically and with his behavior. This is a total turn around for him. He has done well through the winter. We opted to not give him the flu vaccine. We continued on the regimen through the winter and when flu was really bad in our area we upped his capsules to twice a day. He has had a cold this winter but it was minor. He recovered with only minimal stuttering. Nothing else. His body actually responded how it should with a cold. He had cold symptoms which were very minor and he recovered within a few days. Before the oils he would get the tics and behavior issues but never any symptoms that would show he had an infection. We would only find out through labs that he had a virus or infection. We are currently only taking the supplements and 1 oil capsule a day. I plan to stop the oil capsule once flu season is over. We no longer need to do the massages. He is playing basketball right now and is doing exceptionally well. Before the oils he was an awkward child. This past week he scored 16 points for his team! Wow what a difference. We continue to see that our son is getting better every day. He finally is living the life of a normal 8 year old kid. And we owe it to you for sharing your knowledge of essential oils. I just want to thank you so much for what you have done for our son!
I want to say thank you for the extensive time that you have given to my family with regards to helping our daughter with the essential oils. We are so very grateful to you both. You have really helped us understand the complexities of the oils and broken them down in way that has made using them quite easy. It has been approximately a month and a half since starting the oils regimen. As you know my husband is a physician so the belief system in my house has been very limited. However over the last month my husband's eyes have truly been opened. We are both amazed with the significant reduction in her symptoms. I must say even though I was a believer we were not expecting the significant and rapid response that our daughter has experienced. I enjoyed reading your article about focusing on the cause and not the symptoms, and I agree it is most important for people to understand that they must be diligent with the oils and understand that the symptoms are not the real problem. When you understand that symptoms are temporary and not the cause it is easier to push forward past a fleeting flare up. To give up before recovery because of a flare up in symptoms or an unreasonable expectation of the time it takes to recover is quite unfortunate. We understand that with any healing, it is a process...both traditional and alternative... there must be sufficient time for the body to respond. We are cognizant of the fact that there is more ahead of us, but are very confident that complete healing is not too far off. With such a significant reduction in symptoms we know that this is indeed the answer to our prayers and the solution to the problem. My husband has been doing extensive research on the properties of each oil, and he is really impressed with them. I have begun to share with friends the benefits of the essential oils and truly believe this is something everyone should try. Again, profound thanks. Looking forward to speaking again.