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A spirit that is not afraid

Chloe Covin creates line of all-natural bath salts to treat her own cancer symptoms

(Kelsey Davis / Editor-in-chief)
(Kelsey Davis / Editor-in-chief)

Chloe Covin clearly remembers the moments after she woke up from her brain surgery.
"It was a 9-hour procedure, and, as soon as the anesthesia wore off, I woke up and was trying to sit up," Chloe said. "I kept trying to get up and tell them I had to go to the bathroom. They had to put restraints on me because I was trying to get out of the bed."
At 10 years old, Chloe was diagnosed with a golf ball-sized tumor located in her frontal lobe, right next to her brain stem. The malignant tumor was successfully removed, but 12 years later she was still suffering from its after effects.
"A few years ago, I started having extreme migraines and occasionally had seizures," Chloe said. "When I went to the doctor for that, they put me on muscle relaxers and anti-convulsants, which I took every day for about a month. I became such a zombie and (was) so miserable."
The medication Chloe took for her seizure compromised overwhelming parts of her life. She couldn't drive. She couldn't even be alone with the children she was hired to nanny.
"I think [the seizures] were the last straw for her to go try something completely new and different," said Becca Covin, Chloe's older sister.
To Chloe, something new and different meant enrolling in a raw food nutrition school--a 10-day intensive course that would teach her the ins and outs of healthy living. But the education wasn't just about learning better eating habits. It was designed to heal. Part of that process was ridding the body of everything it didn't need.
"I detoxed like crazy for like the first five days I was there," Chloe said. "I was very addicted to caffeine. It was like coming off hardcore drugs. I felt crappy. That's the best way I can describe it. I just felt like crap all over for like the first five days, and then, on day six, I woke up, and I was glowing. Best I ever felt."
The release Chloe experienced, however, was not purely a physical process.
"It's almost more emotional than it is physical," Chloe said. "There were a lot of things I had to let go of. For instance, being frustrated with the doctor who put me on medicine that didn't make me feel good and being told that the brain tumor that I had was malignant and then it wasn't, and just how tough it was to be in fifth grade and not have hair."
Before undergoing her dietary transformation, Chloe had begun using only all natural methods to treat her seizures and migraines. After attending the raw food school, she revised the way she ate and how she viewed health completely. After making these transitions, Chloe's symptoms have nearly disappeared.
"I've seen a drastic change in her [health,]" Becca said. "Her seizures that she was having were the last straw to get her to go to [the raw foods] school. She changed her diet completely and changed all her habits. I don't think that I have heard of her being sick or any of the things that she used to deal with since then."
One of the all-natural treatments she used to treat herself was a homemade combination of herbs and bath salts.
After experiencing some success packaging and selling all-natural dog treats, Chloe realized she could do the same with her bath salt treatment. Her line of products has grown from there, encompassing chapsticks, lotions, body scrubs and more that she creates with usually no more than six ingredients.
"She kind of uses me and my roommate as testers of things," said Megan Crowe, a friend of Chloe's. "We'll tell her what we really want out of products, and she'll just make it the next day."
However, Chloe's products only form part of a grander plan she wants to pursue. While the raw foods school she attended taught her about healthy living, it came at a hefty price. The high enrollment fee allowed her to realize the information could be distributed to those in need at a lower cost.
Because of this, Chloe hopes to start a website where she can distribute information about different healthy living topics, such as super foods and toxicity issues.
"My greatest desire is to spread information and empower people to decide what they want to do and just let people know there are other options [than traditional drugs,]" Chloe said. "I'd love to be able to travel and speak and give classes or just whatever it may be, but I just see these products as a launching pad for that."
Chloe's products will be on sale Monday, March 24, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Mama's Market in the Mama Mocha location of The Hound. The market will also feature other local vendors.


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