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WEBVTT DONKEY MILK CHANGED THEIR LIVES. >> WE FIRST MET THE TRAYWICK FAMILY, OWNERS OF THE OKLAHOMA DONKEY DAIRY, IN THE FALL OF 2018. SINCE THEN -- >> WE’VE BEEN REALLY BUSY SINCE YOU GUYS WERE HERE. >> FAMILIES, FROM AROUND OKLAHOMA AND EVEN OUT OF STATE, ARE TRAVELING TO THE TRAYWICKS DONKEY FAR PEOPLE. >> PEOPLE WANTING TO GET EVEN JUST SMALL AMOUNTS OF THEIR DONKEY MILK. >> THE FIRST TIME SHE DRANK IT, SHE SAID THIS IS GOING TO HELP ME. >> FOR REASONS YET UNKNOWN, DONKEY MILK SEEMS TO BE HELPING DOZENS OF CHILDREN. CHAD AND MELISSA COLLINS ARE NOW DONKEY MILK BELIEVERS. >> WE LEARNED ABOUT IT THREE DAYS LATER. WE GOT SOME AND STARTED USING IT RIGHT AWAY. >> CHAD AND MELISSA’S 6-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, FRANKIE, HAS BEEN DRINKING THE MILK SINCE SEPTEMBER. >> SHE’LL BE DRINKING IT FOREVER. >> THE COLLINS’ FAMILY DRIVES FROM DALLAS TO GET THIS MIRACLE MILK. A JOURNEY THAT SEEMS WELL WORTH IT AFTER THEIR LIVES WERE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN. >> SHE WAS JOYFUL. >> YET SHE WAS. SHE WAS JUST SO IN LOVE WITH WITH WORLD -- IN LOVE WITH THE WORLD. AND THEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT. >> FRANKIE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH PANDAS, AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER. SUDDENLY, THEY’RE HAPPY GO-LUCKY CHILD. >> SWEET LITTLE FRANKIE WHOSE THE MOST LOVABLE OUTGOING LITTLE GIRL IN THE ENTIRE PLANET STARTED LINING THINGS UP, OCD, HAVING RAGES, HAVING TICS, HER EYES WOULD START SHUTTERING LIKE THIS, GET VERY, WHEN THERE’S A LOT OF NOISE SHE WOULD GET SO FRUSTRATED AND JUST HOLD HER HEAD AND SCREA >> NOW, SHE DRINKS SMALL AMOUNTS OF THE MILK, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. >> WE NOTICED THAT DIFFERENCE WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS OF GIVING IT TO HER. WE NOTICED SHE’S NOT IN PAIN, I MEAN USUALLY WE’RE HAVING TO STOP EVERY BLOCK BY NOW SHE’S JUST GOING FULL THROTTLE LIKE A KID HER AGE SHOULD. >> THE JENKINS FAMILY HAS ALSO FOUND A MIRACLE IN DONKEY MILK. >> WE WERE SURPRISED THAT WITHIN AMOUNT, HIS SEIZURES WENT FROM 10 TO 12 A DAY TO LIKE 3. >> THEIR DOCTOR CAN’T EXPLAIN WHY DONKEY MILK SEEMS TO BE HELPING. >> EVERY TIME WE TALK TO A DOCTOR, THEY ARE LIKE, WOW. KEEP TAKING IT. >> FOR ETHAN, IT’S MEANT MORE FREEDOM. WITH MORE SEIZURES, HIS PARENTS FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE LOOSENING THE REINS. >> I’M A TEENAGER. I WANT TO BE OUT AND DO THINGS WITHOUT MY PARENTS CONSTANTLY WATCHING ME, SO IT’S A BLESSING. MILK DEMAND, THE TRAYWICKS HAVE NOW STARTED IMPORTING DONKEY MILK FROM ITALY. >> WE’RE NOW BRINGING IN THEIR PASTEURIZED AND FREEZE DRIED DONKEY MILK SO WE CAN PROVIDE FOR EVERYBODY THAT NEEDS MILK BECAUSE WE CAN’T MEET THE DEMAND RIGHT NOW. >> ANOTHER DONKEY MILK MIRACLE THEY CAN’T EXPLAIN, STRANGERS DONATING MONEY SO NO FAMILY IN NEED HAS TO GO WITHOUT MILK. >> IT ABSOLUTELY DOESN’T MAKE SENSE THAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DONATING TO HELP KIDS THEY NEVER MET. >> THEIR DAUGHTER’S ILLNESS LEAD THEM TO TRYING DONKEY MILK AND THEN EVENTUALLY STARTING THE DONKEY DAIRY. >> THEY’VE BEEN AN AMAZING BLESSING IN HIS LIFE TO GET HIS LIFE BACK. >> CURRENTLY, THE TRAYWICK’S FARM IS PROVIDING MILK FOR MORE THAN 65 CHILDREN AND COUNTING. >> ABSOLUTELY, THE ANSWER TO OUR PRAY

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We first met the Traywick family, owners of the Oklahoma Donkey Dairy, in the fall of 2018."We've been really busy since you guys were here," Saundra Traywick told KOCO's Maggie Carlo.Families, from around Oklahoma and even out of state, are traveling to the Traywicks' donkey farm."We have a huge wait-list for people," Traywick said.People wanting to get even just small amounts of their donkey milk."The first time she drank it, she said, 'this is going to help me'," Melissa Collins, whose daughter drinks donkey milk, said.For reasons yet unknown, donkey milk seems to be helping dozens of children.Collins and her husband Chad are now donkey milk believers."We learned about it (and) three days later we got some and started using it right away," Chad Collins said.Their 6-year-old daughter Frankie has been drinking the milk since September."She'll be drinking it forever," Melissa said.The Collins drive from Dallas to get this miracle milk, a journey that seems well worth it, after their lives were turned upside down."She was just so in love with the world, and then the lights went out." Melissa said.Frankie was diagnosed with PANDAS, an autoimmune disorder."Sweet little Frankie, who's the most lovable outgoing little girl in the entire planet started lining things up, OCD, having rages, I think tics," Melissa said. "Her eyes would start shuttering … when there's a lot of noise she would get so frustrated and just hold her head and just scream."Now she drinks small amounts of the milk, several times a day."We noticed that difference within a couple of weeks of giving it to her," Chad said. "We noticed she's not in pain, I mean usually we're having to stop every block by now she's just going full throttle like a kid her age should."The Jenkins family has also found a miracle in donkey milk."We were surprised that within two days of taking a very small amount, his seizures went from 10 to 12 a day to like three," Melissa Jenkins told KOCO about her son Ethan.Their doctor can't explain why donkey milk seems to be helping."Every time we talk to a doctor they're like wow…. well keep taking it," said Jenkins. "If it's working, keep taking it."For Ethan, it's meant more freedom, with fewer seizures his parents feel more comfortable loosening the reins."I'm a teenager I want to be out and do things without my parents constantly watching me, so it's a blessing," Ethan said.To keep up with the donkey milk demand, the Traywicks have now started importing donkey milk from Italy."We're now bringing in their pasteurized and freeze-dried donkey milk so we can provide for everybody that needs milk because we can't meet the demand right now," Traywick said.Another donkey milk miracle they can't explain, strangers donating money so no family in need has to go without milk."It absolutely doesn't make sense that people have been donating to help kids they never met," Traywick said.Their daughter's illness led them to trying donkey milk and then eventually starting the donkey dairy."They've been an amazing blessing in his life, to get his life back," Michelle Collins said.Currently the Traywick farm is providing milk for more than 65 children and counting."Absolutely the answer to our prayers," Chad Collins said.