Re: Help - Antibiotics - To Give or Not to Give? - Neil

December 11, 2006

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> Anne,

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> We are doing ½ to ¾ tsp per day 1 time per day.

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> We started using the colostrum mostly in the hope that it would

help the gut

> to heal.

We have a kid with a bad gut. We get intermittent good poops, but

not consistent by any means. Now my son goes every day, which is

certainly much better than when we started biomed. The trigger for

us was when the doc told us to go to ridiculous amounts of Miralax

just to get him to go. So, lots of progress on all fronts, but we

don't have a healed gut. Probably the dang MMR.

> I honestly don't know if that is working or not, but it seems to

have

> " normalized " his immune system response.

Well, that is a very good result, for sure. I am hoping we get this

result too. I think the cold is starting to resolve. Lots of stuff

came out this morning. It all just seemed looser, which I think is a

good sign.

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> Yes, the stomach thing was quite the deal, he was in the bathroom

(linoleum

> floor) and said " my stomach hurts " , came out into the hallway

(carpet) and

> hurled.

Of course! Why hurl on linoleum when there is carpet around? :-)

> I was surprised that it didn't seem to upset him that much. We

gave him a

> big glass of water to wash down the stomach acid and he went to bed.

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> We gave him an ice cream bucket (pre GFCF) to take to bed and told

him to

> use that if necessary, sure enough later that night he woke up and

used the

> bucket. We were quite proud of him for handling it so well. More

water and

> back to sleep. That was the last of it other than just general

stomach

> upset for a couple more days.

Sounds like a trooper! Our kids really amaze me at the things they

handle and handle well, especially when they must be feeling crappy

so often. It saddens me to know that my little guy has never known

what it is like to feel really healthy. Hopefully someday....

> I can tell you that 1 year ago before we started the bio-med stuff

he would

> not have handled it like that !

I hope parents who are being influenced by the Laider guy (I remember

reading his stuff before going hardcore biomed) hear all the good

things parents have to say about what their kids can do/handle, etc.

as a result of biomed and realize that it is not all false hope.

These kids are sick and need to be healed as fully as possible.

Onward and upward!

Best,

Anne

December 11, 2006

Anne,

Yes, looser is definitely better. A lower respiratory infection (chest cold)

with lots of rattly noises is much less severe than when it is all tightly

packed in there. The steam you can generate in the bathroom just by turning the

shower on is also helpful to loosen things. You can also put a warm heating pad

on the chest to loosen. Also giving lots and lots of water will thin the

secretions and make them easier to get out.

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Neil

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