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Originally posted by americandingbat
Originally posted by Amniodarone
You mentioned something in the first or second post about the adults in the family having "flu-like" symptoms as well. This really leads me to believe that there is an environmental component here. Children often are affected much more strongly by toxins (molds, pesticides) than adults are. Can you tell us a bit more about the adult's symptoms?
The other thing I've been thinking about from the first post is:
Mom is suspicious of the farm (and has been for the better part of a year) that the boys get symptomatic when they are there – allergy like symptoms – coughing, major eye swelling, to the point of closing in the AM, irritability, fatigue.
and
THESE DRY COUGH THROAT CLOSING EPISODES HAVE SENT US TO THE E.R. TWICE AND THE DOC GAVE US A PRESCRIPTION FOR STEROIDS THE THOUGHT WAS WE USE A SINGLE DOSE WHEN THE EPISODE HAPPENS AND WE STAY OUT OF E.R. WE HAVE REALIZED LATELY THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH FOR AT LEAST 7-8 MONTHS.
Assuming it's an environmental toxin, these sentences suggest to me that it's something that has been present at the farm for many months, but also that its presence was much worse this fall than at other times in the spring. Wouldn't this be consistent with mold growth? Whereas I would think a pesticide would be less of a constant presence and (though I'm no farmer) probably most prevalent in the growing seasons?
paxnatus, I will be thinking of your friends tomorrow at noon. I hope the mold specialist is the turning point.
Originally posted by paxnatus As for the silver I take colloidal silver myself, thank you, I had not even thought about this or the yogurt. Will pass that along.
Originally posted by Amniodarone
Please keep us informed of his progress. If you can think of anything (symptoms, something strange that doesn't fit (i.e. rashes, alopecia, bruising, etc...)) please let us know. You mentioned something in the first or second post about the adults in the family having "flu-like" symptoms as well. This really leads me to believe that there is an environmental component here. Children often are affected much more strongly by toxins (molds, pesticides) than adults are. Can you tell us a bit more about the adult's symptoms?
Sorry, just trying to unravel the mystery here. My thoughts are with your friend's boy. How is the other child doing?
Originally posted by DDay
Pax, thank goodness they have an answer. Is Coleman in the hospital currently to be observed or did they send him home?
Please keep us in the loop, I waited and kept checking this thread all day yesterday to hear word. I think many of us here are emotionally invested in this boy's recovery and cure.
Thanks
Originally posted by Johnmike
Thank God paxnatus is ignoring these idiots talking about MMS, hydrogen peroxide, and yogurt to cure something as severe as this.. It's like people here are trying to either 1) make things worse or 2) look foolish. It makes me a little sick to see such blatant violations of medical ethics.
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
But...if you are on a course of antibiotics, you can go through a great deal of grief due to the beneficial flora in your gut being wiped out as well. A cup of yogurt (with the live bacillus) achieves a recovery that borders on miraculous. And that ain't no hooey.
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
But...if you are on a course of antibiotics, you can go through a great deal of grief due to the beneficial flora in your gut being wiped out as well. A cup of yogurt (with the live bacillus) achieves a recovery that borders on miraculous. And that ain't no hooey.
Except... if you read the patient information sheet on the drug they are giving him, you will find that milk-based products in combination with the drugs create a very severe vomiting reaction. This is a child, who has already lost at least 1/6th of their body weigh (or more) due to vomiting.
A cup of yogurt given while he's on the meds could kill him.
Originally posted by Byrd
Originally posted by JohnnyCanuck
But...if you are on a course of antibiotics, you can go through a great deal of grief due to the beneficial flora in your gut being wiped out as well. A cup of yogurt (with the live bacillus) achieves a recovery that borders on miraculous. And that ain't no hooey.
A cup of yogurt given while he's on the meds could kill him.