Yep, this is likely what some might consider "harsh truth" - and yep, sometimes truth IS harsh.  But when someone's health is on the line (particularly a minor), then truth (no matter how harsh) is necessary...well, it's necessary if I'm going to claim that I truly care about people.

Your precious 13 year old 'has a bug' and a sinus infection, and after everything you've read, learned and been through...you take her to the doctor -exposing her to God only knows what other bugs- , give her Motrin to break the fever, pharmaceutical antibiotics and white-sugar popsicles full of chemicals & food coloring (when you've previously reported she has ADD-ish symptoms).  Let's see, that adds up to 3 poisons in one day plus all the chemical poisons.  White sugar depresses the immune system and the Motrin (by way of breaking the fever) stops the immune system from working properly.  And this is from a ( worried mom)....that's worried about ???

>>>well today it turned bad<<< Yes it did.

Cold = virus

Flu = virus

Antibiotic = bacteria

Colds typically run their course in 9 days '3 days coming 3 days here 3 days leaving'...antibiotics have NO effect on a cold.

Flu's run their course depending on the particularly bug in 'whatever days'...antibiotics have NO effect on a virus.

So unless one knows that they have a specific bacterial pathogen, antibiotics are NOT EFFECTIVE...but they are effective at destroying the bacteria in our bodies that are essential to life (and they generally dump in a substantial amount of poisons) - which is NOT what the body needs when it is sick and trying to heal itself.

Amoxicillin side effects http://www.drugs.com/amoxicillin.html

Get emergency medical help if you have any of these signs of an allergic reaction to amoxicillin: hives; difficulty breathing; swelling of your face, lips, tongue, or throat. Call your doctor at once if you have any of these serious side effects:

• fever, sore throat, and headache with a severe blistering, peeling, and red skin rash;

• nausea, stomach pain, low fever, loss of appetite, dark urine, clay-colored stools, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes);

• diarrhea that is watery or bloody;

• fever, chills, body aches, flu symptoms;

• easy bruising or bleeding, unusual weakness;

• urinating less than usual or not at all;

• agitation, confusion, unusual thoughts or behavior; or

• seizure (black-out or convulsions).

Less serious amoxicillin side effects are more likely to occur, such as:

• nausea, vomiting, stomach pain;

• vaginal itching or discharge;

• headache;

• swollen, black, or "hairy" tongue; or

• thrush (white patches inside your mouth or throat).

This is not a complete list of side effects and others may occur. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.

See also: Amoxicillin side effects in more detail

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Echinacea = bolsters immune system to fight ANY pathogen

Garlic = strongest antibacterial, antiviral, antifungal known to man

Super Tonic = Garlic, Cayenne, Horseradish, Ginger, Onion....all antibacterial,  four antiviral, three antifungals (many long-standing sinus infections are fungal).

But hey, no one can afford to buy or make Super Tonic because it cuts into their "popsicle budgets"  :(

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I have a question for ya though ..my youngest daughter has been having sinus issues for a while .. got her to take a few doses (as in 3 or 4 of ech tincture ) and that was it  Either you'll teach her to do what is healthy (which you'll never do by taking her to the doctor and handing her totally unneccessary harmful prescriptions), or you'll insist while she's living in your house that she'll do what is healthy (again, quite a trick when you're handing her unhealthy drugs & foods)...or you won't.  I'm truly sorry for you both that you're having such a hard time making the healthy choices.

well today it turned bad

had to go and get her from school today and this evening ended up at docs office. 

she had a fever of 101.8 A fever is evidence that the immune system is fighting.  Break the fever, you break the immune system.   Doing this can end in death for small children/babies with pneumonia...they'll spike a 105-ish temperature, parents rush them to the hospital, they break the fever and the child dies within hours (because the drugs can't work fast enough to make up for turning off the immune system).   For those that don't know how this works, here's an explanation by Dr. Schulze:

Here is how it works: For every degree of temperature, the speed
at which your white blood cells travel is doubled. At a 104 degree fever,
/lfm^ your white blood cells are moving 64 times faster than normal. They kill
things faster, eat them faster, and travel faster.
So a fever of 103-104° means the white blood cells are going
sixty-four times faster than normal. It just keeps doubling and doubling
and doubling. Your normal temperature is supposed to be 98.6°F. We
say 98.6°, but that was designed in the 1800's. And so it's going to be
changed in the next couple of years to normal human temperature
as a straight 98°.
So that means that 99 degrees would be 2 times faster than
normal and 100 degrees would be 4 times faster than normal and 101
would be 8 times faster than normal and 102 would be 16 times faster
and 103 degrees would be 32 times faster and 104 degrees would be 64
times faster. And so 105 degrees would be 128 times faster.

then
they tested her for strep since she has a pus pocket in the back of her throat but was negative
tested her for flu and it was negative

she vomited before we left the office though and is achey all over ,throat hurts,fever ,everything hurts she says

I think its possible that she either has the swine flu or a nasty virus .. so you already know/knew what to do, bolster the immune system with Echinacea and give lots of garlic (which has been proven to be as effective as any "anti" drug/poison).

I gave her motrin 200mg about 2 hrs ago and I rechecked her fever just now and it was 101.9 this time !!!! No one ever died of a reasonable fever - and even if a fever spikes to the 'danger zone' (which is above 105/106 for adults, if I'm remembering correctly) people don't die of the fever (although they may have convulsions/seizures), they die of the pathogen that caused the fever.  thats after motrin.. now I know she needs to run a fever and her immune system is trying to do its job here but I am thinking that without the motrin what would her fever be?? It would be HEALING her!  

I am worried about her at this point..cant get her to drink anything but am able to get her to eat some popsicles (her fav) put a cold washcloth on her head to help but she insists on being covered up with covers because she says she is cold.  Yep, chills are part of a cold/flu virus and a side-effects of the antibiotic she's taking.  Feeding people hot broths (with garlic) and smothering them in covers USED to be "common sense"....sweating and increasing a fever is the best thing to do.  "Grandma" always said "put 'em to bed and let 'em sweat it out - when the fever breaks, they're healed"....and she was right.   If she's shivering because of side-effects of drugs and she's cold, then of course she wants to be covered up.

they gave her amoxicillin and are treating it like strep cause she has all the signs of it..but its not strep!!! They prescribed it for an unidentified bug, you agreed and gave it to her.  

what else can I do ?? I am worried bout her ..cant get her to do the garlic or cayenne .. Cayenne by itself isn't all that great of a "fighter" - it's great to blast the other herbs around and increase circulation.

is echinacea the best thing to do????? can she take it along with the antibiotic?? Yes, she can take it with an antibiotic...but :::huge eyeroll::: but if you really care about her, get her off the antibiotic - you don't even know if she has a bacterial infection.  She should be taking 2 teaspoons every few hours (although now that the pathogen has had a chance to become 'symptomatic', it's not likely anything will significantly reduce major symptoms...although it will reduce symptoms some and give her immune system a lot of support & help).

I went ahead and gave her the antibiotic cause I was scared not to at this point ...but not scared to take her to the doctor, expose her to more pathogens, and give her harmful drugs and Motrin to break her fever & stop her immune system from fighting    You've been exposed to these facts more than once before.  It breaks my heart that you read it all, preach it all, but apparently have no faith in it at all (and/or no control over your own child).   It makes me feel like a failure - but I know I haven't ever offered incorrect information (and that I shouldn't feel like a failure, because I can't change or control anybody else...or give them 'faith' or make them believe how harmful drugs really are).  It's all their choice, not mine. 

I'm sure you understand why this post is worded the way it is.  I'm not angry with you or your lack of faith or the fact you obviously are having a major difficulty undoing the brainwashing to which we've all been exposed.  I'm just very sad that it seems like it's going to take a major disaster for you to "get it"...and that not only you, but your child, may be the one the 'disaster' strikes.    Please do NOT apologize - your choices are your own and you don't owe me an apology for the choices you choose.  All I ask is that you PLEASE study and learn more so that you will have the understanding and knowledge you need to be able to believe in natural healing...so that you can find the strength to stop being scared & stop hurting yourself and others.

Healthiest of blessings,

Uny

(btw, you could always use the Herbal Snuff for the sinus infection, but if you can't get her to use garlic or echinacea, I won't even suggest you try getting her to snort hot/burning herbs).
I dont know what I am dealing with with her either cause their tests came out negative

if its bacterial then antibiotics/ech should help ..but if its viral then it will either have to run its course or somehow I gotta get some garlic down her right???

maybe I need some supertonic for her I dunno but cant get it in time to do any good..

I know this is a bad bug she has got

( worried mom)

thanks bunches

Anne_33