My work schedule allows me to work 8 days and off 7 to 8 days depending on the days in the month. I travel constantly usually 2 to 6 hours from my home. I get a call from my wife telling me to come home she is terribly sick and can't take care of the kids, not to mention she is 7 months pregnant. We have 4 kids at home 2 in school and 2 not old enough for school. The oldest is 8 and the youngest is 2. The oldest has been diagnosed with ADHD about 2 years ago. My wife tried all the medicines they prescribed but never liked all the effects that the drugs had on him. So she has had him on herbal supplements and has done better than ever. His school grades prove it. The other kids have been taking herbal vitamins just to keep their immune systems as healthy as possible. I myself take herbal cleansers just to keep fast food toxins out as much as possible. When I am at home my wife cooks all the time an we try to eat good wholesome food. When I leave to go to work I eat where I can and when I can. Hardly ever really healthy food. Just something to kill the hunger pain. But I still try to supplement myself with herbs.
So I go home to help my wife with the kids exposing myself to whatever she has and possibly the kids too. When I got home I took her to her OB doctor to check her out. They tested her for the flu in the office and she tested negative. The doctor didn't want to take a chance so she sent her to the hospital to do another test and also prescribed her Tamaflu to start taking. The hospital immediately said she tested positive for the flu but it would take 2 weeks to see if it was the swine flu or not. The second day I was there, my wife got to where she couldn't breathe so she called her OB doctor. Her doctor told her to go immediately to the ER and she would meet her there. Her doctor told her that one of her other patients waited too long with the same symptoms and ended up having a premature "C" section delivery because the mother's lungs collapsed and ended up on life support system along with the baby being in critical premature condition. When my wife got to the hospital they immediately put her in intensive care under confinement. The ended up giving her antibiotics, breathing treatments, oxygen and other medicines. Finally 4 days later her blood count looked good and was sent home to rest. Her doctor said that the swine flu has been attacking pregnant women and people who have health problems. Since she is pregnant, the only thing she has been taking is her prenatal vitamins. Pregnant women's immune systems are naturally very low due to their condition. So about 12 days later her doctor said the tests came back positive for the swine flu.
After the first day she was in the hospital, I took 3 kids to their pediatrician to get them checked out. They each had a cough and at that time we didn't know about mother having the swine flu yet. The doctor said we just had to treat the symptoms. After all was said and done 1 kid ended up with a sinus infection, 2 with only a cough, and 1 with nothing. My question is why all this exposure to the swine flu and nobody else was seriously sick with the swine flu including me. Well let's think about it for a second. The oldest takes a handful of herbs for ADHD every morning before he goes to school. The others take regular vitamins every night before bed and I take herbal cleansers so I can give my body a chance from eating fast food when I am gone. My wife can only take certain things because of pregnancy. The conclusion I come up with is that we are helping our immune systems. I've learned that just cleansing alone helps your immune system dramatically. So I guess you could say that as a family we are living proof what herbs can really do work for you. Remember only you know your body and what you are feeling. The human body is really amazing. You just need the honest knowledge of what to fuel it to make it perform. In today's society we spend a lot of money on our personal vehicles mainly just preventative maintenance. Changing the oil, washing, checking all the fluids. Basically everything to make it tick. The human body is the same way. Maintain it right and it will tick for a long time.
