Staying well and in our bubble (Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type1)

Our H1N1 shots are in. Okay.... with the recent scare of that virus being EVERY WHERE we are getting our shots. I worry about Lizzy getting the shot so close but we are flying out Nov. 9 for CA.  Lizzy will get hers in our van. No more exposing her to ANYTHING out there. It takes 8-10 days for it to even help.  We will have it about 18 days before we fly so that makes me feel a bit better. No place worse to catch something than a plane.  I do have an email into DR. Schroth about getting the shots so close together but I read online you can get them together. I just want to make sure Lizzy will be ok.

Lizzy was doing school work all day today on her computer. We took a few breaks.  She is loving it now. That took forever her to even want to do school work over 3 hours. Christen and I both helped her. It was great having Chisten home today.  We let Lizzy think it was her idea to keep working. There are some great learning web-sites out there at Kids sites . Also one of my favorites for Lizzy is Starfall.

Here is some info on staying well I got in an email a few weeks ago I thought I would share.

1. Frequent hand-washing (well highlighted in all official


> communications).

>

> 2. "Hands-off-the-face" approach. Resist all temptations to touch

> any part of face (unless you want to eat, bathe or slap).

>

> 3. *Gargle twice a day with warm salt water (use Listerine if you

> don't trust salt). *H1N1 takes 2-3 days after initial infection in

> the throat/ nasal cavity to proliferate and show characteristic

> symptoms. Simple gargling prevents proliferation. In a way, gargling

> with salt water has the same effect on a healthy individual that

> Tamiflu has on an infected o ne. Don't underestimate this simple,

> inexpensive and powerful preventative method.

>

> 4. Similar to 3 above, *clean your nostrils at least once every day

> with warm salt water. *Not everybody may be good at Jala Neti or

> Sutra Neti (very good Yoga asanas to clean nasal cavities), but

> *blowing the nose hard once a day and swabbing both nostrils with

> cotton buds dipped in warm salt water is very effective in bringing

> down viral population.*

>

> 5.. *Boost your natural immunity with foods that are rich in Vitamin

> C (Amla and other citrus fruits). *If you have to supplement with

> Vitamin C tablets, make sure that it also has Zinc to boost

> absorption.

>

> 6. *Drink as much of warm liquids (tea, coffee, etc) as you can.

    *Drinking warm liquids has the same effect as gargling, but in the

reverse direction. They wash off proliferating viruses from the
 throat into the stomach where they cannot survive, proliferate or do

any harm.



 I suggest you pass this on to your entire e-list. You never know 20

 who might pay attention to it - and STAY ALIVE because of it.

Many prayers to all the sick kids.

Keep us in your prayers. The power of prayer is still very strong.

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