This is a very long article my friend sent me but well worth it.  It has some interesting findings.  I am in no way telling anyone they should or should not get vaccines including the H1N1 vaccine. I just thought this was fascinating.  I love medical stuff!

I found this story fascinating. New York Times reported on this story about research done on hand washing with hot water vs. cold water.

Peanut had just gotten over an ear infection when I noticed her stumbling around and falling. I thought maybe she still had fluid on her ear. I took her to the pediatrician where they told me her ears looked great. They had her walk and the doctor told me she was limping. She immediately wrote up orders for us to go to the ER. I freaked out. She wanted lab work and x-rays done. What I did not fully understand was she was checking for a bacterial infection that could have permanently damaged her walking. She did not have this but a virus most likely settled into her hip and has caused the painless limp. I am giving her Motrin everyday and that has helped but she is still limping. It should be gone within a week. They first told me it was reactive arthritis but I googled that and it is caused from a sexually transmitted disease along with gastrointestinal issues which she did not have so I fould what her pediatrician called it. I am just so thankful it was not bacterial fluid or something neurological. She was well taken care of at our local children’s ER. Here is the link to what this illness is called.

We have a school near us that has a large number of swine flu cases. This  creeps me out and I am always keeping my ears open on how I can protect my family and friends. I love Dr. Oz and I love that he has his own show. Yesterday, on the Dr. Oz show he spent about 15 minutes or so talking about the swine flu or H1N1. You can get all of this information on his site here.

Those at a higher risk if they were to get this are:

Pregnant women, young children, asthma patients, those with diabetes or any other chronic illness or disease.

You will have no symptoms for the first one to two days but you are contagious. Days three through six you could have diahrrea, vomiting, sore throat, cough, fever and body aches. Days 7-10 you will either get better or you will get worse. If you get worse you may need hospitalization. You need to stay hydrated, use fever reducing medicines, keep your distance from those in your household, if a child has it either they need to wear a mask or the rest of the family does so they will not spread the illness.

Signs to go to the ER:

Dizziness, confusion, breathing issues, blue or gray skin color, excessive vomiting, or you get better for a few days and then get worse.

Prevention:

1. You need to have your basic cleaners to sanitize your home, soap, alcohol based hand sanitizer,

2. Probiotics such as yogurts etc that will help put good bacteria in your gut to help you fight illnesses and boost your immune system.

3. Suppliments- Vitamin D  and other mulitivitamines.

4. You need a themometer, fever reducing medicines, surgical masks, Electrolyte replacement drinks such as gatorade, month’s supply of food and regular medications taken everyday.

5. Flu vaccine/swine flu vaccine: We all got our seasonal flu shot. For my family we are not getting the swine flu vaccine. I encourage you to do your own research and do what is best for you and your family.

These are all great things to live by whether you are protecting yourself from swine flu, regular flu or just the common cold. I would add healthy eating to this too. Sugar can lower the immune system so eating lots of it is not good for your body or your immune system.  Halloween is coming up and I know all the candy is already out. We love candy corn too but you have to eat these things in moderation. This is my word for the day!

I am so glad the media and the CDC are finally reporting on this story. I have heard for over a year now the horrible side effects and even death in relation to this vaccine. I have never had a peace about this particular vaccine and vowed that my girls would not get it. Now doctors and pediatricians are speaking out against it too. Or at least you need to proceed with caution. I heard one OBGYN say his 11 year old daughter would not get the shot. If he would not let his daughter get the vaccine, why would I let my daughters. There are so many other ways to protect against this disease. They are saying they don’t even know if this vaccine protects against HPV virus as it states it does. They said now there is not enough evidence to support it’s findings.

I would encourage you, if you have a daughter research this very carefully before exposing her to this vaccine.

Here is the ABC new report on Gardasil.

Finally the American people are pushing back at congress and President Obama saying no to Obamacare. However the White House is responding to the angry protesters “In fact, I think you’ve had groups today, Conservatives for Patients Rights, that have bragged about organizing and manufacturing that anger,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

This is ridiculous. People have just had enough. This is not just republicans protesting. There are democrats as well as independents attending these town halls who are also protesting. I am so sick of congress criticizing these protesters as stupid or they don’t dress well or whatever grievances they have to bash these people who are finally standing up. They are not nuts!

Here is a registered Democrat speaking his piece to his local senator at a recent town hall.

Obamacare would use our federal tax dollars to pay for abortions.

Obama’s plan will do away with health insurance.

Pelosi is a nut and here is her quote on the protesters of Obamacare!

Here is the full story.

I encourage you to contact your congress person!

I readthis article from a pastor friend of mine and you must read what is really in the House Bill on health care. I think it will shock you or it may not. It should be renamed National Health  Scare! Please read and contact your congressman or congresswoman and tell them to vote NO to the House or Senate Bill.

Here is the article from Morning Star included in this article are portions of the House bill.

Now this is funny to me because it has been stated so many people want universal healthcare. Now Canada which we are basing our model on is turning more towards private health care because of the mass number of people flooding the system. Here is the article on this new trend in Canada!

Wake-up America. Free is a relative term. We will all be paying for this new system which rationing is inevitable.  People will be paying to go to Canada as they do now in the US. If you have money then you’ll be fine but for the poor and middle class you will be screwed. Long lines to see a doctor, ER and months or even years to get an MRI or surgery. This is crazy and there has to be some other way of making health care cheaper without nationalizing this system.  Take perscription drugs for example, the private market has made it where you can get drugs at Wal-mart, Publix and Kroger for $4 and in some cares free. The Government did not do this. Competition did this? Why can’t doctors and insurance companies work together to lower the cost? The government should not be butting into our affairs. I want to make my own healthcare decisions with my doctor not the Government telling me what procedures I can have and when. Or even if they will pay for medicines or not. My hubby is on a medicine that costs over $700. He can take brand name only per his doctor. I know for a fact the government will only pay for gerneric drugs so if we go to a universal system. We will have to pay $700 a month instead of the $50 we pay now. I don’t know about you but I don’t have that kind of money especially since our taxes are going to skyrocket!

They have broken the percentages down a portion of the people uninsured are illegal immigrants, then you have people who would qualify for medicaid, medicare or lower income insurance that do not take advantage of this. The other portion of people are young adults or people who just don’t see the need for health insurance. This is stupid. If we need to re-educate people on their options so be it but before you go running toward nationalized healthcare you better make darn sure you have looked at every avenue. We cannot even pay for all the things now. Look at California. They are the biggest state with tons of people dependent on Government healthcare, food stamps etc and they are virtually bankrupt. We are headed in the wrong direction!

I had more peace this time then with Pookie. I think it was the fact I had been through this before and knew what to expect. I have to say it went  well.

Peanut got right up at 5:15 AM and I changed her diaper. Off we went to the children’s hospital about an hour away. We checked in and all went really well. She was able to watch the Disney channel until her surgery and they had all kinds of color sheets and crayons for her to color with. She loved it. She never seemed nervous. They gave her some “goofy juice” to make her calm down and she would not remember anything. The nurse was laughing so hard from her bobbing around in the bed that she could not even look at her. Peanut’s nurses that were assigned to her were awesome. Teena and Chris took such good care of her. They kept coming by telling her how brave she was and how cute she was.

They rolled her down the hall to her surgery. I almost cried but I was ok. I had a peace. My good friend that I found on Face book who works on the floor above us came down. We hugged and chatted then I saw Peanut’s doctor walk by. “How strange. ” I thought. He is supposed to be in surgery. He then came into our room. It was over. It only took 25 minutes to complete her surgery. “She did wonderful,” he said.  About 20 minutes later they rolled her back into our room. She was so quiet and still. She wanted a Popsicle and ate every bite. She wanted another one. She sat up watched some more cartoons and fiddled with her IV. She became more awake as time went on. Teena and Chris kept telling her what a wonderful patient she was. She really lit up when the clowns from Big Apple Circus came by to cheer her up. She caught all the bubbles and cried when they left.  She was doing so well we were discharged after an hour and a half. She is my brave trooper. Teena brought a wagon up that she was able to ride in and off we went.

She took a really long nap that afternoon and drank lots of Gatorade. She also received several presents from grandparents.

It was an exhausting day but so worth it. She only has a slight fever of 99. Right before her surgery she was running a fever of 100 or more and she was on an antibiotic. She is completely different. She is smiling all the time now. She does not complain of pain or pick at her nose saying something is in there. We thought she was active before but now she dances and sings much more than before. She is our beautiful angel and I am so glad we found the answers we were looking for. Right now she is on an antibiotic until the middle of May, and she will have a follow up but prayerfully this will be the end of it.

Thank you for your prayers and I hope this will encourage you!

I know we are all a little nervous about this virus called “swine flu”. I am getting updates from the CDC and watching the news closely. So far it has not come to Georgia but it has moved to several other states. Here are the states so far according to the CDC:

Arizona 1

NY 51

California 14

Indiana 1

Kansas 2

Massachusetts 2

Michigan 2

Nevada 1

Ohio 1

Texas 16 with one death reported

If you click on this link, you can get updates from the CDC and sign up for any updates.  We do not need to be panicked but be on guard. I pray over us everyday and we are vigilant about washing our hands or using hand sanitizer.

Here is more information on the swine flu.