After 6 round of antibiotics, 5 months of green snot (this is not an exaggeration), wheezing, and 2 very persistent ear infections Mommy decided it was time to try something new for Joel. I just wasn't sure what it would be... a few days ago.. at the grocery store.. I got my answer. Vitamin C.
Why Vitamin C you say? Well.. I'll tell ya..
Joel III and I were shopping at ALDI and I picked up some lemons for Joel to squeeze into his water (I'm such a great wife, I know). Joel III immediately said "see those lemons! see those lemons!" not an uncommon thing. I handed the mesh bag of 4 lemons to him. A few minutes later I noticed something strange.. silence from a toddler! Wow. Why was he so quiet? oh... only because he was sucking and chewing on a lemon rind (through the mesh bag) so hard that he was drooling all over the cart! It was as if he was thinking to himself "Oh if only I could actually eat one of these..!"
Thats when I started to think to myself.... Perhaps he is deficient in Vitamin C!! Duh! you think?... every thing that has C in it he woofs down immediately: strawberries, citrus fruits, berries. We never give him juice. We give him a vitamin gummy bear in the morning.. he loves it and never forgets about it.. sometimes he sucks on it so that it lasts even longer!
So I decided to go with a Mega Vitamin C trial for Joel.. a few days of high dose vitamin C and then a maintenance dose or taper.. depending on the results.
I realize this might seem crazy to you. However, the toxicity level of vitamin C is remarkably low. The benefits could be amazing. I have read some crazy good testimonies. And (here) Also, we know that having a child on 6 courses of antibiotics in 5 months isn't good... Yeah, I'm gonna give it a go.
amount of 'vitamin C candies' - appx. 20
dosage appx. 10,000 mg.
results: by the end of the day Joel was very happy bc he was high on sugar. I noticed that the total amount of thick green snot he was having decreased a little bit. But not enough to get me excited.
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