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We have another flu in our house. This winter season was full of colds and the flu and it seems Spring will be the same. The children have a multivitamin and Vitamin C each day, but some of these bugs are just too strong to be knocked on the head with this alone. I read somewhere recently that Echinacea can almost halve the time you have a cold if the dose is strong enough. So, I visited the health food store a couple of days ago for a bottle of the strongest stuff I could find, much to the children's consternation. This morning, John, started with the symptoms. So, out came the bottle and a double dose administered. He grimaced and complained and suggested there must be some other way to take the stuff. It tasted too bitter. The health professional told me this was the best way, I assured him. While we were discussing whether or not he would take another dose when he arrived home from work, we heard coughing up in the children's bedroom. I thought it sounded like Robert's cough. He hadn't been given the Echinacea yesterday because he appeared to be better. I questioned Jamie and Robert (they sleep in the same room). But each one said it wasn't him that was coughing. Reluctantly, Jamie admitted to perhaps clearing his throat, and Robert cottoned on to this idea and said he was just clearing his throat, too. 'We don't need Echinacea,' they said in unison. 'Give it to Dad. He sounds sick.' This small bottle of liquid has caused mayhem in this house. It may knock the flu on the head, but at what price? Everyone has turned on his fellow man in order to save himself. 'Take him, not me. He needs it more than I do.' Talk about another version of preferring your brother ahead of yourself. Well, the bottle is only small, it will be empty soon, and maybe I just won't get another one.
Love
Amanda
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