It worked!!

I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am that our first attempt at getting a sick child better with only oils worked! I have used young living essential oils for other things of course - especially Ava's asthma which has been amazing. But I haven't had to use them for someone getting full on sick. And I'm still a believer in medicine too so don't get all nutty about it (for instance, if Tony needs to use his epi-pen, I'm not going to do a trial run with oils while he's sitting there with his throat closing).

But yesterday's attempt worked!

So she had a temp of 101 in the morning so I diluted two drops of YL (young living) peppermint oil and rubbed it on her spine. I also put thieves on her feet and diffused it as well. She also sounded a little stuffy so I put a drop of lavender down the bridge of her nose and some lemon on the sides of her neck. Within a couple of hours, temp was down to 98.5 and she wanted to eat and play. Then it went up a tad to 100 and later to 100.8 but my hubinero and later my mother put some peppermint under her armpits ever few hours. Also diffused some purification and lemon throughout the day. So when I got home from work, her temp was at 99 but she had this nasty cough. I immediately had flash backs to when she suddenly developed pneumonia last year so I started to get a little worried (that's what prompted me buy the premium starter kit last year). But I put some RC on her chest, diffused some more thieves and had her drink some tea with one drop of thieves. Later she took a bath with some baking soda and two drops of lavender.

Today she is fine and went to school. Her nose is a little runny but she hasn't freaking coughed once. And I am so happy because this is not typical for her when she gets sick like this. If she starts with a cough and fever, it has almost always developed into an infection and there we are getting antibiotics from the doctor. We all know our kids and how things typically go for them so this was awesome! Now, we did have the Tylenol ready if her temp went over 102.5 or so but we never needed it. I am thrilled! Saved me a large copay at the doctor and best of all, Ava didn't have to suffer for days.

Now, I do want to say I put a lot of effort into researching the oils I wanted to buy. Hands down it is Young Living. I do not use anything else. I have in the past - they don't work so that's why I wasn't a believer at first in essential oils. I just wanted to throw that out there in case you're thinking of running over to sprouts and grabbing a cheap bottle of peppermint off the shelves. Don't waste your money (or risk your health - those contain synthetics as well as other crazy additives). So anytime I talk about using oils, know that I only exclusively use Young Living.

I also want to put out there that we are also cautious about using them as well. I'm not just dousing my family members with it haphazardly and of course if you're on meds for other things, be wise about your health and talk to your doctor about using new remedies. I did a ton of research on what to use while pregnant. Ava knows not to just start opening bottles of my oils and using them - no way. Only mom or dad can touch them. We handle them the same way as medication. I'm constantly reading and learning. I'm taking charge of our health over here people! And I needed to - the side effects of Ava's asthma meds are long and some even insane yet I just gave them to her because the doctor told me to (even though they didn't work very well anyway). The more I learn about things, the more I want to be an advocate. Yesterday I read the warning label for children's Ibprophen - stomach bleeding. Really?!

And again - don't think I'm against doctors or medical professionals or medications - I'm not. I just so far haven't needed them in the past few months that I've used these oils. No one in my family has actually (now that I think about it). But do you think I'm going to pass up the epidural when I give birth in a few weeks because I'm thinking an oil will help me?! No way! Pass the epidural Mr. Anesthesiologist! So you see, I haven't gone crazy.

So now I'm just doing some preventative stuff for Ava now that she's getting over being sick. I sent her to school with RC on her chest and thieves on her feet and I'll probably do that for a few more days. And she even told me last night that she was so happy she didn't have to take any yucky medicine. Fun times all around!

-Emily