It is because we are a Chiropractic Natural healing family & believe in the power of the body, that we were able to Protect our young infant son from death.
Tuesday 1/26/2010 5am. Baby Z is 3 weeks old!!
I had fallen asleep rubbing Baby Z's back and awoke to a really hot baby on my chest..Upon taking an internal temp, I found his temp to be 102. We immediately called his doctor and we were told to take him to ER immediately and expect to be admitted. I had never experienced a temp this high in one so young, but I knew anything over 99 needed to be looked at.
Fever is one of the most powerful defense mechanisms we have against disease and infection in our body. It is a common symptom in childhood, however in anyone less than 30 days old is not considered Normal !
In older children and adults, fever actually strengthens the immune system and can help to prevent susceptibility to other illnesses. If it were one of our older children, I would have reacted much differently & allowed the body to work with or without the help of meds.
We arrives at the ER, they ran many test and he was admitted . It was determined that he had a
( UTI ) Urinary tract infection, within the upper tract. The fever presented because the body way trying to fight the infection that had spread to his blood stream. We got the news in the middle of the night . The fact that is was in the blood stream was the scary part. The doctor told us that the infection spread quickly & the fever was the only thing that could have told us something was wrong . If we had of waited to bring him in we could have lost him.
Family Beds are important ! What would have happened if he was lying in a crib. At 3 am he was fine, happy & no fever. Two hours later, because he was sleeping near... it allowed us to react quickly !!!
Baby Z was started on IV antibiotics. (long story in itself) The antibiotic treated the infection. The fever was allowed to gradually go down by itself !! I opted not to give him Tylenol for the fever because the body was working & the fever was getting increasingly lower !!
They were treating the cause NOT the symptom...
After 8 days in the hospital...
Baby Z is doing well. The fever is gone & the test all came back with good results. It is not known how he got a UTI. It is not a common thing for boys, but it does happen. It was NOT, because he is not circumcised as some wanted to speculate !!! Just one of those things.
Being well informed helped our family through a week of hospitalization.my Hubby is a Chiropractor & I was trained as a Chiropractor, so this does give us knowledge to and extent . The Key is ask questions stick to what you believe, but be willing to see both sides. Be an educated consumer.
We follow the natural rhythm of the body & let it tell us what it needs. We are not against medicine we are against the overuse of it. This time it was needed and gladly accepted.
Natural Healing & living is my passion...I do what I can and continue to educate myself. ..
As a Chiropractor , my husband can adjust the body to help a fever go down quickly, but his job is to assist the immune system by keeping the nervous system clear therefore to allow the body to work .
Thank you for all your Positive loving energy and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me !!
Love & Bright Blessings
Pirate Ladyeagle
