The Year of the CROUP!

This last winter was

Intense.

The kids both had croup

twice!

I had never even

experienced

croup before

besides with

Anne, in Anne of Green Gables

When she gave ipecac!

If you have never experienced Croup

Be grateful.

I was sleeping

and could all of a sudden hear Zella

breathing.

Then the cough started

a grouling cough that

you can not mistaken.

It sounds like a seal bark

very high pitched.

I got up because I could tell she was having a hard time

breathing.

I grabbed her and went to the bathroom

turned on the hot shower and steamed the room.

It helped mildly.

I called or Zack to take her.

It was the middle of the night and

I was in a stupor of thought.

I couldn't think of what to do for her.

If I couldn't find anything to help or

if her cough or breathing got any worse

I was more than ready to take her

to the hospital.

SO

I pulled up my computer and

pulled up

http://www.herballegacy.com/Croup.html

It finally hit me

DUH!

The Onion Syrup

and

Onion Poultice!

I started on the Poultice.....

(Where you bake the onions for 20 min at 225 degrees click if you don't remember how to make it!)

While that is in the oven

I start on the Onion and Honey syrup.

I should simmer for about a hour but considering the case

I shortened the time to 45 min.

When the onions in the oven were done

I placed some olive oil on her chest then place the luke warm

onions down.

Then place a white cotton cloth on top to hold them

then wrapped a nice long scarf around her.

When the Onion Syrup was done

I let it cool but while its still warm

I give her 2 tsp of it.

Less than a minute later her breathing

Changed!

her cough was now moving

meaning instead of the cough

being dry and raspy

you could hear the mucus in

her throat moving!

That is a good sign!

Dry coughs to me are scary.

You need to get them moving

keeping the throat moist

is very important.

That is why this Syrup is so great.

The combinations of the honey and the onions

pull the mucus out and

get things moving.

Then with the Onion Poultice

it pulls and prevents the mucus from getting

into the lungs!!

so together these are amazing!

I continued for the rest of the night to give her

the syrup every hour

Amazingly by morning it was as if nothing happened to her

in the stressful night!

I was just exhausted!

Then a couple weeks later

Enzo went though the exact thing

But that time I was Ready!