Re: Need to get rid of cold quick!!! Any ideas?

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> Hi everyone, I need help again. My younger son,

> Tyler (2) is scheduled to have surgery next Tuesday

> (25th) and yesterday he started coming down with a

> cold. Today he has a runny nose and a fever. If he

> isnt better by next week they wont do the surgery and

> it has already been put off for a couple of months due

> to other problems and I have daycare kids starting on

> October 1st. Does anyone have any suggestions for

> helping a cold move along faster? I know this is an

> odd request, but I am panicking.

I have heard good things about vitamin C, plus the general

recommendation of bed rest and frequent nose blowing and hand

washing.

I would recommend that if your child is not 100% over the cold, that

you postpone the surgery. I know that is not a good thing for you to

consider, because of the other issues and because the surgery has

already been postponed. But to me, it is similar to vaccines, you

don't want anything dramatic like surgery [or vaccines] to be

occurring unless your child's immune system is 100%.

Here is the ARI link about surgery and anesthesia, for your

information.

http://www.autism.com/ari/kirz.html

Dana