I think china will clear rest remaining complaints

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The dose of 2000 vit C was rather high for a child, although with such a high fever and not wanting any damage done due to the fever I understand why you gave such a high dose. If using homeopathic remedies usually high does of vitamins are not needed. Small frequent doses are better. Shocking the body with high doses of vitamins can stress the body more. Gentle healing is the way to go.

Children loose calcium in high fevers too. In the future always use a calcium supplemant along with Vit C. The calcium will also prevents the diaherria. The sore stomach may be due to the acid of the Vit C and possible aggravated by the the antiboitic.

Ester C is a good choice in Vit C because it is combined with the calcium, or calcium ascorbate if available is cheaper and also good.

I have found that often Aconite is a good remedy when fever starts suddenly with flushed face and lack of persiration.
If it was anxiety then the Gel might have worked better as stated.

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Thank you for your replies. (Very good to hear about the vitamin C with calcium for the future.)
Meanwhile, her tongue is lightly coated starting about halfway back. She craves room temperature drinks. She feels warm not hot. Doing much better although I have not given Ars Alb, China, or other yet. What do you think? Can it hurt to try? Which one at what dosage?

I have just given her arsenica album 200c to stop the diarhea so that she can do the show. She has to be better in an hour and a half or she just can't do it. If it doesn't work in an hour I'm tempted to use the aleopathic Kaopectate, but it has a "minty" flavor that may ruin whatever is working for her. What do yout think?

Dorothy,

I don't think she needs any more medicine. If she has to attend the show, China was a better alternative, but at the risk of affecting the remedy that was working. I'd prefer you did nothing! SO its difficult to advise you here.

Just see that she has enough of fluids and relax!

doctorleela

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The body has a marvelous way of healing itself. I agree with Dr. Leela that if you are treating the present symptoms brought on by over dosing with Vit C and antiboitic then it should have been left to resolve itself.

Give warm drinks now that you have given ars. Also ars 30 would have been sufficient. Do not repeat ars now as it is always advisable to change the potency when it is repeated. In this case you have already started high.

Hi Dorothy,

Keep us posted on what happens.

Parenting is not easy, and the main this is we try to do the best for our child. ITs always not possible to know what is right or wrong... so don't worry about it!

Warm regards,
doctorleela

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I was very worried about diarhea on stage and had a very eager performer here begging me to let her perform so I panicked, both in giving her the one dose of antibiotic on Friday (because of her very high fever and the fact her best friend had strep throat) and then again in giving her the arsenica album without clear dosage instructions because the pharmacy was out of China.

The Arsenica did not relieve the diarhea fast enough. We gave her a cherry flavored Kaopectate which did the job just in time for her to do her show.

She was very pleased, having worked 4 and 1/2 months on the part to get to perform it but she is exhausted now and was chilled throughout the play just as Dr.Leela suggested she would be. Her temperature is up to 102 again.

I think this is an example of bad parental thinking on my part. I should have stuck to a slow and proper treatment regardless of her time schedule. And, as in all things, I should have remembered less is more.

From now on I will be more slow and thoughtful about these situations. Thank you all for your replies and good wishes.

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Thank you all for your kind messages. Here is the situation as it stands this evening. My daughter's temperature fluctuated from a little below normal to a little above normal until this evening. It is now 102! She woke up happy but with controllable diahrea - brown water with a few chunks. I took her to a new pediatrician who is also a homeopathist. She put her on a diet of bananas, white rice, white toast, apple sauce and white chicken and suggested giving her Veratum Album 30c. If her diarhea does not subside, she advised giving her one more dose. If that still doesn't work she prescribed Gelsenium.

My 7 and 1/2 year old daughter has been making Valentines and playing with her 2 1/2 year old sister all day and having no complaints. She has been hungry, but doesn't eat much and thirsty but doesn't drink much.

I can not tell if this is related to performance anxiety or not. She has another 3 shows to do if she is up to it. The next is Wednesday evening. She doesn't seem nervous but shook a bit on stage possibly due to the Arsenica or because, as she said, she felt very cold. She was really pushing herself and I don't want that to happen again. What do you think?

Here I am with another "Kent says...." -just that I've been reading his Lectures on the MM lately- When a fever seems to be Belladonna, but the Bell doesn't work, consider Coffea. Bell is quiet and sullen, but Coffea is vocal about it all!

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