https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 26 Jun 2026 13:11:40 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-right-before-a-huge-trip#post-500160 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:38:25 +0000 StbHisMrs 500160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There's a nasty cold going around my area that lasts for 3 weeks, someone told me their daughter started catching it and took echinacea with goldenseal in it and it went away. I've heard that before about goldenseal, might be worth a try! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-right-before-a-huge-trip#post-500041 Sat, 12 Jan 2013 09:29:41 +0000 erwoo 500041@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Bao: @T-Mom: @mrs. wagon: Thanks for all the well wishes! I went to my doctor's sick clinic yesterday and they confirmed that I just have a really bad cold. Whew! No strep, bronchitis (still keeping fingers crossed on that), or flu. I still feel pretty crappy but hopefully the worst of it will have passed by the time we leave. Hopefully! She did suggest to take Zinc and Probiotics but it would only help a little. Hey, better than nothing! She said if taken right at the first sign of illness it would shorten the life of the cold. I've heard about zinc but never thought about taking it until you mamas mentioned it! Thanks again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-right-before-a-huge-trip#post-496148 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:21:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 496148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: yuck :( good luck at the doc's and I Hope it's not the flu. Even if it is, you can probably get over it in time for your trip. Just don't do anything else (can you send your dog to the groomer's this one time?), rest and eat lots of zinc and vitamin c and hydrate as much as possible and you can at least shorten the duration of the illness! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-right-before-a-huge-trip#post-496133 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:19:54 +0000 T-Mom 496133@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Man that's terrible!!! Hope you feel better soon. Maybe try some zinc to try and shorten it? Not sure that works if it's the flu. Also maybe feed your LO some oranges for vitamin c to try and stave it off? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-right-before-a-huge-trip#post-496124 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:19:35 +0000 Bao 496124@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@erwoo: aww I hope you feel better and no one else ends up sick. Get as much rest as you can!...interesting about the onions, I've never heard of that before. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/sick-right-before-a-huge-trip#post-496083 Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:14:20 +0000 erwoo 496083@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're leaving for a huge trip in a little over a week with my two boys alone with a 24hour travel time from airport to airport and I'm sick. I hope I don't have the flu bc I know it's really bad this year. I opted not to get the flu shot but maybe I should have. I haven't gotten one in forever. But ppl getting the flu shot are getting sick so maybe its not working? I don't know. Anyway, my body aches, head hurts, 100 fever, and sore throat. Yuck. I'm going to go to my drs offices sick clinic super early tomorrow to see what it is that I have. Keeping my fingers crossed that my two boys don't catch it, but I did feed my LO out of my chopsticks yesterday. Wah... I want to cry bc I still need to finish up packing and groom my dogs hair short this weekend and that's a lot of work that only I can do but I just want to curl up and sleep. I put onions in all our rooms in hopes no one else gets sick. Wah, I just whining... </p>