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Feeding a 2 year old
Food and Nutrition
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I am struggling with getting my 2 year old to try new foods. Her appetite is varying so much from day to day, and I'm not sure if it's due to her teething, or growing a mind of her own. Any tips about how to increase the good things she's eating and pack in the calories in just a few mouthfuls on ...

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I am trying to find some inspiration for a team shirt for this year, again. Each year...same story. =( I am not creative, but LOVE, LOVE having shirts for our team. There is nothing like seeing a sea of (color of the year) shirts and knowing that these are the friends and family that have loved y...

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I am supposed to start a long round of antibiotics this Wednesday. It was suggested that I be on a 4-6 week course of Meropenum and one other abx.. This is different for me in two ways. First, I usually only do IV's for 2 weeks and secondly, I have never had Meropenum. I know it is commonly used...

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Great Strides.
Fundraising
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Me and my family want to do the Great strides walk.. I live in a small town in north west Louisiana.. The closest walk is in Hammond. Which is like 9 hours away!! So I was wondering. Is there any way I could have my own walk in my home town?? Or do you have to go to the places where alot of differen...

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Vest machine
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I've heard about vest machine, but I don´t know what it is. I think we don´t have it here, in Spain. Could someone explain what it is? and what is it for? Is it like cr60(what I do) or eflow, i-neb? I think US treatment and Spanish treatment are a bit different.

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Has anyone been using the Live2Thrive Program?? We used it last week for the first time to re-fill my daughters prescription, and we encountered a problem. Appears there is a limit of 500 enzymes per month!! I feel my 2 year old is on a pretty "low" dose - 3 w/ meals, 2 w/ snacks (Zenpep 5,000), ...

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a few months ago i got a port. what i am wondering is at what point do u decide u need iv antibiotics if u arent feeling good and have a fever. i woke up today feeling bad. with a fevr ranging from 100.5 to 101.8 would anyone who regularly does iv antibiotics decide at this point they need a course...

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I've cultured pseudomonas for as long as I can remember. I've had my frequent infections. And I have had swollen lymph nodes for a while now. I've had my doctors check them out, and they think it's fine, but me being me, I'm freaking out and assuming that I have cancer (typical me...since that's my ...

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We recently received a new Trio after the other one we had died. We've only had the new one for a couple of months. At first, it worked fine. Now, when you put the piece with the metal prongs into the blue handset, one of the metal buttons on the handset goes back into the handset and doesn't connec...

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Just saw this online. Has anyone used a oregano nasal spray

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