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Pineapple and Having Teeth Pulled

A few months ago, my 19 year old daughter had to have her wisdom teeth pulled.

I had read that eating pineapple helped to bring about healing faster, plus cut way

down on blood lose caused from oral surgery.

Well, I pushed pineapple on this kid!

She ate canned pineapple everyday before her appointment.

Then she just drank the juice for a few days afterwards.

When she went back to the dentist 6 days later, the dentist couldn't believe how much

her mouth had healed. He kept looking at her mouth, then standing back saying how amazed he was. He said that the antibiotics had worked wonders. She told him that he never put her

on antibiotics. He was shocked and said he would write one right out!

I don't think so!!!!!

Well, she skipped the antibiotics altogther!

Today I took my four year old daughter to have a tooth removed.

I pushed the pineapple on her.

She didn't appreciate it, but was obedient.

On the way to the dentist, we stopped at the grocery store and bought a 69 cent can of

pineapple. (We had run out of it last night!)

I had her drink some of the juice on the way to her appointment.

After her tooth was pulled, she refused to bite on gauge.

The dentist was highly concerned and told  me that the bleeding wouldn't stop if she didn't

bite on the gauge.

I told her that I would take care of it.

When we got back out in the van, I told her to bite on the gauge to stop the bleeding.

She put the gauge in, but pulled it right back out.

"It's not bleeding," she said.

"What?!?"

I looked and it wasn't bleeding!

It didn't bleed anymore at all.

She came home and went outside sledding!!

We will never have oral surgery without pineapple again!

By the way, I don't think it matters if it's canned pineapple, fresh pineapple, or just the juice.

We have used it all!!

The Wonders of Epsom Salts

I discovered the wonders of Epsom Salts this past week.

Some of the kids had head congestion, sore throats, fever,

and general yuckiness.

I put the little ones into a little bath with Epsom Salts dissolved

in it.

The older kids soaked their feet in a pail of warm water and a cup

of Epsom Salts.

Within fifteen minutes, everyone was feeling better!

The fever left the little ones, and their noses quit running.

They were all smiles and ready to play.

The older kids were shocked that soaking their feet cleared

up their head colds.

Amazing, but true!!!