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As the seasons change, our immune systems must overcome a new set of variables to keep us healthy. Doctors can only do so much, and I firmly believe it is up to me to do the best I can to stay as healthy as I can.
The best way I know to stay healthy is to maintain and strengthen my immune system....
Q: What is RSV?
Respiratory syncytial virus, abbreviated RSV, is also known as human orthopneumovirus. One of the most common causes of severe respiratory illness in young children, RSV also causes hospitalizations and death in older adults with heart and lung problems.
Q: Is RSV the...
It’s nice to know how to make sauces like white sauce, cheese sauce, and gravy.
I’ll never forget the first time I actually considered gravy-making. I was seven, maybe eight years old, and Mom, now Grandma, was shopping for supplies and restocking the larders for winter a few towns away, leaving...
Q: When is the best time to get a flu shot?
The CDC recommends those aged 65 and older get vaccinated in September or October rather than earlier. There is no “late” cutoff; you can be vaccinated anytime during flu season.
Young children aged 6 months through 8 years getting the flu...
I visited Caren and Jake over the weekend and as I usually do when visiting, went to church with them on Sunday. They use old-fashioned hymnals and I like that. I am confident my kids started to recognize repeating patterns as their eyes followed my finger keeping track of the words we sang in...
Q: Every summer, my nose runs, and my eyes itch from my allergies. Which antihistamine is best?
When you come in contact with something you’re allergic to, your body releases histamine, which triggers a cascade of symptoms we associate with an allergic reaction: nasal congestion, runny nose, itchy...
This weekend Kat took me to her favorite u-pick orchard. She and I were heading home from shopping in town when she got a text from a friend; turned to me and asked, “Mom, would you like to pick some peaches on our way home? This is the first day they are open.” I nodded. I knew she’d been waiting...
In the evenings before heading to bed Grandpa prepares the coffee pot to make five cups of coffee in the morning: one cup for me and two cups each for him and Grandma. In the wee hours of the morning Grandma gets up; brews the coffee; drinks her two cups; pours the remaining three cups into Grandpa...
Grandma started making ginger snaps this morning before Grandpa and I got up. (She does her baking early in the day during the summer months so she’s not warming up the kitchen in the heat of the day.) Due to Grandpa and me it’s taken her two days to get the job done. She asked me three days ago to...
Grandma and I were preparing bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwiches for dinner when Grandpa came in. He took his place at the table like he does most evenings after working during the day around the place. This day had been more stressful than usual because the well ran dry and he’d spent all day...
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