NeeNee's Visit To the Vegmom Spa 2012 Continued

I posted a few days ago about my Mom (aka NeeNee) coming to visit and her willingness to let me "fix" her!

You can read that post here

My Mom is an amazing caregiver.  She tends to take care of everyone but herself, so when she comes to visit, we like to make her trip as restful, non-toxic and enjoyable as possible.  This time, when she showed up, there was a cold being fought in her head, arthritis in all of her joints, and a nerve thing in her ankle (which we would discover later)

Here is another similar post from 2010

The difference of the Vegmom Spa in 2012 vs. 2010 is that I'm now going to school for Wellness Coaching.   I was able to speak in a much more educated manner to my Mom's questions as well as take a different approach to teaching.  Yes, she was my test subject.  *smile*  Especially since on day one she asked for my help.  

This was an open door for me to insert all of the goodness I could possibly find and make the NeeNee feel better.   I also wanted to show her how easy it could be to feel good without huge effort. I wanted to offer cost saving tips, cooking tips, and shortcuts so that she could easily do this at home when she left our Spa.

She gave me permission to share her thoughts, so you will see them inserted through out this week's series of posts.

My first order of business was to get rid of her sniffles so she could enjoy the rest of her trip.  Insert Garlic Capsules to dry her up.  This worked almost immediately by the way.  She even decided to nix her over the counter meds that she purchased because the Garlic worked so well.

She said "If you can fix me naturally, then I'm not going to take that other stuff"

We continued with Sniffles drops to unclog, Elderberry Syrup to fight the viral stuff,  Cold Care Tea to drink,  and a mixture of herbal tea (to share later), lots of rest, lots of water, and lots of this:

And this:

And this:

Spicy, creamy, soup is so awesome for comfort food and to get those sinuses draining. 

And this:

Pretty sure we went through 12 heads of romaine lettuce while she was here!

NeeNee was such a good patient/student.  She asked lots of great questions.  Even took notes!

By day 2, her sniffles were completely gone... I sent her home with a care package of the herbal items listed above as well as a bottle of garlic so she can do the same thing at home if/when the sniffles ever come back to get her.  That bad bug didn't settle in her chest or anything, it just went away as fast as it arrived!

I tell ya.. Sick Bugs are NOT welcome in this house and she saw that first hand!

Next up.. How did NeeNee handle a completely Veg Life experience?