When a Bad Bug Hits a Child

Been here in a hospital for the past couple of days now to care for my sick kid.  Apparently, he caught a bug which felled him down pretty badly that the doctors could not determine what was the bug that bit him.  He was tested for dengue, typhoid, pneumonia... all negative  -  and much to my joy!  But it has been one roller coaster of a week for hubby and I, in which my kid's yaya showed tremendous support and courage.

For the past 5 days, I have been at my kid's beck and call, save for the time that I had to go to the office and get a few tawa-tawa plant from our office parking lot.  For foreigners are Filipinos not familiar with this lowly plant, this grass is what I simply call dahong ligaw because it practically grows anywhere.  It's a kind of weed you'd want to pluck from your garden because it grows fast and a lot.  This weed happens to be a lifesaver at a time when we were fearing that my kid had dengue.

So, I googled how to prepare the tea for my son.  I have read a lot of testimonies about it.  And hey, if it was safe for them, it will definitely be safe for my boy, right?  I've got nothing to lose.  I let my kid's Ate Jenny brew the whole plant including the roots after thorough cleaning.  Somehow, this has boosted my son's platelet when it was dropping very low.  But more than that, I attribute my son's recovery to a miracle I will talk about some other time.  I truly believe it's healing properties, and this has been attested by a lot of dengue patients already.  Of course, my son was never positive for dengue but the fact that the tawa-tawa greatly improved my son's platelet is sufficient for me to that this plant is truly recommendable.

Too bad, the medical profession will never say anything positive about it, until it gets "discovered" abroad like the equally effective coconut oil.

When will the government ever learn to support valuable finds like these?