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Is there a doctor in the house!?! | Verna Smoker
Seven years ago if any one in  our family got sick I would feel rather helpless. Perhaps a call to the doctor or a visit to urgent care…most likely some chest rub from CVS, and cough medicine to the rescue. But today it’s different in our home. 

Today I can say I literally have several shelves of doctors at my disposal. At least that’s what it feels like. 

Several month ago my hubby and I both had Covid as did several of our adult kids. I prayed and hoped we would be spared as many around us were very sick and landed up in the hospital. Several acquaintances passed away and it was scary to me thinking about my hubby getting the virus since he has a history of heart disease and heart attacks. 

But I’m happy to report we all got through it, some fared better then others and a few who were really sick to the point of… scary. But here’s what I found the past seven years. I found out that we basically have what we need. Remember all the doctors on my shelf? 

Here are a few things that made a huge difference in our recovery. We drank a ton of Ningxia Red, doubled and tripled up on it. In fact one day I drank the entire bottle and wow! After being extremely weak and tired for days, it’s what started me regaining my strength back. 

I had a nebulizer on hand if we needed and we took our oxygen levels and checked our temperature each day. 
We used a lot of the tree oils such as sacred mountain, cedar wood, northern light blue spruce, Pine, etc. we made sure we stayed hydrated and added extra lemon in our water to aid with detox. We took at least 50 mil of Zinc, beefed up on super C, and plenty of vitamin D. 

We were very thankful to have had extra bottles of Inner Defense supplements stocked up. Talk about the real bomb! Ask me about inner defense . I do not want to be without it ever!

Sleep, sleep, sleep… so very important.
The diffusers were going 24/7 in the main living areas and in the bedrooms. I added oils to support respiratory systems and oils that would give us a good sound night of sleep. Lavender and Cedarwood oils are some of my favorites for a deep sleep. 

Oh, another good tip for a good night of sleep is applying a few drop of Rutavala oil. 
It is helpful  for relaxation and to unwind before bed time; sleep support, ease stress, re-balancing emotions. Supports a healthy nervous system. Soothes stressed nerves. Order here; https://www.youngliving.com/us/en/referral/ item #4471

I also added the lemon and grapefruit (recipe below) to our daily regimen. 
TAKE THE RIND OF 2-3  LEMONS,  2-3 GRAPEFRUITS. TAKE THE PEEL ONLY AND COVER IT WITH WATER ABOUT 3 INCHES ABOVE THE PEELS.PUT A GLASS LID ON YOUR POT IF YOU HAVE ONE, A METAL ONE IS FINE IF YOU DON'T.

 LET IT SIMMER FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS. DO NOT TAKE THE LID OFF OF THE POT TILL IT COOLS COMPLETELY AS THIS WILL ALLOW THE QUININE TO ESCAPE IN THE STEAM.

SWEETEN THE TEA WITH HONEY OR SUGAR SINCE IT WILL BE BITTER. TAKE 1 TABLESPOON EVERY COUPLE OF HOURS TO BRING UP THE PHLEGM FROM YOUR LUNGS. DISCONTINUE AS SOON AS YOU GET BETTER. 



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Verna Smoker
Young Living Support





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Meet Verna Smoker

 

The moment we heard the doctor say…


“ITS A BOY”


My husband and I were over the top excited with the birth of our second child.


Those words were music to our ears, UNTIL the music was drowned out by, “Your baby boy has a birth defect, your son is born with spina bifida”. The next few days were a blur of emotions. I was scared, really scared.


I was 22 years old. We were young parents. This was not suppose to happen!


We were told that our baby would need a shunt placed in the ventricles of his brain to relieve the pressure of the spinal fluid on his brain, better known as, hydrocephalus. This was all so foreign and terrifying. Surgery after surgery became our baby’s life.


FEAR, SADNESS, ANGER, DISAPPOINTMENT, GUILT and BLAME on MYSELF became part of my world. Would our baby boy have brain damage? Would he walk? Let alone…live?

Surgeries and long hospital stays all took a toll on my emotional well being.


Instead of being raw and vulnerable with my feelings, I buried them. I was “Super Mom” (or at least that’s what I thought). I learned to wear a mask and I was good at it. I looked the part and I acted the part because I was “Super Mom”. 


However, I pushed my feelings down DEEPI pretended they were not there. This way I DID NOT NEED TO FEEL so deeply. It took awhile to notice, years to be exact, but I was slowly losing control of my emotions. My stress was going through the roof. Panic attacks and depression became real in my life.


Years passed.... 


At the age of 23, our son developed a brain infection which caused him to have colonic status seizures (you know, the kind that do not stop except through medicinal interventions). TERRIFYING to watch!

To top it all off, my husband survived a heart attack (thankfully he is doing well), my mom died of breast cancer, and a few years later my dad died of bladder cancer.


All of this added even MORE STRESS and WORRY.


By Gods grace, and because of our deep faith in HIM, we have and continue to weather the storms. 


Because of the RESEARCH I've done, today, WE DO LIFE differently. We’ve discovered ways to implement and make changes that support our IMMUNE SYSTEMS as well as our EMOTIONAL and BRAIN health. We’ve made changes in the amount of TOXINS that we surround ourselves with. We have become more aware of how “toxic exposure” has an affect on the internal structure of our brain and can trigger both short and long term effects. 


I’ve also found ways to manage my stress level. Those terrifying panic attacks no longer torment me. We have  found the tools we need to live our BEST LIFE, and for that, I am grateful. 


It's our life, and though there are parts of it that we continue to look for solutions in, we will continue to move forward. 


LIFE IS A JOURNEY, and it is BEAUTIFUL. 


If any part of my story connects with your own story I would love to chat and connect with you.



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