I hear the warrnings and cautions about UTIs, and can understand where that's coming from. It's definitely valid to stay aware of kidney health and not ignore serious symptoms that could lead to death.

I feel confused though, because I didn't hear about any fever, back pain, or serious symptoms flaring up. I thought I heard Amanda saying her strategies were making her daughter feel better.

I think making an issue too complicated, with advice or with herbs or with anxiety, can worsen a health situation.

As someone who had years of chronic bladder infections worsened by medical care and antibiotics, I hope you will hear me too. I would be concerned to prematurely usurp or weaken my child's immune system before medical intervention is warranted. I'm not saying it's easy to know where that line is. It took me a long time to realize that I was going to have to accept some bladder pain and discomfort in order to heal it, when antibiotics wouldn't. This discomfort took a few years. It seemed like my body had to "work through" it, if that makes any sense. I felt more safe than concerned, though, because the infections got less severe each time when I started treating them with diet and herbs. If they had gotten worse (increased blood and back pain and fever), I would have reached out and gotten more support.

I think it's tempting to feel the need to keep researching and keep adding things on when we get anxious, but sometimes that can override seeing tiny improvements right in front of us. I don't think our bodies need a lot to heal themselves, in most cases. Especially with kids. But it often takes more time than we're willing to bear sitting with illness.

I know there's a whole spectrum of where we stand, as it should be, so I'm not invalidating those of you who would never treat such an issue on your own, but I wanted to suppport what Amanda was already doing that felt right to her. It sounded wise and it sounded like it was helping.