My daughter, broke her femur at the neck, a terrible break, completely 
dislocated, with three pins to fix it and a less than 10% chance of 
complete healing with her being able to walk again without benefit of 
cane/walker,etc., with possible side effects being the death of the head 
of the femur, the bone not healing properly, and as the fracture took 
place on the growth plate, the bone not growing any more... As she was 9 
at the time, this would have been rather serious.  She drank fresh donor 
milk from a friend, and I used frozen to make pudding, and used it in 
cooking for her.  I felt the calcium in breastmilk was so digestible 
when compared to all other forms of calcium, including green vegies, and 
supplements, that it was worth asking friends for extra milk.  2 1/2 
years later Alexx is again playing soccer, walking, running, and doing 
very well.  She is not 100%, but she is 99.9%, which is good considering 
the significance of the fracture, and the fact they cut through muscle 
to fix the bone, and the muscle had to heal, and that she didn't walk 
for 3-4 months, and had to learn to walk again from scratch, pretty 
much.  I do very much credit breastmilk, along with a lot of other 
things (including some alternative treatments, and a darn good surgeon), 
for her complete recovery.

I've known breastmilk to be used in case of colitis and also in cases of 
cancer and AIDS.

Joylyn

Laura Herron wrote:

>I am a nursing student at Ivy Tech.  While researching information for my previous post about the use of donor milk in hospitals, I came across some other interesting facts about donoted milk that I was not aware of.  I knew that breast milk was being used to for the health benefits of infants, however, I was not aware of its use for the health benefits of others.  Author Mary Rose Tully, MPH, IBCLC, indicates in the Journal of Human Lactation that donor breast milk is also used occasionally in the treatment of illnesses in older children and adults.  I found on one website http://www.breastfeeding.com that donor breast milk was being used for adults who have undergone liver transplants.  Have you seen donor breast milk being used for older children and adults?  What reasons have you seen it used for in these circumstances and has it proven to be beneficial?
>
>Again, all responses would be appreciated.
>Sincerely, 
>Laura Herron, ITSN
>
>References:
>Banking on breastmilk (2007) Retrieved on September 17, 2007 from http://www.breastfeeding.com/all_about/all_about_milk_banks.html
>
>Tully, M. MPH, IBCLC. (2002) Recipient Prioritization and Use of Human Milk in Hospital Setting.  Journal of Human Lactation, Vol.18, No.     4, (393-396).  Retrieved September 17, 2007 from http://jhl.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/18/4/393
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