{"id":18790,"date":"2020-04-29T06:36:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T10:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=18790"},"modified":"2026-09-10T12:13:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T16:13:36","slug":"accidentally-died-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/accidentally-died-near-a-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Died Accidentally"},"content":{"rendered":"

My friend had allergies like I do and died accidentally due to a simple mistake.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"accidentally<\/p>\n

My friend was still \u201cyoung\u201d like me, in her fifties.<\/p>\n

A brilliant woman, she had a lot going for her. Well-educated, she had gotten her M.D. and studied natural medicine.<\/p>\n

One day she developed a bad headache that she attributed to her allergies. Although she treated it with a sinus rinse and other natural supplements, it got worse. After putting up with it for a week, she went to the emergency room. After taking images of her brain, the emergency room doctor transferred her via life flight to an intensive care unit over two hours away.<\/p>\n

She had what appeared to be an infection in her brain. Sadly, although the intensive care unit did its best to save her, it couldn\u2019t. My friend died six days after her hospital admission and thirteen days after the onset of her headache.<\/p>\n

The autopsy determined that my friend died due to an infection in her brain.<\/p>\n

What had caused this terminal condition?<\/h4>\n

Although my friend was educated and knew how to take care of herself, the probable cause of her death was a simple instruction she had accidentally ignored.<\/p>\n

The box for every sinus rinse has, among others, a warning like this one from my Neil Med Sinus rinse:<\/p>\n

Do not use with tap water. Use only with previously boiled, distilled, water or distilled, commercially-prepared bottled or micro-filtered (through .2 micron) water.<\/p>\n

Why was this the most likely culprit in my friend\u2019s death? She used tap water instead of distilled water to rinse her sinuses.<\/p>\n

According to the US Food and Drug Administration, \u201ctap water isn\u2019t safe for use with a nasal rinse because it isn\u2019t adequately filtered or treated. Some tap water contains low levels or organisms \u2013such as bacteria and protozoa, including amoebas\u2014that may be safe to swallow because stomach acid kills them. But, in your nose, these organisms stay alive in nasal passages and cause potentially serious infections.\u201d<\/p>\n

My friend was healthy other than a few allergies, and her brain infection most likely resulted from bacteria in the water she mixed with saline to cope with her sinus problems.<\/p>\n

Rest in peace, my friend. You didn\u2019t die accidentally in vain. I am telling your story to the world to warn others to avoid the mistake you innocently made.<\/p>\n

Parents, if you use a sinus rinse to help your child with allergies, please invest in a one dollar gallon of distilled water first.<\/p>\n

Please don\u2019t allow yourself or your child<\/h4>\n

to suffer a serious illness or death due to a simple mistake.<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Let the\u00a0encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n

soar like an\u00a0eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dear New Four-Legged Friend,<\/h4>\n

What else can you do for allergies?<\/a><\/h4>\n

Safe, natural ways to heal the your body.<\/a><\/h4>\n

Please help me by remembering this post…\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Enjoy BJ\u2019s\u00a0encouraging words<\/a><\/h4>\n

on\u00a0near a river<\/a>!<\/h4>\n

BJ\u2019s\u00a0encouraging<\/a>\u00a0eagle<\/a><\/h4>\n

Near\u00a0a River<\/u><\/a><\/h4>\n

common core<\/h4>\n

reading book\u00a0<\/a>for\u00a0children<\/a><\/h4>\n

is available on<\/h4>\n

Amazon.com<\/a><\/h4>\n

and\u00a0Barnesandnoble.com.<\/h4>\n

Buy BJ\u2019s\u00a0Near\u00a0a River<\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/a><\/h4>\n

eagle\u00a0<\/a>reading book<\/a><\/h4>\n

for\u00a0children<\/a><\/h4>\n

you care about today!<\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

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