The key words there are appeared better, meaning that the mother halted the treatment once the child was no longer symptomatic. Assuming that the author of the

The key words there are appeared better, meaning that the mother halted the treatment once the child was no longer symptomatic. Assuming that the author of the parent comment is from the US or EU then the amoxicillin would have been prescribed. If the course of treatment was carried out then there would not have been any amoxicillin left over.