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For Parents - Question Each Vaccination

Mon, 05/14/2007 - 16:05
Within 12 Hours of getting vaccinated with Prevnar my Child suffered his first stroke after that Vaccination - today 2 months after that incident my son has gone thru 4 Strokes 2 of which came today with one of the lasting for 90 Mins. There are already growth challenges that we have started noticing on him he is 8 months and struggles to even sit straight, has not started crawling yet. I am writing today with the hope that your knowledge can help me understand whats going on inside my baby's brain. My Son (Tacsh) is now 8 months and 15 days old, my wife conceived twins during the early stages of pregnency but she is suffering from a kidney disorder called Nephrotic Syndrome (Kidneys starts leaking proteins which is very vital for health) and the Gyno suggested that if she continues with twins its going to jeprodise the health and maybe life of her and the babies so we were asked to drop one of the 2 - it was one of the toughest times in our life when we did that. Our son was born last September (06) and was normal and fine just like any other baby. It was Prevnar that triggred a series of Strokes for him, today he had the longest seizure so far it lasted for 1 & 1/2 Hours, he turned blue. Prevnar made by Wyeth labs is supposed to ensure that the child never falls prey to brain fever, meningitis all brain related disorders but look at the irony that vaccination has turned his and our life upside down. Its been 2 months now and he has had 4 strokes till date (including todays). When i did some research on the Vaccination some of the most horrible stuff i got to read about it - on a average in US alone some 300 child die for every 10000 vaccinations and thats an alarming signal - i wonder what made FDA regulate such a medicine - its also reported that they use Potasium Cynide to manufacture this drug. We did all test possible to figure out whats going on - his skin biopsy was normal - CT Scan was normal even the EEG reports are normal but he is still getting Seizures, we have already started to notice growth delays on him. Its really painful to watch your child go thru all this. He has not yet started living and these seizures are destroying his brain, at least if it happens to an adult he/she knows that it can be cured or there is medicine and stuff like that but what about a child he/she will think that this is all life is may be. I have spoken to people who have gone thru seizures and trust me thats one of the most horrible experiences one can go thru personally medically its just some neurons that are jumping around but the individual in those seconds or minutes almost visits hells and comes back, their mind is their biggest enemy is what everyone says, fear for no reason sits on to your head - you hallucinate - my baby stares at one particular location i never took it so seriously whenever i noticed but after speaking to people who have gone thru this, they say that when a kid who can barely talk who cannot differentiate between good or bad goes thru all this its one of the most dangerous times in their lives, cause it has the maximum chances to drive them mad, when they stare at on location they dont see what they are staring at they see something totally different they hear something totally different its like they are awake and still not around they go to a totally different world altogether. What future will that poor soul would have, he cannot even understand whats happening to him and to make it worse he is so young that he cannot talk and explain whats going on. I wish i get some help and support in understanding whats going on inside my childs head and what the future holds for all of us. References - http://www.whale.to/v/prevnar.htm http://www.whale.to/vaccines/prevnar333.html http://www.homeschoolviews.com/articles/feature/vaccine3.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6234590/ http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/prevnar_wcp.htm Blessed Be / Amit Second Opinion sought for the Treatment & the Result - We recently consulted with another Neurologist and the results are shocking - when it started for my kid the hospital where he was admitted did a complete test like - CT Scan, LP Test, EEG and all was normal, at least thats what they understood but when i asked another doc for a second opinion directly looking at the same CT Scan report he said that how can the hospital say that its normal its clearly visible in the same report that there is something wrong. The problem was that the babys brain is growing at a very rapid speed and the skull should also grow accrodingly and thats what was going wrong with my baby his skull was small. This happens due to Calcium Deficiency. There are other deficiency that lead to strokes as well like Omega 3 acid deficiency or Vitamin B6 so make sure that your child is getting nutrition and lots of carbohydrates. Thats the reason why they check the head circumference whenever we go for a checkup - the first 6 months it should grow around 1 cms every month thereafter it should grow at 0.5 cms every month and my babys head was 2 cms short and thats what was creating the problem and the neurons were getting disturbed due to that. Its like having a short circuit in the brain. Just wanted you to know if this helps you in any way cause i am going thru the same in my life and we as a parent can only understand the pain what our children is going thru if we dont do anything no one will for a hospital or doctor we are just another patient like another customer to a grocery store but for us our children are our lives they have a future and we have to ensure that future. Blessed Be / Amit

Comments

Re: Vaccination turned my child from a healthy boy to EPILEPTIC

Submitted by carter on Tue, 2007-05-15 - 10:15
Hello I just wanted to tell you how sorry I am for your son. I have been going through the same thing with my little boy. He started with his seizures at 4 months of age. That morning he recieved his vaccines and that night was his first seizure. It has been a horrible ride so far I hope it gets better. Some days I think it is just getting worse. I hope everything goes well with you son and family. Stay strong my prayers are with you.

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Submitted by toamitraj on Wed, 2007-05-16 - 05:52
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Re: Vaccination turned my child from a healthy boy to EPILEPTIC

Submitted by bradysmom07 on Tue, 2007-05-15 - 11:49
I'm so sorry about your son. You are not alone. My son Brady, now 22 months, developed seizures the morning after his 6 month shots. At 8 months he was diagnosed with epilepsy and neither his neuro or his pediatrician think it has any thing to do with the immunizations. Since I have done some research and I have yet to give Brady any more immunizations. The fear of more big seizures scares me. Brady has been in ICU 4 times in the last year, he's mostly controlled on meds, but when he gets sick the meds don't seem to work. Have they started your baby on meds? I will pray for your family, keep in touch.

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