It states on the "fact sheet" given to me by my pediatrician, 6 out of 10,000 Children will seize from their vaccinations.  According to the government this is an acceptable amount. On this page, I would like to introduce them to you.

"Our beautiful son, Ryan, was born on June 1, 1993. He was 20 inches long and weighed 7 lbs., 2 oz. Right from the beginning, Ryan was extremely fussy. He didn't sleep...at all. The hospital Ryan was born in advocated 'rooming in' with your baby, but with Ryan, they made an exception. They knew I needed my rest and insisted that I not have Ryan in the room with me. I tried rooming-in with Ryan one of the two nights I was in the hospital, but he just cried and cried, so they took him away. Even then, I started wondering if something was wrong. He just wouldn't stop crying. I'm Rh-negative...and I'd had one shot of Rho-Gam while Ryan was still in utero and one shot after the birth. I'd also had a minor cat scratch while playing with my pet cat, and a nurse decided that I should 'play it on the safe side' and vaccinated me with a Tetanus booster. Little did I know that these two shots would cost our son dearly.

We brought Ryan home after two nights in the hospital. He wouldn't sleep unless we held him. He also cried horribly during his feedings. I had no breast milk and thus had to use an infant formula. As soon as I would start feeding Ryan, he would cry and arch his back. It was horrible. He was so hungry but yet he seemed so uncomfortable as he fed. After I called my mother and told her what was going on with Ryan, she explained my sister had the same thing happen to her children as well. She found out her children had severe milk allergies and switched their formulas to a soy milk based formula. We switched Ryan to a soy based formula and it worked. No more crying during his feedings...at least we had that problem solved.

Ryan also ran a low-grade fever his first week of life. Our pediatricians could find no reason as to why Ryan was running a fever. Luckily, the fever dissipated after one week, but we always wondered what caused it. I had no way of knowing he was then reacting to his first Hepatitis B vaccine, which was administered to him at 12 hours of age.

Ryan seemed to be progressing well. We took him for his first well-baby check-up. He had his first round of shots. I was horrified to see Ryan immediately fall into a very deep sleep right after his round of shots. He was sleeping before I left the pediatrician's office and proceeded to sleep for the next day and a half. I couldn't awaken him for a feeding, nor for a diaper change. This somnolence bothered me...after all, this was an infant that, by nature, didn't sleep much, and yet I now had an infant that I couldn't awaken for over a day. I was terrified something was really wrong but yet, our pediatrician told me this was a normal reaction to his vaccines and pooh-poohed my motherly instincts.

Ryan went in for his two month checkup. Another round of shots with the same results...complete somnolence, only for a longer length of time. He was also extremely fussy and wouldn't eat much. Finally, he seemed to perk up and all was well, until the fourth month check-up. Another round of shots (the whole cell Pertussis component of the dpt vaccine was still being used at this time), with the same exact results...complete somnolence. Ryan was, again, passed out in my arms before I exited the pediatrician's office.

Within 12 hours of Ryan's vaccines, he awakened from complete somnalence to a high-pitched scream. I will never, ever forget that. Nothing could console him. My husband paced with him, back and forth, nothing comforted Ryan. He took his little fists and banged them into his forehead. He lurched forward in my husband's arms and banged his little head on Jeff's chest...it was apparent to both my husband and I that Ryan had one terrific headache. I called our pediatrician's office in an absolute state of panic. He asked that I hold out the phone so that he could listen to Ryan. I did so...and when I got back on the phone, the pediatrician was extremely quiet. He asked that I give Ryan more Tylenol and if Ryan didn't stop screaming in 15 minutes, to bring him into the office. Thankfully, Ryan quieted down.

I knew as a mother that SOMETHING was wrong with our son...and something was dreadfully wrong with him every time we had him vaccinated. He would seem to recover after each episode, but then the next round of shots, the somnolence would start all over again, only now he was experiencing something far worse.

We started digging...we researched material at the medical library and at my husband's law firm. We read and read anything we could get our hands on. Then, by chance, I heard about Barbara Loe Fisher's book, "DPT - A Shot In The Dark." When I sat down and started reading this book, I cried. Ryan was in that book! All of his reactions...everything. The milk allergies, the somnolence, the high-pitched screaming. It was all in there. My God, I thought...what have we done to our son? I'd been 35 years old when I had Ryan. I wanted this baby more than anything else in the world. I was SO CAREFUL before I even became pregnant. I'd had a complete physical, I was in great shape. I started taking prenatal tablets before I conceived...I did everything I was supposed to do. I wanted to have a healthy baby.

After our son was born, I did everything my pediatricians told me to do. But yet, our son seemed so sickly. He was always sick after he had his round of vaccines. I had already been warned about vaccines from a friend of mine. But this was when I was still single. By the time I'd met my husband and became pregnant, I was too swayed by the medical establishment that vaccines were THE best way to prevent disease...little did I know what they would do to our son.

We decided to quit vaccinating Ryan at the age of six months. The pediatrician fully acknowledged that Ryan's last reaction was a severe reaction to a vaccine. He determined that Ryan's reaction was to the pertussis component of the dpt vaccine and wouldn't allow Ryan to have any more dpt shots. When I asked him how he KNEW that it was the pertussis that Ryan had reacted to, he replied that this was the more 'reactive' of the components in any of the vaccines Ryan had had. But I was still uneasy...and I STILL allowed this pediatrician to give Ryan one more shot...a DT shot. Ryan didn't experience the high-pitched screaming, but the somnolence reared its ugly head all over again.

After I read "DPT - A Shot In The Dark," I knew in my heart that Ryan was reacting to each and every vaccine he'd been given. In fact, the more I researched, the more I realized, with absolute dread and horror, that Ryan had already been exposed to vaccines while in utero and was subjected to more vaccines before he was even 24 hours old. My poor baby was reacting to the vaccines he'd been bombarded with and for some reason, he wasn't able to tolerate them. I felt terrible, terrible guilt over what had happened to our son. I struggled with this guilt for many years to come.

Ryan is now, thankfully, a healthy, happy 11 year old boy. He has severe learning disorder issues and is developmentally delayed in some areas, but we are starting to see some improvement. He's under the care of a homeopathic physician as well as a mainstream pediatrician, who, by the way, fully endorses our decision to not vaccinate Ryan any further.

We share Ryan's story in the hopes that this won't happen to anyone else's child. It could have been worse...our son could have died. That may have been the outcome, if I hadn't listened to my instincts.

Sincerely,

Kim Ii
Blackhawk, California

I have a beautiful 3 year old Daughter, She had her Hep b at birth and then developed a fever on the day We took her for Her two month shots so We put them off. Upon our return to the health dept she was injected 4 times, Two shots in each leg, She reacted almost immediately with a high fever, shakes and becoming listless. When We called the health dept. and her pediatrician They told us that she would be fine, We realized that We would never allow Them to do another "double" immunization again. The next round of shots were the "normal" amount of shots but she again reacted with a fever.

We again called the health dept and pediatrician and were told Tylenol The last set of immunizations We gave her were at 12 months, after the shots She again reacted like she had when she had received the huge dose She had a 104 temp screamed through the night and the next two days, We called the pediatrician and scheduled an appointment, She decided that all further immunizations should be delayed until our Daughter was 5 years old, We were relieved....
2 months later at a routine well baby check up our pediatrician warned us that the flu was expected to be deadly that year and that We needed to get our Daughter a flu shot, So We did what We thought all "good" parents do, We held down our Daughter for that last blow.

Within 48 hours our typically developing Daughter who was speaking and engaging and delightful deteriorated in front of our eyes, We knew there was something severely wrong but when We went to the Pediatrician and were frantic and saying She does not talk anymore, She does not
hear us anymore, she stares off into nothingness for hours, They said that toddlers typically temporarily give up skills to gain other skills. We knew this was not what was going on but we took the referral to the audiologist and left.

After a few more frantic trips to this pediatrician along with a normal hearing test, I was told by the pediatrician that she felt that I wanted something to be wrong with My Daughter, that immunizations do not cause the symptoms I was stating...... We have since switched pediatricians and have been on a frantic search for help for our Daughter, We will be seeing Dr. Demio in Cleveland Ohio this coming Wednesday and are hoping that chelation may be the key.
I do not know how the vaccine theory will play out, I obviously have reasons to believe that it will in the end be proven to be a huge factor. I lay awake at night and stare at My Daughter sleeping and wonder "where will she be in 20 years" Will she be happy?, Will she live independently? and I am angry that We live in America and that She was not protected now if I lived in some third world country maybe "probably not" I could excuse the fact that My country did not have the monies to manufacture a vaccine for the greater good without putting a known nuerotoxin into it that might affect a portion of the children, but AMERICA?

But where were My Daughters rights on the day that She received all of those shots at once? The nurse acted as though it were routine, They said nothing about  mercury. I always related autism to rainman, I had a pretty much perfect life , the "American dream" some might say. Now I have the life of someone who tries to figure out how I can swing the mortgage and groceries as well as mounting medical bills ($80,000) last year alone.

Last year (2007), I was suffering from severe preeclampsia and delivered my baby via c-section 6 weeks early.  I was feeling wonderful two days after delivery and was ready to be discharged.  A doctor entered my room and informed me that I needed a rubella vaccine.  Within one hour after receiving it, I began to feel funny.  I still left the hospital with the intention of driving an hour to my home to pack a bag and return to be with my infant.  I never made it back to this same hospital for another 4 days.  I had suffered from a relapse with my severe preeclampsia and was rushed to the nearest hospital less than 24 hours later with blood pressure of 182/128 and severely swollen with fluid (to the point that I was unrecognizable).  Deep down I knew that the vaccine was to blame, but I bought the theory that relapses occur within a few days after delivery due to hormonal changes when your milk comes in (a few doctors told me this).   

It is standard practice now for premature infants to be screened for any possible delays.  My baby was screened just prior to his 2 mo. vaccines (he did not receive the Hep B at birth).  Easter Seals was amazed by how far advanced he was during his screening.  While his corrected age was only 2 weeks, he was holding his bottle on numerous occasions (among other things).  In many areas, he was accomplishing tasks equivalent to that of a 6 mo. old.  Shortly after this screening, my infant suffered from high-pitched screaming and a low-grade fever from his 2 & 4 mo. vaccines over the course of 3 days.  He also suffered from congestion daily for several months following his 2 mo. vaccines (it would clear later each day).  He then went on to have convulsions accompanied with a low-grade fever following his 6 mo. vaccines.   I noticed that after he received his 2 mo. vaccines, he no longer held his bottle. Later on he began showing delays in his motor skills (holding his head, crawling, sitting, etc) and did not even start babbling until 10 ½ months old.  Despite my fears, his pediatrician was not even concerned.  She even went as far as to tell me that she sees many infants (especially premature ones) “regress” in milestones!  My son still hasn’t held his bottle in over 11 months either.  I still had him reassessed and although he has “caught up” in many areas in such a short time, the true extent of his neurological injuries (if any) will not be evident until he is in school.  By then, the statue of limitations will elapse.  During this ordeal I also began to notice that I was having problems with my hearing (partial hearing loss).  Some alarming facts surrounding my personal ordeal are as follows: 

 1.  I never should have received this rubella vaccine while suffering from severe preeclampsia.  Informed consent was not practiced.  I was not advised that the virus may pass to my infant while breastfeeding (I was encouraged to breastfeed), there is a chance of catching a blood-born virus through the vaccine itself, and I was also not told to avoid pregnancy for at least 3 months.  The doctor also did not take into account that I just received a large dose of steroids to boost my infant’s premature lungs.  The vaccine literature also states that it may not be effective if patient is administered a blood transfusion.  What if I went on to develop HELLP syndrome and needed a blood transfusion?  These are all Warnings, Precautions, and Contraindications with Merck’s Meruvaxx II vaccine.  This vaccine is now given to every new mother.  My vaccine information was never recorded by this medical teaching facility (Dartmouth-Hitchcock aka Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Lebanon, NH).  When I called to obtain the lot# and manufacturer, I was simply told that many patients’ vaccines were never recorded during this time-frame due to “system changes”.  I do have an itemized list of hospital charges showing the vaccine administration date and a copy of the doctor’s order to administer it.  I have yet to find a government or state agency that will hold this hospital accountable either.  This has been a law since 1986 to record this information?

  2.  The day that my son received his 2 mo. vaccines, his doctor simply told me that many babies tend to tolerate the vaccines better with age.  I now see why – one size fits all dosage for every vaccine.  She went on to say that he may be “a little fussy” – nothing more.  If I do have any concerns, please call her office though.  I was also given a “nice booklet” regarding how important vaccines are (written by the CDC).  Once again, informed consent was not practiced.

  3.  Despite my panicked phone call after my baby’s 2 mo. vaccines, the call was never recorded by the nurse.  I was simply told over the phone that he must be crying continuously for 3 hours or more or be suffering from a high fever for there to be cause for concern.  (I did explain that he was screaming, not crying for well over 3 hours off and on over the course of 3 days).  I was also told that his chest must “sink in” while breathing in order for there to be a concern with his congestion.

  4.  Despite my panicked phone call after my baby’s 4 mo. vaccines, my fears were dismissed again.  This call was logged by the nurse and read “child is very fussy” – nothing more.

  5.  After his reaction to his 6 mo. vaccines, I pulled out the CDC’s literature (booklet given to me by my pediatrician).  His convulsions are not considered severe according to the CDC unless there is a high fever also (febrile seizure).  Even then, while it may appear alarming, the child is hardly ever “harmed” by it.   

  6.  I did file a complaint against the second nurse with the State of NH Board of Nursing citing that she was placing many babies in harm’s way with her lack of knowledge regarding adverse reactions.  She never informed the doctor of what transpired either.  When the doctor learned of his reactions, I was simply told that his “risks” outweigh his benefits at this time.  I never could report the first nurse because she never even recorded the phone call!

  7.  I did file a complaint with the State of NH Board of Medicine regarding my rubella vaccine.  A complaint was filed against the doctor who ordered the vaccine and another one against the other doctor who administered it.  I cited that informed consent was not practiced, the vaccine information was not recorded, and that neither doctor read the vaccine literature supplied by the maker of the vaccine.

   8.  I did file a complaint with the Joint Commission regarding Dartmouth’s blatant disregard for the law by lack of recording vaccine information.  They have acknowledged receipt, but have not returned my calls.

   9.  I did inform the major newspapers in my state (rubella vaccine incident).  I cited the hospital, date that I was there and the fact that many patients’ vaccines were not recorded.   I also stated that this information should be made public in the event that someone else has an adverse reaction that cannot be reported due to this hospital’s negligence.  The news agencies refuse to publish this information

 10.  I did file 3 separate Adverse Reaction Reports with VAERS for my infant

 11.  I have contacted a vaccine-injury related attorney regarding my hearing loss.  Unfortunately, I do not have a case if I did not have a comprehensive hearing exam prior to this vaccine (unless administration of this vaccine resulted in total deafness). Why would I have a hearing exam prior to this vaccine if my hearing was perfect?

 12.  I have also contacted the Governor of NH, my Congresswoman and the Immunization Program Manager for Health & Human Services.  Nobody can tell me who will hold this hospital responsible for their actions.  Nobody cares.

 Now, I will tell you the story of my 14 yr old.  I have referred him 5x for Special Education (IEP) over the years through all different schools in NC, CA, and NH.  He cannot add, subtract, multiply, divide, calculate simple fractions, or comprehend much of what he reads.  Yet, all five times he tested “average or below” average in the Special Education screening process?  One cannot imagine how hard it is for a child to qualify for an IEP.  I was told repeatedly that he is just lazy and unmotivated.  Within the past year, I have learned that he is suffering from ADHD-Inattentive type, a Visual Processing Disorder, and a Math Disability.  Despite the fact that he was evaluated by a neuropsychologist last year, the school dismissed the findings and still found him ineligible.  Had I not hired an Advocate to fight for placement this year, he would not have qualified (for a 5^th time) because of his test results.  I have since learned that Vision Damage/Vision Problems are actually listed as an adverse reaction to many vaccines.  ADHD runs on both sides of the family too.  I have recently been made aware of his “greater” risk factor for ADHD if vaccinated too.  Based on his “within average range” test scores tells me just how alarming this national problem really is because they were comparing his scores to others his age.  There isn’t a problem?  Hello?  Looking back at his baby book, he too, was congested daily for several months following his 4 mo. vaccines.  I now know that both of my babies were exposed to large quantities of formaldehyde in their vaccines.  I have also read of the CDC’s actions recently regarding formaldehyde in the FEMA trailers.  They demoted their own expert when he concluded that it was toxic.  The EPA is now considering it a possible carcinogen.  Every vaccine on the market today has the following disclaimer:  Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, and Impairment of Fertility:  No studies have been done.  Yet, we are told that they are quite safe?  How do they know if no studies have been done in these areas?

http://vaers.hhs.gov/pdf/PackageInserts.pdf (to view all vaccines)

http://us.gsk.com/products/assets/us_infanrix.pdf  (page 7 to view ex. of new warning) 

1 in 4 children are currently diagnosed with Learning Disabilities.  After speaking with countless families in similar situations such as mine, I am estimating that as much as 80% of our children are learning disabled.  Private assessment may cost thousands (usually not covered by insurance), parents may need to hire an advocate (mine charges $75.00 per hour), and may even need an attorney to fight the school system.  Litigation may cost up to $100,000.  I have also learned that the SATs have repeatedly been “dumbed down” since the 1970’s to accommodate society too.  There were also concerns 14 years ago with developmental delays with my son.  Yet, his different pediatrician at a different practice also dismissed my fears.  In recent studies it was concluded that roughly 80% of pediatricians do not recognize developmental delays unless they are severe.  The problems are not seen until the child enters school.  The school system then also “fails” our children by their overwhelming desire to further mask this alarming problem.

 http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/m/meruvax_ii/meruvax_ii_pi.pdf (page 6 for common adverse reactions with Ears/Eyes – these can definitely attribute to many learning disabilities to include the following:  Dyslexia, Visual Processing Disorders, Auditory Processing Disorders, Speech/Language Impairments, etc)

 My brother was vaccinated against meningitis while he was stationed in the Coast Guard.  A few years later (2004), he contracted viral meningitis. He then developed encephalitis as a secondary complication (this is what the hospital told my family).  He was hospitalized for three months and wasn’t expected to live.  His hospital bill totaled over 1 million dollars.  Thankfully, due to alternative treatments administered, he recovered.  He did suffer from brain damage in the area of memory though.  His case was scrutinized by the Center for Infectious Disease Control.  After tracing his steps, there were no other reported cases that they were aware of.  We were simply told that he could have picked it up anywhere.  I now know that after exposure (such as live-virus vaccination), the virus can lay dormant and later resurface.  However, it also doesn’t take 5 spinal taps to determine such a diagnosis or a brain biopsy either.  My family was lied to.  They didn’t know quite what he had.  They even called him a “miracle” and wanted to perform a study on him because they couldn’t quite figure out how he lived through it.  It truly sickens me though that the CDC and doctors tell patients that despite febrile seizures, there is no permanent damage though.  Many researchers believe that febrile seizures are a “milder form” of encephalitis.  My brother was instructed to return for a comprehensive neurological exam to assess the damage to his brain after this illness.  Does any pediatrician do the same?   

What is even more disturbing is just how ignorant society can be.  I recently spoke with a mother of a 7 year old brain damaged child.  When he was an infant, he contracted bacterial meningitis from one of his two older vaccinated siblings.  Who does this mother blame?  She blames an unvaccinated child who attended the same school as her children because the doctors told her to.  Apparently, this unvaccinated child’s father was traveling to another country.  He was vaccinated against meningitis, “silently carried” the germ home to his unvaccinated daughter. She then gave the germ to other classmates (who were vaccinated).  They in turn, “silently carried” it home to their new baby brother.  What she doesn’t realize is that her own children are to blame for this mess.  Furthermore, had this unvaccinated child been vaccinated, they never would have known the source or even known what they were dealing with, and her child’s treatment would have probably been delayed even further (possibly death).   

Last month my infant (who is now 13 months old) was scheduled for surgery for an undescended testicle (not uncommon with premature infants).  The night before his surgery I received a phone call from the registration nurse while I was en route to the hospital (we were staying over the night prior due to the long drive).  I was asked if he was exposed to chicken pox within the last 30 days.  I did not have access to a computer to view the vaccine literature, but I did state that he came in close contact with his aunt 7 days prior who was vaccinated with the live virus vaccine.  She then checked with her nurse manager who told me that I need not worry and to bring him in anyways.  The next day, I was asked the same question by the anesthesiologist.  He too, did not see a problem.  You can imagine my guilt after we returned home and I read the vaccine literature on the internet.  I learned that his aunt is considered a “risk” to all around her for up to 6 weeks.  She is an extreme risk to people suffering from compromised immune systems.  My son was playing with an 18 mo. old suffering from cancer at the hospital.  When I called the hospital to inform them of their “lack of knowledge” amongst the staff, they were quite upset that I brought him in for his surgery.  They were angry with me?  By the way, his aunt works in the fast food industry handling food.  You cannot imagine the amount of customers that she handles on any given day.  Again, informed consent was not practiced.  

 http://www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/v/varivax/varivax_pi.pdf  (page 7)

 Believe me, after everything that I have gone through, this is one person who has done her homework.  I have spent days, weeks, even months researching every vaccine, every disease statistic reported from the CDC over the years (before/after each vaccine was introduced), viewed VAERS, etc.  I am 100% convinced that vaccines are to blame for the majority of society’s problems.  My entire family is living proof that they do more harm than good.  Come to think of it, I honestly cannot find any true benefit either when I am told that none of them are 100% guaranteed.  Very rarely were any of these diseases that we are vaccinating against ever fatal.  Vaccines are not responsible for eradication of disease.  Yes, our grandparents witnessed many deaths back in their day, but how often did they bathe or even wash their hands for that matter?  Didn’t many of them place their infants in unsafe sleeping conditions (SIDS) too?  I believe the majority of SIDS cases are vaccine induced these days.  Why did the CDC only report 1,806 flu deaths in 2005 (the majority in the elderly)?  Yet, they tell the public there are 36,000 deaths annually? Lies, lies, lies are exactly how every vaccine became mandated.  It’s not too hard to find the truth if you really want to find it.  Shame on journalists for not doing so! 

If we truly were at risk for massive outbreaks, we would have seen it long ago in the adult population.  Think of the millions of adults whose vaccines have worn off long ago, millions of American people that travel to foreign countries where many vaccines are not required to do so, millions of unvaccinated illegal immigrants living in this country, and we also have millions of legal immigrants that are not required to be vaccinated prior to entering this country (my brother’s new wife informed me of this because she is from Romania and her vaccines were optional unless she sought citizenship).  I believe that if we were to mandate vaccines among the adult population, mass hysteria would ensue after countless individuals realized all of the “risks” by experiencing them personally.  BABIES CANNOT TELL US THIS MUCH NEEDED INFORMATION THOUGH!

 Why do Hannah Poling’s court documents remained sealed despite the family’s request to make them public?  WHO THE HECK DOES THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT THINK THEY ARE?  Who stands to profit from the sale of vaccines and the chronic diseases they cause?  It is not just about Autism anymore. 

 Thank you,

 Dawn Crim 

My name is Jennifer and I am the mother of 5 glorious children.

       J.R        Alexander      Sydney        Rebecca

J.R.               9 years
Alexander     7years
Sydney         6 years
Kiera-Anne   5 years
Rebecca       2 years 

JR was born August 9th 1992.  In December 1992 we took JR in for his health check and shots. Within several days of that shot he was deathly ill, vomiting and diarrhea, so bad if he had not gained a pound in one day he would have to be hospitalized. He gained the pound and within 24 hours he was "twitching".  I was at the pediatricians often due to his asthma. And would mention at every visit he is still wheezing and still twitching. At the time I was thinking it might be connected to the medicines for the asthma. The Doctor said he was growing into his nervous system. This went on until Feb 9th,1993.  JR had a series of Complex partials. We were at home with him and had no idea what was happening to him. He would look at me, then his head would crane over to the right. Smile when he heard his name and then cry when he could not move his head. The doctor said  to wait 30 minutes then call back. We waited 3 minutes. Of course when we walked in to the doctors office JR was smiling and fine. So we got the oh, first time parents. However in the doctors office he did it again and the doctor saw it. I remember this day like it was yesterday. I said  "There, there that is it"; and the doctor arm stretched out behind him onto my arm and softly touched it as he turned and said, "He is having a seizure"...Oh my gosh I felt like I was hit by a freight train. How could this be happening to my son. He then went onto explain that in hind sight all of those twitches were seizures. .....sigh......sent us home with Phenobarbital. All I knew is I wanted to do whatever it takes to stop these things. The rest of that week was spent at the neurologist  for an EEG, and then an appt.....he told us he did not have epilepsy he had a seizure disorder and he would be fine and would outgrow it. We did an MRI and CT Scan and all was normal.  He just had a horrendous EEG. During this time everyone said oh he'll be fine, he'll out grow it , they are probably wrong. I felt so invalidated. And so we went, we had second opinions and such all agreeing with this drug therapy. We switched drugs many times throughout his little life.
In late 1993, I found out that I was pregnant with Alexander. We did genetic counseling and we were told that the odds of having another child with epilepsy would be astronomical, so go ahead and have your family (now we were going to have Alex, but I wanted to know as far as future kids and what Alexander's risks were). All was clear. We preceded to have Alex, Sydney and Kiera-Anne. They were all beautiful and healthy. Kiera-Anne was 8 weeks early, but she was fine, we came home the next day..all 5 pounds of her. JR had drug changes, seizure changes and they began to get worse. He was having one day a month where he was totally unconscious the entire day. He was having about 30 seizures a day that we saw, however he was also having absence seizures so I know we missed many. Now we are at February 1997. And I see Jim and Nancy Abraham's talking about &";First Do No Harm&"; I told my entire family to watch it, it was about a child with epilepsy. My husband sat down and watched it the next evening ( he was at work) at the end he said, so are you going to Baltimore? And I said just wait, And our local news did a segment on Dr Sutherling and the Epilepsy and Brain Mapping Program. I looked in our insurance book and there was his name.......so I called the next day. JR started the Ketogenic diet 5 weeks later.  Monday morning we started the diet. I will never forget wheeling my son into the hospital the last week due to a horrible seizure, and now walking into the hospital praying that this was the answer for my son.  Right away the seizures reduced. 5 in the first 5 weeks. Then off all medicines within 5 months, never realized all the 5's. JR's little light was so bright after the diet. That is when he became JR.,we used to call him Jimmie, he chose JR. FAST FORWARD to August 31, 1997.  The whole family was napping and then I felt a nudging on my back, thought one of the kids wanted me, I turned around and SYDNEY not JR ,SYDNEY was in a grand mal seizure. Turned out to be a febrile seizure, his temp was 105.8. He had no temp an hour earlier when I laid him down. So off to the hospital we go cause it hadn't stopped. This was 2 weeks after his 2 year old shots. They sent us home later..no meds......he had one more seizure 2 weeks later. Now it is October 1st 1997 a month later.......I get a call from Jim, he broke his arm at work. And he is going to the hospital ,   While I am waiting for him to get back to work from the hospital........Alexander had a seizure. yes ALEXANDER. I thought he was ignoring me because he was in trouble, I had actually chased him around the table and he went into this corner. He wouldn't look at me or answer me. So I picked him up and as soon as I saw his eyes at my level right in front of me, I recognized that look all too well. He was in the middle of a seizure. I stood him up. One leg was limp one leg was stiff as a board. so I laid him down, then he came out of it. I called and ordered EEG's on both of them.   Alex's was abnormal and Sydney's was normal . Alex had seizures every couple of weeks. In March of 1998 we started him on the diet since the seizures did not go away. He has never had a seizure again. It is now August 29th 1998. We were told if Sydney went a year without seizing we would be out of the woods....so to speak. Well, he seized that day. And continued to seize several times daily.  He was put on the diet September 21, 1998. Kiera's 2nd Birthday. He had seizures only when sick. NOW......it is December 1998.  I find out I am pregnant with Rebecca. I cried for days. What does this mean for this baby. If it is a boy is he doomed to have seizures, since only our sons have been affected to date. . Whew. we found out it is a girl...what??? there is a spot on her heart??? Okay she should be okay and we'll watch it. At 32 weeks I started contracting...so on bed rest I go. after several times to the hospital to stop labor, Rebecca was born at 37 weeks....5 pounds 4 ounces....and beautiful and healthy.  Rebecca was jaundiced after birth, significantly, we were at the pediatricians daily for the first 4 weeks. She developed asthma related symptoms (would not diagnose until she is two) when she was 4 months old.   Now in April 2000 Alexander came off the diet. And is doing beautiful . No seizures. No medicines and No diet and No delays. In June of 2000, Rebecca started having seizures.2 months after her last shots.  2 weeks before her first birthday. We watched her, not ready to treat her. September 2000.....we are now  homeschooling. Felt it was the right thing to do for our family. In November Rebecca was placed on the diet. Her seizures would not stop.   April 2001, Sydney came off the diet. No return of seizures. Not even when sick. And is doing very well..No Delays. Rebecca has done beautifully.  So on Sept 10, 2001, I go into the doctors and say.....My dear dear JR. is still struggling with the diet. Only seizes when he cheats which he unfortunately does often! We have had a status event while on the diet and his seizures continue to change and evolve every time he has a seizure. The doctor has agreed with me after 4 years that JR. probably falls somewhere on the Autistic spectrum. We have not made that official diagnosis, however, I was just hoping there may be some methods of teaching and such that might be used with autistic kids that will help him. Not like I really need a title, I just wanted some validation of what I was seeing and perhaps there might be some answers out there I do not know. He has a lot of struggles, behaviorally and developmentally. We work with him every single day using Brain Gym and regimen. meaning routines and such. That is our story in a nutshell. I must say that without the Ketogenic Diet I would have 4 kids who were zombie out on drugs and seizing all day   (based on Jar's history) and that I think would be too much for me to handle, however, that is not our life. And I am very thankful.
Jen

I weighed my son yesterday, he has finally hit 20 pounds!  This is a big milestone for us, as Noah will turn 3 on Feb 11th, he just turned 33 months Nov 11th.  You see, at one time, Noah was gaining steadily, about 1.5 to 2 pounds a month, until he hit 7.5 months.   He weighed in at 14.5 pounds.  Then he received his 3^rd round of vaccines, the 3rd DTP and the 1st hep B. Does it matter that my oldest son received his first Hep B at the age of 12 years, and that my younger son received his first He B at the age of 4 years?  I don't know.  As you have found, doctors turn a deaf ear when anything negative is said about vaccines. By the 3rd day after getting his shots, (after crying on and off for two days) Noah began a slight whistle sounding wheeze.   I took him to the doctor, they weighed him, and he had lost a few ounces in just the 3 days that had passed.  He didn't gain any more weight for several months, just flat lined on the charts, when previously he was following the curve to the T! He began to refuse all solids, when just a few weeks before, he was trying everything offered, and liking most of it. Now he would only nurse, nothing else.  The pediatrician suggested I skip the morning feeding to try and prompt him to eat.  I suggested I didn't feel the nursing was the issue here, he was refusing ALL food, and none of my other breastfed (3 of them) have ever outright refused food, they always ate IN ADDITION to nursing, eventually replacing the nursing with a regular diet.  So now, 26 months later, my son has only gained 5.5 pounds.  He seems to be fine in every other way, (once the respiratory problems resolved, after about 12months). When I realized that the only change in his environment had been the vaccines, I sickly made the connection.  I filed a report with VAERS, and they continue to follow up to inquire if my son is still suffering adverse events. It is a horrible thing to watch a child never grow out of size 12 months, even as he approaches his 3^rd birthday.  I am thankful that aside from his grossly stunted growth, that he seems to okay, but how do you explain to anyone why your child is not growing? Why do all the doctors refuse to listen when I tell them he was FINE BEFORE THE VACCINES? I told our doctor no more shots until I can find out what caused Noah's problems, since according to our doctor, although he has no idea what happened to my son, he is sure that the vaccines had nothing to do with it.   Interesting. If he doesn't know what caused the problem, how can he possibly rule out vaccines right off the bat?  So, at 33 months, Noah has had no further shots.  In fact, after researching, I made the decision that no vaccines will ever be administered to any of my children ever again.   My 6 yr old didn't get the boosters required for kindergarten, it would be over my dead body.  I just wanted to let you know that you are not alone in your struggle against the world when it comes to having a child damaged by the very vaccines they claim are supposed to protect. 

Sincerely,

Christine Ewton
Jax, FL

Katie has a condition called Rett Syndrome. She is considered an atypical case, because she was not afflicted as severely as a classic Rett case. I do question the effects of shots however, just because, up until about her third set of shots, she seemed like she was just going to be delayed. She didn't talk, but she played, and she was trying to catch on to things, like pretend play, babbling, etc. But as time went on, and that third set of shots was given, she went into more of an autistic stage. This is very typical for Rett girls to do, but how many are given the shots at this age? I wonder, does it push some over the edge? My real frustration comes however, from this hep. b shot that I was told she needed two years ago. I was told it was harmless. The first one went ok,  the second one sent her into a grand mal seizure, within a half hour of returning home from the doctor visit and we have never regained control. Katie is doing well for having Rett Syndrome.  Now, every visit we make to the ped, I am asked about that third shot in the series, and I just tell them NO, sorry, second one caused grand mals, next one could do worse, so NO THANKS.... I hate these professionals telling us that things are harmless, and only go by the book, rather than looking at the true stories from families. UGH. She has a lot of skills, and has not been physically afflicted like so many of the classic girls have been. Wendy, I hope this is enough background. Thank you for letting me share.
Take care! Kandy