Stories of vaccine-injured children

Given that the general public doesn’t accept that vaccines can injure, I decided to start a list of vaccine injuries (many of them written by parents). For simplicity, I’ve tried to classify each story into only one vaccine injury category (although many could be classified under several vaccine injury categories).

This is only the very tip of the iceberg.  In addition to these, I have heard accounts of many more from friends and family. If you have a vaccine injury story, please share your story and/or a link to your blog so that I can add your story here. How many stories do we need to hear to start to believe the truth?

What strikes me as I’ve started to list these stories is how the vaccines have affected the brains of our children (death, brain damage, loss of consciousness, strokes, autism), in addition to increasing the suspectibility to infections. These stories provide a sad, vivid and harsh context for Dr. Blaydock’s scientific review, “The Dangers of Excessive Vaccination during Brain Development”. Not included in the list below is all of the many, many children who suffer with eczema, asthma, allergies, the risk of anaphylaxis, ear infections, ADHD, etc. They are not included in this list because the link is not as obvious to parents (it’s hard to tell if our children would not have had asthma or allergies if they had not received any vaccinations, especially given that children start receiving vaccinations at such a young age, at birth or two months old), but there are several scientific studies that have shown the link between vaccinations and these diseases. I have no doubt that my son is one of those whose asthma, allergies and anaphylaxis risk increased because of the vaccinations that he received. This is in addition to his obvious negative reactions to the MMR vaccination (despite the fact that we delayed until he was over three years old).

An excerpt from Dr. Tenpenny’s new book, Vaccine Wars:

“A fact that cannot be debated, however, is that we have a national epidemic of sick children…  We have come to accept asthma, allergies, eczema, chronic ear infections, and learning difficulties as ‘normal’ childhood conditions.  In our zeal to eradicate infectious disease, it appears we have traded the usual mild diseases in childhood, such as chickenpox, mumps and measles, for a lifetime of poor health and drugs. We have exchanged temporary illnesses for pervasive life-long diseases, disorders, dysfunctions and disabilities. A chronic illness held in check by medication is not health. The well-being of children and a community must be gauged by more than high vaccination rates and low infection rates caused by a specific, short list of pathogens.”

Or, as Dr. Mercola puts it, “Today, half of all U.S. children are chronically sick with asthma, allergies, learning disabilities and other illnesses such as autism and epilepsy. That’s 32 million U.S. children who are sick all the time, every day”.

And a recent articles states that, “One in six U.S. children now has a developmental disability such as autism, learning disorders or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to new research from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”.

Children who are most susceptible to vaccine damage are those children with compromised immune systems. In addition, if your family has a history of autoimmune disorders or are poor methylators (e.g., Alzheimer’s, depression), your child is at a greater risk for vaccine injury. More about this here.

***I encourage you to search the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS). To date (as of March 6, 2012) the VAERS website has 387,333 vaccine reactions that have been reported.  The actual number of adverse reactions will be much greater than this number. I have not summarized any of the information in the VAERS system. You can also search the National Vaccine Information Centre’s (NVIC) International Memorial for Vaccine Victims’ website, which lists 161 vaccine reactions to date.

Since the creation of the Vaccine Compensation Injury Program (VCIP) in 1988 (the same year mercury was added to most childhood vaccines), the program has paid  $2,429,787,664.52  in compensation to neurologically injured children as of 2012. (Source: HRSA Vaccine Compensation Statistics).

Read over 1,000 vaccine injury stories submitted by parents at the “Following Vaccinations” website here.

[Note: Please let me know if any links are no longer active, so I can keep this list up-to-date.]

Vaccine injury: Death

The Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) lists 4804 vaccine reactions that have resulted in an individuals’ death.

• Ian’s 47 days of life - he died 40 days after the Hepatitis B vaccination
• Alexander’s story – diagnosed with brain cancer at 2 years of age; he died six months later
• Amanda’s story, in addition to a one year old boy’s death after the MMR vaccination.
• Brandy Mae’s story
• Harley’s and Spencer’s stories, plus four other vaccine injury stories, including paralysis, brain damage, and cerebral palsy
• Elias’ story,  here and here – DTaP vaccine caused epilepsy and ultimately death 11 months later - the vaccine compensation program ruled his death a vaccine injury.
• Madyson’s story -  1 year old girl died 6 days after the MMR vaccine
• Stephanie’s son, who died months after receiving his 4 month vaccinations.
• Max’s story – Max died at 22 months following vaccination drug interactions.
• Katie’s story
• Laura’s story
• Lyla’s story
• Sean’s story
• Stephen’s story
• Tyler’s story
• Zaire’s story
• pneumonia and DPT vaccine – 4 month old boy
• 12 babies die during vaccine trials in Argentina
• DPT vaccine – 2 month old baby in India
• DPT vaccine – 5 month old Surya
• Hepatitis B vaccine – Nguyen’s story
• MMR vaccine – young girl
• polio drops – 2 year old boy
• H1N1 vaccine - man in his 80s
• flu vaccine – 8 year old boy
• flu vaccine – 6 year old girl
• The Times of India reported that 128 children died in 2010 following a vaccine dose
• List of the names and details associated with 126 deaths caused by vaccines
• List of names and details associated with 15 deaths caused by vaccines
• Vaccine Awareness Network lists several news accounts about numerous deaths caused by vaccines here.
• article about how Japan is halting vaccines  for pneumonia and meningitis after the deaths of four children
• As of Nov. 2011, there are 11 accounts of death shared on NVIC’s International Memorial for Vaccine Victims.

Vaccines and sudden infant death syndrome

• Vaccine Risk Awareness article about the potential link between vaccines and sudden infant death syndrome, plus several accounts linking vaccines with sudden infant death syndrome.
• 5-month old boy died 3 weeks after vaccinations
• Dr. Mercola article linking vaccines with SIDS.

Vaccine injury: Brain and nerve damage

• A scientific study published in Pediatrics 1998 found a causal relationship between the measles vaccine and permanent brain damage or death.
• The study reviewed the claims to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program between 1970 and 1993. They found a total of 48 children, ages 10 to 49 months, who developed acute encephalopathy (i.e., brain injury) after receiving measles vaccine. Within this group, 8 children died, and the remainder had mental regression and retardation, chronic seizures, motor and sensory deficits, and movement disorders.
• A list of several scientific studies linking vaccines with neurological disorders, including brain swelling here.
   
• Albert, Andrew and Marco’s story – Marco’s recorded clinical symptoms, which had appeared after the Sabin polio vaccination and correlated through the pediatrician to the anti polio vaccine, were as follows: ocular nystagmus, tremors and speech defects.  He died at the age of 6.
•  The day following their vaccination, Albert and Andrew’s health deteriorated, and they were eventually diagnosed with “Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Type” (a disease related to the nervous system). Andrew died shortly thereafter.
• Dallas’ story – My oldest son, Dallas was 14 months old when he developed a neurological tic and eye problems, related to vaccines. After taking him to dozens of doctors I got no diagnoses. All the neurologist told me they had never seen this before. He is 29 years old and still has this tic and very bad eyesight and severe headaches.
• Julia’s story – 12 months old – MMR-V and Hepatitis B – unconscious for 10 days, was diagnosed with encephalitis. Severe temporal sclerosis over the right side of her brain. More areas of “less” severe injury in both frontal lobes of her brain. When she left, she was severely left sided hemiplegic, was aspirating food unless thickened, was unable to sit up or roll over, was nonverbal, and screamed and cried 22 out of 24 hours a day. Back again to not sleeping for over three years.
• Lorrin’s story - DPT vaccine at 6 weeks old; died at 15 years old
• Eric’s story – DPT at 6 weeks old – severe brain damage and seizures
• Brandon’s story – brain damaged by DPT vaccine – You Tube video
• Devan’s story
• Scott’s story – DPT as an infant – severe brain damage
• Lucia’s story
• Letter from a mother with a vaccine injured child
• Helen’s story
• Steve’s story
• Several stories of vaccine injury related to DPT and DTaP vaccines, including a 22 year who is now profoundly mentally handicapped as a result of childhood DT vaccination (scroll down).

Vaccine injury: Coma

• Kash’s story – one year old vaccines – coma for 10 days; at two years old still doesn’t have many spoken words, and continues to see a neurologist and several other specialists; will need special education.

Vaccine injury: Semi-conscious for 3 months

• Sophie’s story

Vaccine injury: Lost consciousness

• Graham’s story
• Two month old girl – 2nd story on page

Vaccine injury: Requires IV 8 hours everyday over long-term

• David’s story

Vaccine injury: Stopped breathing

• Clayton’s story
• Michael’s story

Vaccine injury: Stroke

• Debbie’s son’s story
• One year old boy – story is at the bottom of the page, after the description of the research conducted by Dr. Andrew Moulden about how vaccinations can cause micro vascular strokes.

Vaccine injury: Severely disabled

• Eric’s story – 6 months old – DPT vaccine – within a few days started having up to 80 seizures a day. At 20 years old, he is severely disabled.

Vaccine injury: Seizures / Epilepsy

A list of scientific studies documenting the link between vaccines and seizures and convulsions here.

• The Morales Crew - Eden’s story; also read her story here. 4 months old – 7 vaccinations in 3 shots. Brain swelling (encephalitis cries). Five years later, she still has absence seizures.
• Kirk’s story
• 2 day old boy - Hepatitis B vaccine caused epilepsy
• Amanda’s story
• Becca’s story
• Cael’s story
• Casey’s story
• Elizabeth’s story
• Matthew’s story
• Payton’s story – 10 months old – DPT vaccine – violent seizures, respiratory arrest, mild brain damage, epilepsy
• Steve’s story - three month old, also developed a hemorrhage in his brain. Was healed by homeopathy.
• According to the VAERS, the number of infant febrile seizures after flu vaccine has increased - January 2011 article here
• Several vaccine injury stories related to multiple vaccinations, including seizures, autism, etc.
• Several stories of vaccinations causing epilepsy here.

Vaccine injury: Encephalatis cries

• Keelen’s story – one year old vaccination – Pediarix (a combination shot containing 5 vaccines: Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Polio, and Hepatitis B), Hib, and Pneumococcal – enchephalatis cries (cries due to brain swelling) – was never the same again (constant pain, inconsolable, head banging)

Vaccine injury: Meningitis and repeated infections

• “My Fight for Health after Vaccination”

Vaccine injury: Cerebral Palsy

• Maryamber and Sophia’s stories

Vaccine injury: Multiple Sclerosis

• Stacy’s story

Vaccine injury: Autism Spectrum Disorder

1 in 100 vaccinated children are diagnosed with autism

Only 1 in 10,000 children in an unvaccinated Amish population in northeastern Ohio is diagnosed with autism.

Scientific research linking vaccinations with autism spectrum disorder here and here.

Read over 1,000 vaccine injury stories submitted by parents at the “Following Vaccinations” website here. Most of the adverse reactions following vaccinations reported by parents on this website is autism spectrum disorder.

Inspiration and information about recovering children from autism here.

• Baxter’s story – Baxter developed autism after vaccinations. Through a variety of methods, traditional and biomedical (including dietary changes), Baxter is not longer considered on the autistic spectrum. Watch Waking Up Baxter here (an 8 minute documentary).
• Live Consciously, Heal Artfully - Dougie’s story
• Keely’s Kitchen – Keely’s story
• My Vaccine Injured Child  – Nick’s story
• Recovered from Autism – Kaiden’s story
• Charlie in Wonderland – Video of Charlie before and after vaccination
• Alex’s Journey out of Autism – Alex’s story – DTaP vaccinations resulted in cough, runny nose, 2-3 ear infections, 2-4 ER visits for fever and cold-like symptoms; after other vaccinations, was eventually diagnosed with autism. His parents are recovering him with CEASE homeopathy, and biomedical techniques.
• Autism and Homeopathy – After 2 years of vaccinations, Oliver can only speak 4 words. He was perfectly healthy during his first 2 years of life. (Spanish version here). Mother feels that Oliver’s autism was the result of vaccinations.
• Autism Wars - Gavin was healthy for a whole day… He got his Hep B vaccine when he was a day old and his life of sickness began.  The assault on his immune system began. His body began attacking itself.  He developed Eczema all over his body.  The food he was eating became a foreign invader… an allergy to wheat and milk. He was primed for future vaccine injury. His brain swelled –not enough for us to notice with our eyes, but enough to cause him pain that left him screaming and crying for two days. He now has Chiari Malformation (more common in the autism population than general population) and Epilepsy –along with his “autism”.
• BioKae – Kaelyn’s story – 15 months old, 7 vaccines, she was diagnosed with autism 2 months later;  her parents are currently healing her with biomedical techniques
• Drew’s Autism Recovery Diary - Drew’s story
• Holly’s son’s story – her son was fully vaccinated until the age of 2, which played a role in his development of autism.
• Mercury Babies – Son developed Pervasive Developmental Delay, Sensory Integration disorder, auditory processing, and autistic tendencies and motor delays due to vaccinations.
• Vaccine Injured Child FB Group – several stories
• Hannah’s story -19 months, 5 vaccines, she was diagnosed with autism at 2 years old;  federal vaccine court granted Hannah’s parents a settlement regarding Hannah’s vaccine injury. Scientific American article about how a mitochondrial disorder may be related to why some vaccinated children develop autism. As many as 20% of autistic children have mitochondrial disorders.
• My Autism Recovery – Kaeden’s story - received typical vaccinations – diagnosed with autism at one year old – by the time he was 6, he was healed of autism using homeopathy, NAET and other treatments.
• Recovering Boys – Ty’s story – mother believes a number of factors, including vaccinations contributed to her son’s autism. A few hours after one set of vaccines, her son’s personality was gone. With biomedical treatment, her son is now recovered from autism.
• Puzzle Pieces and Broken Shells - mother believes that a combination of genetic predisposition and vaccines caused her daughter’s autism
• For the Love of Peanut – Peanut’s story – 13 months old – received MMRV (combination of MMR and chicken pox) plus HIB and pneumococcal – parents are recovering Peanut using naturopathy and homeopathy. Peanut’s mom also describes how her two other children also had vaccine reactions, including one child who had grande mal seizures and developmental delays and the other has reflux, selective mutism, OCD, bipolar disorder
• Aspie Mom – chicken pox vaccination at 1 years old, two meningitis vaccines and hepatitis A/B combo – around that time, development really ceased to progress.  Everything up until about one year seemed normal to me, but those “first words around the first year” never came.
• Autism by Injection – Michael’s story – DTaP left him lethargic and he didn’t smiled much and lost all eye contact; MMR resulted in autism. Michael’s story with photo-video, another photo-video here.
• Ben’s story – “When Ben was 12 months old he suffered a brain injury from being vaccinated”. He eventually was diagnosed with autism.
• Casi’s story - health deteriorated with every vaccination and developed autism after MMR vaccination – eventually died from meningitis when she was four years old.
• Boy Connected – mom lists all of the aggravations and improvements that arose when her seven year old son cleared the MMR vaccination using CEASE homepathy.
• Chandler’s story (Adventures in autism) – 18 months – “After Chandler’s diagnosis I went back and watched home videos to find out when things started changing for him. We had a gap in our video’s between my older son’s birthday in September and Halloween. It was clear that he had changed sometime during that time. After watching the videos I checked his shot record and found that Chandler had been vaccinated just before the gap in the video, five weeks before Halloween.”
• Emily’s story – 14 months old – 3 immunizations
• Healing Joshua – After his vaccine injury … Joshua never spoke another meaningful word until he was 14. This site is about HOPE and HEALING …. and the journey we have taken…. We know Autism is treatable …
• RJ’s story – MMR, Hepatitis B, Polio vaccines – Rodney Peete’s son and his book, Not my Son.
• Michael’s story – developed severe diarrhea after Hep B vaccine at 14 months. Regressed slowly into autism over 2 year period. Mother describes his recovery using sequential homeopathy.
• A couple of successful CEASE therapy case studies where vaccinations resulted in autism.
• Jacob’s story – Jacob developed autism after routine vaccinations when he was three years old
• Josh’s story – 18 months old – DPT vaccine (cumulative reaction with other vaccines to date) – Josh stopped talking, and was eventually diagnosed with autism. Parents are recovering Josh with biomedical treatments.
• Joshua’s story – 17 months old – had received all childhood vaccinations at that time. Since then, his parents have identified that Joshua has a genetic mutation in the MTHFR gene (5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (NADPH)) that affects his immune system and makes him hyper sensitive to vaccinations.
• Josiah’s story – 16 months old – 9 vaccines – started having seizures right away, stopped talking and was eventually diagnosed with autism.
• Kyan’s story – Kyan was 13 months old at his one year baby well check when he received his routine vaccinations including the MMR. Several days later he developed a high fever, broke out in a full body rash, would not sleep, and screamed and cried inconsolably for days. He was eventually diagnosed with autism.
• Landon’s story – 1 year old -  his development was eventually slowed down and milestones not being met after the MMR vaccine. He was eventually diagnosed with autism. Landon is now 11 years old.  He has additional diagnoses of Hypotonia, PANDAS, MTHFR mutation, immune dysfunction, speech delay, fine and gross motor delay.
• Lane’s story – 20 months old – 6 vaccines – “We lost that little happy, healthy toddler to a blank staring, hand flapping, no eye contact, no words, just meltdowns from hell.”
• Madi’s story – video showing Madi before and after she developed autism after vaccinations.
• Marley’s story -  Marley was a 5lb premature baby who received the Hep B shot and many shots afterwards and now she has autism.
• Nick’s Story – Thinking Mom’s Revolution – 15 months: received the MMR, Dtap and Hib in one visit. Over the next “three months we had been in the Emergency room, spent countless hours with On-call pediatricians and Sick visits for unrelenting ear infections, bronchitis, and endless rounds of antibiotics.” By 18 months, Nick stopped speaking.
• Parker’s story – 18 months – MMR, plus flu shot, chicken pox, etc, eight shots at one time – “Within 30 days, he stopped saying words, stopped using eating utensils, and stopped responding to his name.  Within the next six months, he lost all eye contact with us, started hand-flapping and spinning, and almost completely stopped sleeping.”
• Rachel’s story – diagnosed with ADHD and OCD, we added PANDAS (Pediatric Autoimmune Disorder Associated with Streptococcus) and Asperger’s Syndrome, resulting from vaccinations.
• Red, Green, Lellow – Isaac developed autism resulting from vaccinations. Read more here.
• Regarding Caroline – After the MMR vaccine, Caroline lost her words, and was diagnosed with sensory processing disorder and verbal apraxia.
• Savannah’s story – Savannah’s mom discusses how vaccines not only resulted in her daughter’s autism, but also a damaged immune system in this blog post.
• Seth’s story - my son had a bad reaction to his 4 shot series at 14 months old with high fever and a swollen leg. He regressed in speech and began watching the TV with his face in the screen. He would not make eye contact. He was eventually diagnosed with autism.
• Spectrum Mum in Malaysia – when she was 1.5 years old, Maya slowly regressed after the Meningococcal C vaccine. She became withdrawn, lost many of her skills, she spoke less and less. She never progressed to constructing sentences even when her peers were already speaking well. She started having outrageous tantrums, meltdowns and horrible mood swings. She was eventually diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Two years later, with aggressive biomedical DAN! treatment, she is recovered.
• Tanner’s story – Read Rhonda Spellman’s book, “The Journey Home from Autism”. Her son suffered from mercury poisoning as a result of routine vaccinations, which resulted in autism. She also recovered her son using GFCF diet and supplements.
• Timmy’s story – 9 weeks old – DTAP, IPV, Prevnar, and HIB; eventually diagnosed with autism.
• P. Long’s son’s story
• Angie’s story
• Anthony’s story
• Ben’s story
• Christian’s story
• Junior’s story
• Lisa’s daughter’s story
• Sara’s story
• Kirk’s story
• Brandon’s story
• Giselle’s story
• Maryamber’s story
• Nicolas’ story
• Tanner’s story
• Ryker’s story
• Stephen’s story
• Lisa’s story
• Michelle’s son’s story - see first comment – 15 month son developed autism overnight following vaccines
• Montana’s story - vaccines received at birth resulted in autism
• Stephanie’s story – college student who received the meningitis vaccine, which caused adult-onset autism – series of 3 videos
• Zayan’s story – The Boy Who Walked Backward – BCG vaccination in India at 6 months of age. Swollen lymph node developed which required surgery.
• KMP’s daughter’s story
• Video of a girl’s story
• Understand Vaccines – Several stories, including children who developed autism after their vaccinations and seizures.
• As of Nov. 2011, there are 21 stories of vaccinations resulting in autistic spectrum disorder at NVIC’s International Memorial for Vaccine Victims.
• One of my friend’s sons (now 14) had seizures directly after the MMR vaccine and is currently on the autistic spectum.

Vaccine injury: Attention Deficit Disorder

• Christian’s story

Vaccine injury: Tourette’s Syndrome

• Brandon’s story – 15 months old – Tetanus, Oral Trivalent Polio, Hib Type B, MMR vaccines

Vaccine injury: Hodgkin’s Disease

Dr. Robert Mendelsohn’s book, How to Raise a Healthy Child, states that he has observed Hodgkin disease develop after the MMR vaccine.

• Alexis’ story -  21 days after receiving the DTP shot, she  came down with the following symptoms:  lethargy; fever; loss of appetite; excessive sleeping. Shortly after MMR shot, she developed vaccine-induced Hodgkin’s Disease. Alexis died when she was 17 years old.

Vaccine injury: Juvenile Diabetes

Another chronic autoimmune disorder that is on the increase in multiple vaccine recipients is juvenile type 1 diabetes. In New Zealand, there was a 60% increase in juvenile diabetes following a massive hepatitis B vaccination program for newborns. In Finland the incidence of juvenile diabetes increased 147% in children under five after the introduction of three new vaccines for children in the late 1970s. Then, in the late 1980s, addition of a live MMR vaccine and an experimental vaccine (Hib) resulted in another 62% increase in the incidence of juvenile diabetes in children 3 months or older who received the new multiple vaccines (source).

• Scientific studies linking vaccinations and diabetes here.
• Linda’s son’s story
• Francis’ and David’s stories

Vaccine injury: IgA Nephropathy (an autoimmune disorder that affects the kidneys)

• James’ story

Vaccine injury: Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (excessive bruising)

• George’s story – 1 year’s old; MMR vaccine

Vaccine injury: Increase of infections

• Cathy’s daughter’s story – double ear infection, bronchitis
• Grayson’s story – 12 month vaccinations – “Grayson reacted to his 12 month vaccinations for an entire month, non-stop.  Doctors really had the gall to tell me that each of these incidents was unrelated to one another and/or the vaccinations.  He was tested for diseases such as EBV, Lyme, arthritis and even leukemia.  I’m sorry, but 4 live viruses should never have been injected into my baby in one sitting and I have since learned that he probably never handled his vaccinations well, because as I look back on pictures, I see one of his eyes turned in slightly, his lip not quite in line symmetrically with the other side and as we progressed through his vaccination schedule, his personality changed.  He changed.”
• Theo – five months old – (a friend’s son) developed pneumonia and an ear infection after receiving the pneumococcal vaccine.

Vaccine injury:  Severe Eczema, Flesh-eating infection, Small pox

• Vaccine injury photos showing severe eczema, flesh-eating infection, small pox lesions (warning: graphic photos)

Vaccine Injury: Night terrors

•  Why vaccinations can result in night terrors, according to Heilkunst homeopathy.
• Raising a Sensitive Child – Moses’ reaction to MMR (also increase of sickness and infection)
• Anecdotal stories of children who had night terrors and bad dreams after MMR vaccination.
• “Our older son also reacted to the DPT. He began having night terrors and visual auras. The night terrors continue to this day whenever he has a fever. He is in college now.” excerpted from here.

Vaccine Injury: Eczema

• Several stories of children who developed eczema after vaccinations.
• 5 1/2 month old baby – developed eczema after Prevnar 13 vaccination.

Vaccine Injury: Asthma

When researchers in New Zealand compared the rates of asthma in children that did not receive multiple vaccinations to rates in children receiving multiple vaccinations, those children who did not receive the vaccines did not present with asthma; whereas 23% of children receiving multiple vaccines had to have asthma consultations and 30% had consultations for other allergic illnesses (source).

• A child with Hyper IgE syndrome “became sick at 2 months of age, which is immediately after his first whooping cough vaccine.  I can’t prove that was a cause, but I strongly suspect it exasperated his problems.  We gave him a whooping cough booster two years ago, and 24 hours later he became unbelievably sick.  His asthma was out of control, he could not get out of bed and his skin flared all over.  It took a lot of careful homeopathy to get him through that.  If it weren’t for the homeopathy, he would have been in the hospital.”

Flu Vaccine injury: Guillain–Barré Syndrome

• Posts linking vaccinations to Guillain-Barre Syndrome.
• I personally know of at least two adults who developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome after a flu vaccination (one of them had received the H1N1 vaccine).

Chicken Pox Vaccine Injury: Shingles 

• Research has revealed high rates of shingles in Americans since the government’s 1995 recommendation that children receive the chicken pox vaccine.
• I personally know of one individual who developed shingles after her child was vaccinated with the chicken pox vaccine.

GARDASIL (HPV) VACCINE INJURIES

• As of February 4, 2011, 89 deaths and 20,575 adverse reactions have resulted from the Gardasil vaccine. Three breastfed infants died after their mother’s received the Gardasil vaccine. More here.
• Three young women died and FDA reported that 28% miscarried after the vaccination – article here
• Vaccine Awareness Network has a lot more very detailed information about Gardasil vaccination reactions here.
• Cori’s story - video

Bedridden and Heart Inflammation

• The Truth about Gardasil – Holly’s story and Rosemary’s daughter’s stories

Brain damage

• Courtney’s story

Early Menopause

• Bridget’s story – 17 years old

Paralysis

• Jenny’s story

German Measles Vaccine Injury: Arthritis

• Vaccination News – Terry’s story

HEPATITIS B VACCINE INJURIES

• Scientific studies that document the hazards of the Hepatitis B vaccine, including vision loss, hearing loss and various ailments.
• Eight stories, with reactions that include chronic fatigue syndrome, arthritis, bedridden, wheel-chair bound, mononucleosis

Dehabilitating pain

• Shanti’s story

Fibromyalgia

• Sharyn’s story

Multiple Sclerosis

• Sue’s story

Requires 24 hour care long-term

• Jonathan’s story

Tetanus Vaccine Injury: Chronic Fatigue  Syndrome

• CT’s story

Pneumococcal Vaccine Injuries

• Read more here.

Anthrax Vaccine

• Major Sonnie Bates’ story – He noticed that dozens were extremely ill following the anthrax vaccine. Autoimmune disorders, but all had some common link. He approached his commander and said that he would refuse the vaccine. The military threatened him with a court martial and 5 years in prison. He refused to take the vaccine and made headlines around the world and appeared on 60 minutes.  Anthrax vaccine has disabled and killed thousands and is the direct result of Gulf War Syndrome.

Compensation payouts

• Vaccine manufacturers have paid out nearly $2 billion in damages to parents in the US. In all, around 2,000 parents have received compensation payments that average $850,000. Sadly, since the Vaccine Injury Compensation Payment (VICP) have not awarded settlements to any parents of children with autism because they refuse to recognize any link between vaccinations and autism (Source: New England Journal of Medicine, 2007; 357: 1275-9).

To report reactions:

In Canada…

• You can also report your vaccine injury to Health Canada using their Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting Form.
• You can also report a vaccine injury to Vaccination Risk Awareness Network (VRAN), which is a non-profit educational society.

In the US…

• You can report a vaccine reaction to the US Government Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).
• You can report a vaccine reaction to the US National Vaccine Information Center NVIC. You can also search the NVIC Vaccine Reaction Database. NVIC is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1982 by parents of vaccine-injured children.

More reading

The following books describe more accounts of vaccine-injured children:

• Jenny McCarthy’s Mother Warriors and Louder than Words
• Verspoor and Smith’s Autism: The Journey Back
• Rodney Peete’s story about his son’s autism after his MMR vaccination: Not my Son
• Barbara Coppo’s Boy in the Window – son developed autism after the DPT vaccine when he was 19 months old
• Marge Grant’s A Stolen Life – her son developed severe brain damage DPT vaccine when he was an infant
• Coulter and Fisher’s A Shot in the Dark - The Amazon review for this book also has many written comments by parents whose children were vaccine injured. Discusses the risks associated with the DPT vaccine.

Vaccination News is a good source for additional vaccine injury stories, vaccine injury groups/websites, and published and unpublished vaccine cases under the US Court of Federal Claims.

Several stories of vaccine injuries and reactions (too many to list) at H1N1 Vaccine Reactions.

Vaccine Injury Information details 585 adverse vaccine reactions in Switzerland in 2010. You can read through all of the adverse vaccine reactions in Switzerland from 2003 to 2010 here. They also break down the adverse reactions for the various vaccines (i.e., MMR, tick born encephalitis, hepatitis,  HPV, pneumococcal, and tetanus.

You can read more about the scientific literature that documents the negative effects of vaccinations here.

Join the I have a Vaccine Injured Child Facebook group