Shared by Mom- Kristen.
"My 1-year-old daughter died at some point between 7:00p - 9:00p on 1/21/09. She was vaccinated at 7:00a that same day. At the time of her appointment, she had a fever of 100.2 degrees. Her doctor said it was routine to vaccinate as long as the fever was under 102. In the end, and with just a moment of hesitation, she was vaccinated."
" She received several shots that morning (MMR, Varivax, Prevnar and Hepatitis A), all typical of the 1-year checkup. "
"Around 9:00p on the evening of 1/21, my husband entered Sara's nursery and discovered that she was no longer breathing. I knew immediately that the vaccines were to blame. After months of searching, we landed upon a law firm out of Boston (Conway, Homer and Chin-Caplan) whose sole purpose is to handle cases within the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. (Before this, I had no clue such a thing existed.) These are not lawsuits but are claims filed within the program to compensate those injured or killed due to vaccines."
"After a 3+ year ordeal, our case finally reached the tipping point, and with testimony and reports from a highly respected immunologist who described what happened to Sara at a cellular level after being vaccinated, we were awarded the highest settlement for an infant death case since the program began in the 80s. I say this not to toot my horn about the $ (the total amount awarded was a slap in the face) but because ours was a landmark case that could enable other parents in similar situations to receive more just compensation."
"I say all of these things not as an anti-vaxxer but as a one-time mom who hopes this never happens to another family. There is no reason to pump our babies full of vaccines at such a young age. Please know that you can take it one vaccine at a time (literally just one - not 6 like Sara received) and extend the timeline as you see fit. You can also hold off on the administration of vaccines until your child is older and no longer a baby. The lack of education and proliferation of misinformation around this subject is terrifying. "
"To all my friends and acquaintances who are new moms and moms to be - this cautionary tale is for you. Just trust your gut and know you don't have to do all the vaccines on the preferred standard schedule at the preferred standard time. You can take it slow."
"Anyway... all of this has been on my mind for years. This is our story. This is our life. And I hope our pain can prevent someone else's from occurring."
EDIT: Over the past two days, people far and wide have shared my post. Others have responded by recounting their own vaccine injury & death stories. I am coming to realize that vaccines can injure and kill even when administered slowly (as advised above) and regardless of age (infant, toddler, child, teenager, adult...). I am passionate about learning more, and I humbly THANK each and every one of you who has read and shared my post. May vaccine related injuries and deaths never plague another family again!
EDIT #2: I realized that I had some facts wrong and dug up the legal paperwork on Sara's case. She received 6 vaccines in total.