Let me give you some background before I get to the situation because I *know* you all will want to know why we've switched from non-vaxing to vaxing.
We're a formerly non vaccinating family because my 9 yr old stopped breathing from the DPT when he was 6 mos. (No fog on the mirror, but I roused him. Lips were not blue. He also slept for 5.5 hrs straight, so I was checking on him like every 2 minutes!) I was afraid nobody would believe me, so I didn't tell his doctor for a few years. After his 9 mo shots, which I was nervous about but did anyway because I thought I HAD to, we just stopped going to the doc unless they were sick and I refused shots if we were asked. I finally sat and talked it over with the doc about the reaction ds1 had and he was very understanding and respectful of our decision even though he disagreed. Ds1 was 5 years old.
Because of Ds1's reaction, we didn't vax our other children at all. We lived in TX where we have 3 exemptions available. My kids were able to attend public school without their shots.
Now that you have the background, here's the situation...
We recently moved to another state where there is only a medical exemption and my kids REALLY want to be in public school. My daughter doesn't want to be homeschooled anymore. (She had been at home for 1st grade due to anxiety.)
In order for dd to go ahead and enroll, we got her shots. She is 8 years old and has had no shots prior to 1 month ago when she received one DPT shot. (Whatever it's called these days.) Her first day was yesterday, 2 days after the shots.
She received:
DPT (2 doses so far)
Polio
Hep A
Hep B
MMR
This was Monday that she received all of these at once. I'd have liked to do 1 at a time, but she wanted and needed to be in school and it has already been over a month since her first DTaP dose. There were a lot of issues over the last month and we weren't able to keep getting her shots each week like I wanted, so that's why we did 5 at once this week. Not what how I wanted to start her, but I just wanted to get it done.
Anyway, we were able to get her enrolled, officially, yesterday afternoon and she spent the last few hours at school. By dinner time she'd been complaining of a stomachache and feeling unwell. I thought it was just her anxiety hitting her, so I just told her to relax, don't stress, etc.
By 10:30 last night she was feverish and throwing up. She developed chills and kept throwing up and remained feverish through the night and into this morning. The throwing up stopped around 3 AM, I'd guess. I'm not sure when the chills ceased, but I kept her covered as much as I could. Her fever gradually lowered, it wasn't a quick break with sweats or anything. Her mood has been very upbeat, she's pretty low-key today, but is definitely feeling better than she was last night. In fact, she's making her lunch for tomorrow as I type this.
Could this be an MMR reaction or regular illness or virus? There is no rash.
she has spent ONLY about 3 hours at school. Yesterday was her very first day and she was there for only half of it.
We're a formerly non vaccinating family because my 9 yr old stopped breathing from the DPT when he was 6 mos. (No fog on the mirror, but I roused him. Lips were not blue. He also slept for 5.5 hrs straight, so I was checking on him like every 2 minutes!) I was afraid nobody would believe me, so I didn't tell his doctor for a few years. After his 9 mo shots, which I was nervous about but did anyway because I thought I HAD to, we just stopped going to the doc unless they were sick and I refused shots if we were asked. I finally sat and talked it over with the doc about the reaction ds1 had and he was very understanding and respectful of our decision even though he disagreed. Ds1 was 5 years old.
Because of Ds1's reaction, we didn't vax our other children at all. We lived in TX where we have 3 exemptions available. My kids were able to attend public school without their shots.
Now that you have the background, here's the situation...
We recently moved to another state where there is only a medical exemption and my kids REALLY want to be in public school. My daughter doesn't want to be homeschooled anymore. (She had been at home for 1st grade due to anxiety.)
In order for dd to go ahead and enroll, we got her shots. She is 8 years old and has had no shots prior to 1 month ago when she received one DPT shot. (Whatever it's called these days.) Her first day was yesterday, 2 days after the shots.
She received:
DPT (2 doses so far)
Polio
Hep A
Hep B
MMR
This was Monday that she received all of these at once. I'd have liked to do 1 at a time, but she wanted and needed to be in school and it has already been over a month since her first DTaP dose. There were a lot of issues over the last month and we weren't able to keep getting her shots each week like I wanted, so that's why we did 5 at once this week. Not what how I wanted to start her, but I just wanted to get it done.
Anyway, we were able to get her enrolled, officially, yesterday afternoon and she spent the last few hours at school. By dinner time she'd been complaining of a stomachache and feeling unwell. I thought it was just her anxiety hitting her, so I just told her to relax, don't stress, etc.
By 10:30 last night she was feverish and throwing up. She developed chills and kept throwing up and remained feverish through the night and into this morning. The throwing up stopped around 3 AM, I'd guess. I'm not sure when the chills ceased, but I kept her covered as much as I could. Her fever gradually lowered, it wasn't a quick break with sweats or anything. Her mood has been very upbeat, she's pretty low-key today, but is definitely feeling better than she was last night. In fact, she's making her lunch for tomorrow as I type this.
Could this be an MMR reaction or regular illness or virus? There is no rash.
she has spent ONLY about 3 hours at school. Yesterday was her very first day and she was there for only half of it.
It's quite frustrating to feel like no matter what you do, nobody will believe you. And that's why I didn't report ds1's reaction in the first place. Because I don't think I would have been believed by a standard, mainstream thinking, doctor.
