As I've mentioned in another thread, we're going rounds with a major university/hospital children's center. On paper, ds2 (age 3.5) has a severe immune defiency. IRL, he has very seldom been sick: one very mild ear infection at 10 months, and a very severe experience with fifths disease over the summer. He does have multiple food allergies and we've got a good handle on those.
The immunologist, whom we met with on Friday, wants to give him Prevnar. When he realized that we had no intention of vaxing, he gave us the third degree, minus only the searing lights and dripping water and truth serum, and then abruptly dismissed us. I have little doubt that he will be contacting our other doctors and we'll be hearing from them next week. In the meantime, I've been gathering more info about Prevnar (of particular interest have been the warnings about latex allergy, since ds2 has a severe allergy to it, and, that point was blatantly ignored when I brought it up the other day).
What I've not been able to find is an official description that matches our son's reaction to his 2-month vaxes. Within 10 days of his vaxes, he started breaking out in patches of eczema that ultimately spread from his scalp to his feet. He scratched out all of his hair, and every dr. we saw was visibly shaken. He also stopped growing for five months. When he was seven months old, he weighed within an ounce of his weight at 2 months old; his length was the same. Over the next five months, with his allergens eliminated and his protein increased way beyond the norm for his age, he gained a little less than two pounds, but he did grow an inch. It's been a very long path, but he's healthy now and I'm not willing to compromise his life again by giving him a vaccine just to see if he can create antibodies.
I know there are other kids who have had similiar reactions, but I haven't been able to find appropriate sources that describe this response. If anyone has any links, I would greatly appreciate the help. A friend of mine has lent me a thousand back issues of Mothering with all the articles relating to vaxes marked and it's been really amazing to read some of the old issues.
Thanks!!
Missy
The immunologist, whom we met with on Friday, wants to give him Prevnar. When he realized that we had no intention of vaxing, he gave us the third degree, minus only the searing lights and dripping water and truth serum, and then abruptly dismissed us. I have little doubt that he will be contacting our other doctors and we'll be hearing from them next week. In the meantime, I've been gathering more info about Prevnar (of particular interest have been the warnings about latex allergy, since ds2 has a severe allergy to it, and, that point was blatantly ignored when I brought it up the other day).
What I've not been able to find is an official description that matches our son's reaction to his 2-month vaxes. Within 10 days of his vaxes, he started breaking out in patches of eczema that ultimately spread from his scalp to his feet. He scratched out all of his hair, and every dr. we saw was visibly shaken. He also stopped growing for five months. When he was seven months old, he weighed within an ounce of his weight at 2 months old; his length was the same. Over the next five months, with his allergens eliminated and his protein increased way beyond the norm for his age, he gained a little less than two pounds, but he did grow an inch. It's been a very long path, but he's healthy now and I'm not willing to compromise his life again by giving him a vaccine just to see if he can create antibodies.
I know there are other kids who have had similiar reactions, but I haven't been able to find appropriate sources that describe this response. If anyone has any links, I would greatly appreciate the help. A friend of mine has lent me a thousand back issues of Mothering with all the articles relating to vaxes marked and it's been really amazing to read some of the old issues.
Thanks!!
Missy
Yes, thanks! You responded to the thread I had started before the appt. I added an update yesterday and a note of thanks to everyone who had helped, but the thread has dropped waaaay back now. This has been a very active forum today 
Very interesting reading, BTW.
have a listen first, because the voices sound nice, but I think you'd have to be careful. Might be better to give them a ring first, but on the other hand, an e-mail is a paper trail.
