Lack of speech a possible MMR reaction? Please help. - Page 3

[MilkTrance]

Ugh. Now he has an ear infection and is on abx. And he is not eating much at all because he also has a deep cough. She is too worried about those things right now. Poor baby boy.

[cleanjean]

Seems like cod liver oil would be easier to administer to kids these days since they come in capsules... how could it hurt to try?

[Delta Dawn]

Oh my goodness! I hope he gets better!

[Mirzam]

Originally Posted by MilkTrance

Ugh. Now he has an ear infection and is on abx. And he is not eating much at all because he also has a deep cough. She is too worried about those things right now. Poor baby boy.

I realize this is so hard for you to have to watch. But all you can do is give her the information you have, if she chooses to disregard it, so be it.

[SharonAnne]

I had a similar situation; it was my nephew who seemed to lose words not long after his MMR. Like you, I had to sit on the outside and watch what was happening. My SIL got an Early Intervention eval and ended up having a speech therapist come to the house for a while, and with that concerted effort, my nephew started speaking again, and he speaks perfectly normally for a 4 year old boy, now.

Hopefully, your story will have a similar outcome. I know just how frustrating it is to watch a family you care about go through this and not be able to do anything about it.

[beanbean]

Originally Posted by cleanjean

Seems like cod liver oil would be easier to administer to kids these days since they come in capsules... how could it hurt to try?

The Carlson's Lemon CLO is what I give my children (it's liquid, not capsules).

They LOVE the taste and ask for it every day.

[anewmama]

Originally Posted by loveyourohana

Wait just have to say... He has spent 21 YEARS STUDYING THE BRAIN! I know what happened with my baby!!!! Thank you Dr. Moulden!!!!!!!


Dr Moulden is a National scholar, with 27 scholarships for research and academic excellence, a Natural Sciences Engineering and Research Council of Canada scholar, an Ontario mental health foundation scholar, an Ontario Graduate Scholar, and well respected by the post-graduate medcial education department at the University of toronto.
Dr. Moulden informed the Canadian Psychiatric Association in 2004 that he had the methods and means in medical discovery to prove causation on how the childhood vaccines were causing autism, sudden infant death and other neurodevelopmental disorders. The Canadian psychiatric association wanted Dr Moulden to suppress this information and sell out to Merck Frosst - so the information would not reach the public.

With those credentials, how come no one can find any peer review publication by this person? Do you have any?

[Sileree]

Cool, thanks for that.

[EVC]

Just wanted to say how great it is to see the participation of Rick Neubrander and Andrew Moulden on this thread. MDC is an amazing place! :

[Pyrodjm]

Milktrance,
I was wondering how the little boy was doing now? I have worked with several children that lost skills (words, signs and eye contact mostly) after the MMR. They eventually were diagnosed as on the spectrum.

[phrogger]

Originally Posted by Pyrodjm

Milktrance,
I was wondering how the little boy was doing now? I have worked with several children that lost skills (words, signs and eye contact mostly) after the MMR. They eventually were diagnosed as on the spectrum.

That is the case with my step son. I recently read his medical charts. At his 15 month visit he was "cognatively advanced for his age" by 18 months the dr. had "grave concerns" for his lack of speech and complete regression. He went (from what I saw just from pictures) from a happy, smiling, cheerful toddler who spoke a ton and asked for everything, pointed, kissed, listened to his parents, to a child that when I met at 3 I KNEW he had some serious issues going on. The ONLY thing that changed was he got his mmr at 15 months.

I really hope this mom listens and gets some help NOT and doesn't wait as long as my husband did. His ex wife was in complete denial and my husband was deployed a lot (military). This child went through some extremely rough patches and when I got him, well lets just say if it weren't for me being more stubborn then the child, I don't know that I would be married to his father today.

He was dx'd with autism at almost 5 because I pushed for it, and looking at his medical records and from interviews with dad and mom who is not in the picture anymore, the neurologist even had to admit he was damaged at the time of the 15 month MMR shot. sad really because MMR really doesn't scare me, the diseases that is. The shots, at least in MY experience seem to cause more harm then good. I myself had Measles and mumps. I am alive and never lost my speech.

[newmum35]

milktrance: when you say he had "no reaction to speak of" does this mean he didn't even have a fever, no fussiness, etc after coming home after his MMR?

Just curious- still learning myself. I have read some stories about severe regression that began with fever as one of the reactions to the shot (seizures even) and then escalated from there to loss of speech and other skills.

Now I'm wondering if regression can occur even if there is no obvious outward reaction to the shot - no fever, etc. Hmmm. I'm new to the boards here and can't even figure out how to search past comments for similar stories.

How is he doing today now that it has been almost 3 months later?