When Katelyn was a baby, she was extremely colicky and suffered from severe acid reflux. Because of the pain, she screamed and cried all the time. It broke my heart that she was in so much pain. She was put on soy formula at 6 weeks old, which seemed to help, but not 100%. She was put on a high dose of Axid and we had to keep upping the dose to finally get it right. They thought that she had pyloric stenosis. She could not be horizontal at all and she would instantly scream uncontrollably if she was put on her back flat. We had to put inclines in her crib and on her changing table. Finally at 6 months old, she was able to stop her medication and appeared to be reflux-free.
After Katelyn received her 2-month shots, she began projectile vomiting a lot. The next day after the shots, I was upstairs for a few minutes while she was sleeping in her swing downstairs. All of a sudden, I had a gut feeling that something was wrong. I ran downstairs and saw her slumped in her swing with her head to the side. I tried to wake her and she would not respond. I was terrified. Finally, she woke up and started screaming uncontrollably. She ended up being admitted to the hospital for ALTE (apparent life threatening event) testing. They did EKG, EEG, and other tests. Everything was normal. The doctors were baffled as to what caused the unresponsiveness. They said that the projectile vomiting for 3 days straight after the shots could have been a "normal" reaction to the immunizations. They denied, however, that her unresponsiveness could have been a reaction. I was not convinced.
A week later, she was readmitted to the hospital because she stopped breathing after a coughing fit, which caused her to choke. She was gasping for air and looked so scared, but she couldn't cry since she couldn't breathe. This was the second time in a week that we had a "life-threatening" issue. They did all sorts of tests and everything appeared normal. They said that she probably had "floppy airway," which means that her trachea walls were floppy or weak and were blocking her airway. I wasn't sure what to think.
At her 4-month appointment, they were asking us about milestones and they asked if she responded to her name. The nurse called her name...nothing. The doctor then slammed the door loudly and Katelyn didn't even flinch. When we got home, we banged pots and pans so loud that it hurt MY ears, but she didn't react at all, not even a blink. We ended up getting her hearing tested and everything was normal, although the people doing the testing really expected there to be a problem since she was not responding to the loud bicycle horn in her ear, etc. We were just relieved to know that she was not deaf.
Shortly after, I had mentioned this to my chiropractor just out of the blue. He told me that it sounded like a reaction to her shots (the unresponsiveness at 2 months and now the appearance of being deaf). I researched further and found some websites where other parents had shared their "reaction" stories. Some of them sounded exactly like what we went through with Katelyn. From then on, we decided not to vaccinate her until she was at least 2 years old because we believed that it was a reaction to the shots.
After Katelyn received her 2-month shots, she began projectile vomiting a lot. The next day after the shots, I was upstairs for a few minutes while she was sleeping in her swing downstairs. All of a sudden, I had a gut feeling that something was wrong. I ran downstairs and saw her slumped in her swing with her head to the side. I tried to wake her and she would not respond. I was terrified. Finally, she woke up and started screaming uncontrollably. She ended up being admitted to the hospital for ALTE (apparent life threatening event) testing. They did EKG, EEG, and other tests. Everything was normal. The doctors were baffled as to what caused the unresponsiveness. They said that the projectile vomiting for 3 days straight after the shots could have been a "normal" reaction to the immunizations. They denied, however, that her unresponsiveness could have been a reaction. I was not convinced.
A week later, she was readmitted to the hospital because she stopped breathing after a coughing fit, which caused her to choke. She was gasping for air and looked so scared, but she couldn't cry since she couldn't breathe. This was the second time in a week that we had a "life-threatening" issue. They did all sorts of tests and everything appeared normal. They said that she probably had "floppy airway," which means that her trachea walls were floppy or weak and were blocking her airway. I wasn't sure what to think.
At her 4-month appointment, they were asking us about milestones and they asked if she responded to her name. The nurse called her name...nothing. The doctor then slammed the door loudly and Katelyn didn't even flinch. When we got home, we banged pots and pans so loud that it hurt MY ears, but she didn't react at all, not even a blink. We ended up getting her hearing tested and everything was normal, although the people doing the testing really expected there to be a problem since she was not responding to the loud bicycle horn in her ear, etc. We were just relieved to know that she was not deaf.
Shortly after, I had mentioned this to my chiropractor just out of the blue. He told me that it sounded like a reaction to her shots (the unresponsiveness at 2 months and now the appearance of being deaf). I researched further and found some websites where other parents had shared their "reaction" stories. Some of them sounded exactly like what we went through with Katelyn. From then on, we decided not to vaccinate her until she was at least 2 years old because we believed that it was a reaction to the shots.
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