Age: 1.09
Sex: F
Vaccine: FLU3, MMR
Symptoms: Screaming, Somnolence
Clinical narrative: I took patient on 11/28/08 to receive the second part of her flu shot and the MMR shot.  (The manufacturer, lot# and any other information is not listed on her shot records form for the Flu Vaccine for whatever mysterious reason).  On December 5, 2008, I took her to facility and saw Dr. because I thought she may have an ear infection.  Both ears were in fact infected and she was prescribed Amoxicillin which she started taking that day. Every other time she has had an ear infection, she improved significantly from the antibiotics within 24 hours.  By Sunday, she was still not showing any signs of improvement and was acting very out of character.  She is a very active baby and was walking but was very fatigued and we knew she did not feel well.  Instead of sending her to her regular babysitter on Monday, I decided to let her stay with her Grandmother so she could get good rest. I called facility and told them that the Amoxicillin was not working and asked if they would call in something different.  They said no and to wait three more days and if there was no improvement, then bring her back in.  At 12:30 p.m. that same day my mother in law called me and said that patient was dragging all day and would not walk and was very sleepy.  At 4:30 p.m. she called me back and said something was wrong with the baby and that she had had a seizure and the ambulance was taking her to hospital.  Please note that patient DID NOT have a fever.  She had not had one since Friday, December 5, 2008 and it was a very low grade temperature of 99.  When I got to the ER, patient was very out of sorts and not acting like my baby at all.  Out of control crying and screaming, throwing her body around and literally inconsolable.  Finally, after a couple of hours, she was finally winding down and to my surprise as I was rocking her, she had another seizure.  She had two to follow within 24 hours.  In all she had four seizures within 24 hours.  Every test you can think of was performed (EEG's including one for 48 hours, MRI, Spinal Tap, blood work, etc.) and they all came back clear.  After the 24 hour period she did not have another seizure and to date has not had another.  Dr. diagnosed her with epilepsy and put her on Trileptal.  I am in the process of taking her off of it because I am not sure that she now has epilepsy and do not want to medicate my child unnecessarily.  If she has another seizure when we take her off of it then we will cross that bridge when we get to it but I do not think that she will.  I truly believe that this was an adverse reaction to the MMR shot and possibly the flu vaccine as well.  All the doctors tell me no, but I do not believe that to be true.  I feel that this combination of shots is too much for these little ones to handle and she will NEVER again get the MMR booster.  Something is terribly wrong with that shot and no one believes the thousands of parents who have sat and watched this happen to their children. Must we put them all on unnecessary drugs and give them bogus diagnoses, or watch horrific or even fatal results before the government does something about it?  I will be very proactive about this.