Age: 1.49
Sex: M
Vaccine: DTAP, IPV
Symptoms: Neurodevelopmental disorder, Opisthotonus, Pyrexia, Restlessness, Screaming
Clinical narrative: Post vax, my son began running a fever which was up and down and vomiting, that same day which I was treating with Tylenol and Motrin, per the pediatrician. When I called my pediatrician about this, I was told that this was normal reaction and it was nothing to worry about. On 10/11/00, I gave him Tylenol around 13:00 and then he vomited. After talking with the pediatrician's nurse at 16:00, she told me not to worry, just go about my normal routine and at 16:30, he had his 1st seizure, his fever was 104.3F. I was driving in my car when it happened. He first let out this horrific scream and when I turned back to see what was going on, his whole body was trembling and his eyes were rolled back. I immediately, pulled over and got him out of his car seat and laid him on the ground and called 911. He was then treated and given oxygen while being transported by EMS to the hospital where he was treated. At 17:16, he was given Tylenol and at 18:22 his fever was 102.9F and he was give Motrin and at 18:50 he vomited again. At 20:00, he vomited again and he was given Phenergan for the vomiting and at 20:55 her was given Rocephin. He was released around 21:30 and his fever was down to 98.4 at that time. We were home approx. 1/2 hour when he had another seizure and EMS were called again and he was transported to another hospital. He was released around 05:30. We came home and slept for awhile when around approx. 20:30, on 10/12/00, he began having another seizure, this one worse than the first 2. EMS could not stop this one and he had to be given Valium to make it stop, he was also put on oxygen, his fever was 100.9F. He was then transported back to the 1st hospital and was kept on oxygen because he was having difficulty breathing. At 21:33, he was given Tylenol again. He then had another seizure in the hospital at approx. 22:45, in which he had to be given Valium again to make it stop. At 23:00, he was given Motrin and 23:58, he was given Tylenol and Rocephin. At 00:45, he was given Motrin again. He was then transported by a Medical Team to another hospital around 01:00 where his fever was 101.6F. At the hospital, he had more tests on 10/13/00. His fever began coming down and he was released on 10/14/00 around 17:00, where at home at about 22:30, he began trembling and had very labored breathing. I immediately called the hospital and was told to just monitor him, if his condition worsened to bring him in right away., if not to just follow-up with his pediatrician the next day, which we did. Before leaving the hospital we were given a prescription for Diastat in case of another seizure but he has not had 1 since these episodes. He has always been a healthy baby, never been sick before this incident. Since his seizures, he has become ver irritable, fussy and is very restless in his sleep. Before this he would sleep anywhere from 12-14 hours a night and take regular naps. He was always a very happy and content baby who never cried, not even as a baby, now he cries a lot, is very fussy and agitated, even in his sleep. When he is sleeping, he often wakes up crying or screaming, arching his back and banging his head. He has begun banging his head on the ground for no apparent reason and needs a lot of comforting. His developmental delays were noted at 18 months of age after all of the testing done during these seizures. Even though I have been questioning the pediatrician since he was 4 or 5 months old, which my concerns were blown off by the pediatrician. I questioned the shots and got this speech of how the benefits outweigh the reactions from them. His pediatrician's office told me that it was normal, not to worry. But after his reaction to the last shots, you can see that it is not normal and things got a lot worse. My son is now in therapy weekly for PT, OT, DT and Speech. I believe all of this are effects of his shots. I was told by someone in the medical profession that after each shot the child builds up less and less tolerance for these viruses and it often causes problems in a lot of children. Why do we give these to out children if they hurt them or cause them to have disabilities or sometimes even lead to death? WHY??? 60 day follow-up states the pt continues to have head banging, restlessness, speech difficulty etc.