Age: 16.0
Sex: M
Vaccine: FLUN3, FLUN3
Symptoms: Abdominal pain, Appendicectomy, Appendix disorder, Blood test abnormal, Colonoscopy
Clinical narrative: Our multihandicapped son was given the flu mist vaccine the first week of November, 2006. Child had known common variable IGa immunodeficiency diagnosis, which we learned months later was contraindicated for him. We were not informed by either our primary physician or immunologist that the vaccine contained a live virus. We had questioned the physicians concerning the mercury content of the flu injections he had received in prior years. Several days after receiving the vaccine, our son developed a sinus infection, followed by a psoiatic arthritis flare-up, & a trip to the E.R. for extreme abdominal pain, which we thought to be an appendicitis attack. At that time, the E.R. physicians felt our son had irritable bowel syndrome, and treated him with the medication Levain. Bloodwork on that admission indicated platelets were low, which alarmed our immunologist. We followed up with a visit to a hematologist who did more extensive bloodwork and wanted our son's abdomen, pelvis, and kidneys scanned with an upcoming CT scan to check his organ placement post Pectus Excavatum surgery. In December, our son developed pneumonia, which took three rounds of antibiotics, onionpoutices, and round-the-clock suctioning to heal. At the same time, he was also in severe abdominal pain with constant colon spasms which required 24 hour care by his parents. We were up all night and day with our son for three straight weeks, and made continuous strips to doctors' offices, the E.R. again, with more bloodwork, X-rays, and whatever tests deemed necessary. In February, our cardiologist ordered the Catt scan once he recovered from the pneumonia, under general anesthesia - Fentanyl- to prevent any adverse response to the contrast media, as our son is allergic to 17 different meds etc. We were hospitalized overnight for a colonoscopy and esophageal endoscopy to be performed the next day. Our son's colon was full and had not been emptying completely for months, despite a regime of Glocolax given daily. The most important info we obtained from the tests was from the scan, which showed a 5 cm. area of inflammation and Intussusception of the jejunem in the small intestine. His pain continued, and elimination was difficult, this time using Go-lytely daily. We requested an ultrasound be done in early March, which once showed the Intussusception occurring. The gastroenterologist brought the pediatric surgeon in at our request, and we agreed to go forward with exploratory bowel surgery. We also asked the surgeon to remove our son's appendix while he was in there, to prevent a future surgery for him, which he agreed to do. There was no bowel resection performed other than the appendectomy, which indicated lymphatic hyperplasia. Our son was hospitalized for 5 days post surgery, and had no post operative infection, which was not the case for his 2 previous surgeries in 2004 and 2005. Our son is to this day, still having constipation and discomfort eliminating. We are working with a new D.O, using whatever natural means we can to help alleviate this ongoing problem.10/22/07-records received for DOS 1/1107 and 3/21/07-admitted for intussusception. DX: Intermittent Intussusception. Exploratory laparotomy and appendectomy, findings: normal bowel. 1/11/2010 Patient still has an ongoing difficult bowel probkem-under continuing med care following his bowel surgery for intussusception-performed 3/20/07. 02/02/2010 We are still working through his elimination-not going regularly-bowel movements at times must be aided with suppositories, etc. Some daye cannot go and has discomfort when he skips a day or two.