Age: 0.51
Sex: M
Vaccine: DTAPIPVHIB, HEPA, PNC13
Symptoms: Joint swelling, Loss of consciousness, Loss of control of legs, Lumbar puncture, Lymphadenopathy
Clinical narrative: When patient was 6 months we took him in for his wellness check and for his immunization. After receiving his injection we waited in the waiting room to see if he would have any kind of reaction. We were called back in the room because patient had been given the wrong immunization. He was given a Hepatitis A vaccine by mistake. The doctor felt he would be fine and let us leave the office. We then went to the urgent care because we were worried. The doctor in the urgent care said "they let him leave?" There was nothing the urgent care could do, but they told us to call the CDC. I called CDC and was told that they didn't know what would happen because the Hepatitis A vaccine has never been tested on babies under the age of one. We were told to watch for any symptoms. Patient began to have rashes, and high temperatures. He was taken to ER on 8-27-2010 because his rash was not going away. We were told he had a diaper rash and given a topical cream. On 10-4-2010 patient started having sinus problems. Then he was in ER many times for URI, Ear infection, tonsillitis, rashes, pharyngitis, viral infections, swollen glands, cellulitis, a lump behind his ear, swollen leg, temperatures running from 99-104 and was antibiotics all the time. When he was 16 months old he ran a high temperature of 104 all weekend - even while on antibiotics. He was taken to ER on 6-24-2011. By Sunday night (6-26-11) he was running a temperature of 102 until 10 pm. That night his temperature dropped to 97 and in 10 minutes time had dropped again to 96. We took him to the ER again and by the time we made it there, patient was limp and unconscious, his temperature was now at 95. The ER doctor administered IV's, warm blankets and a lumbar puncture. Patient was transferred to another hospital. Patient was in intensive care for 3 days and his temperature would not go up past 95. Finally on the third day his temperature rose to 97. Now he seems to have different things going on all the time. He has most of the adverse effects. He was not born with a cataract in his right eye...he was very healthy. On 8-14-2012 patient attended a health fair and participated in a vision test. From there he was referred to an eye doctor. We took him to see an optometrist, who then sent him to a pediatric eye care. The diagnosis for patient was a cataract in the right eye causing him to be 80% blind. Patient has bilateral leg pain all the time. Patient says his legs hurt. He will be playing and fall because he loses control of his legs. This has happened ever since he started walking. Patient had high temperatures; his body cells were trying to get rid of the virus Hepatitis A from the age of 6 months to the age of 16 months when he almost died because the Hepatitis A virus killed off all his cells. This is the reason patient had so many high temperatures, ear infections, URI, pharyngitis, rashes, etc...The doctor that administered the shot never put on his progress report that she gave patient the Hepatitis A shot. The incident was never reported to CDC even though the Hepatitis A vaccine is not licensed to give to babies under the age of one year. Health department staff kept calling the doctor's office to have the vaccine put on patient's records. Health department staff kept being told that they were sorry, they were busy, but they would make sure it would be added to patient's records. After a few months they finally added the Hepatitis A vaccine to patient's shot record, but they didn't know the dosage or manufacturer of the vaccine that they gave to patient that day. I am worried he could have other thing going on since your organs begin to shut down when your body temperature falls to 95 degrees and patient's body temperature stayed at 95 for 3 days. No doctor has ever said that patient should be seen by an infectious disease doctor. One of the RN's asked if he had ever been seen by one, but we didn't know he was supposed to. Patient could have other complications too. He seems to have increased swelling in his joints and muscles of his legs. Patient's blood work showed that the neutrophils, T&B Lymphocytes were not normal and low protein. He had a whole body allergic reaction at 16 months old (6-26-2011). The ER doctor said that if we would not have brought him in on 6-26-2011, patient would have died. The dx was hypothermia (temp that weekend was 95 degrees), (Sepsis R/O). Hospital intensive care unit could not find anything as to why his temperature was so low. My mom was looking through a pathology book which tells about how the hepatitis virus could lead to injury of cells or death from antibody attachment of cells. To our knowledge the doctor never completed or sent an incident report to CDC and to this day we have not received anything from CDC.