This page is dedicated to all the families and children that are suffering because of vaccines and other injuries.
On this page you will find the stories of the families and their children and how they deal with this tragedy on a daily basis.
Come back to visit this page often as I will try to add stories daily as I get them.
My prayers are for the families and the children.
November 9th, 2008
This video was put together by a young woman named Holly. She has been suffering from the side effects of Gardasil.
Holly received her first shot in May of 2007 and her second in July of 2007. She started to experience side effects immediately but the doctor did not think it was an issue when it came time for her second shot. Here is a list of the side effects Holly experienced right after the second shot. Fainting, dizziness, nausea, weakness, body aches. Her first known seizure was in November of 2007 with what Holly states is brain fog. As of today she still has seizures that are being controlled with medication and she still complains of brain fog and finds it difficult to concentrate and retain information. Holly’s symptoms continue and include seizures, fatigue, irritability, depression, muscle and joint pain, headaches, painful menstrual cramps, hair loss and rash.
Dedication
As We Watch Our Children Suffer
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November 9th, 2008
I want to introduce you to another young woman and her name is Brittney. She has been suffering from the side effects of Gardasil. I had the privilege to meet Brittney in September. She was laying on the couch covered up with a blanket and she needs to wear dark glasses because light hurts terribly. What I saw was a very upbeat young woman with a twinkle in her eyes when she took off her dark glasses briefly for me. I also witnesses one of her seizures. She has gotten so used to them that she knows when one is coming most of the time. Brittney is suffering with constant pain, seizures, nausea, weakness and dizziness and needs a wheetchair to get around.
This young woman is a warrior in my opinion. She is doing the best she can to not let this get her down. She fights everyday and night, 24/7. Her wish is for doctors to stop giving the vaccine so others do not become like her.
Brittney received her first shot in June of 2007 and her second in August of 2007.
This is what her mother wrote to me about Brittney's side effects. This is but one paragraph from a very long letter.
The adverse reactions began slowly, a fainting spell within 24 hours for no reason, then an odd occurrence a few days later- she was on a date and suddenly couldn't move or speak though her eyes remained open and she could hear. A floating sensation came over her, then slowly she began to lose consciousness. This lasted about five to eight minutes. Her date thought she had died. After she came to, she thought the whole episode was somehow related to her fibromyalgia in a new way. Nothing like it had ever happened before to her. One week later, Britt was with a group of friends at an amusement park when her legs suddenly gave out, hammering pain ran up and down her thighs and calves. This lasted about 15 minutes, then it ended as abruptly as it came on. None of this made any sense when taken as isolated incidents- but I kept track of all of them since they made me very concerned. The leg pain would come and go the rest of the summer, but in a much less intense manner.
You can read Brittney's dad's letter to me here to see what a father goes through when their child is suffering.
UPDATE: Brittney is finally able to use crutches and a walker to get around. Family is hoping that the wheel chair will eventually be a thing of the past when she is able to get braces.
November 9th, 2008
This girl's name is Mikaela and she was 10 years old when she received her first Gardasil shot. Before the shot she was a healthy and active young girl.
Mikaela received her first shot in July of 2007 and in two weeks had a rash on her face, neck and chest and facial swelling. She received the next doses in September of 2007 and January of 2008.
Presently Mikaela is suffering from fatigue, nausea, stomach pain, migraine headaches and has been diagnosed with PCOS. Her periods stopped shortly after the vaccine.
This young girl struggles everyday with fatigue and pain but still maintains a B average in school even though she misses a lot of school days. This girl's mother is the moderator of a group called Let's Talk About Gardasil.
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Here is the story about Alex by his mom.
My oldest, Alex was diagnosed with Aspergers/HFA just prior to entering kindergarten. I was told to go home and read Quirky Kids, he'd always be socially different, probably not have any friends but because he was obvious intelligent would probably have a decent job someday. The kid had no energy, would sleep 3 to 4 hours for a nap a day if you let him and then all night. Ok, so I'm not complaining that I could sleep, but this isn't normal. He had huge sensory issues that nobody seemed to understand. He thought very literally and had no imagination. He didn't get jokes. Today he makes them up and giggles and is quite animated. He's creative and has a great imagination. Some in mainstream say he outgrew his autism ... hmmmm wouldn't that be nice? Would have saved our family a hell of a lot of money and emotional struggles over the past 4 years. I've researched endless trying to put together Alex spectrum puzzle. The latest was after reading Hannah Polings case where the government conceded that vaccines aggravated her underlying mitochondria disorder. I looked it up and it described my son to a tee. I introduced CO10Enzyme along with L-Carntine and he's not been fatigued since! About six months into chelation, Alex was hyperactive! My husband and I saw in awe has he played endlessly with his brother one evening making up their own games ... it was like watching someone elses kid ... but he was mine, all mine. I did read Quirky Kids and it made me more determined to find a way to help Alex and I did.
After one year of chelation, he's doing AMAZING. We still have bumps in the road. He still gets upset in school when he's frustrated but more times than not, he can recover quickly and searches for the solution. He use to just fall on the floor and scream ... this use to happen many times a day. Now, he gets upset at least once over something, but again, he's on his two feet and quickly recovers.
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Slipping away at 2.5 years old
Alex Halloween 2008
A year after chelation/3 years biomed - Alex had a GREAT Halloween!
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Gardasil - Not Fully Recovered
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Injured and now are recovering or have recovered.
I also have been able to bring other families services in our area, because of ASA. My son has made incredible strides, but we would like to shake the DX of Autism. We work everyday to get him to communicate and engage our family. Eddie has sever food rigidity although the screaming has stopped. He refuses supplements and we are working on that with behavior therapy. He visually stims fairly often and is completely potty trained. He is always constipated and is addicted to milk. He only eats pbj and oatmeal. He will eat an Oreo Cookie, Root beer and Pepsi. He drinks water out of the dog dish, hose or bathtub.Eddie is learning to read and knows how to write , but has problems with fine motor. His gross motor is good, he climbs and has good balance. We started doing RDI (Relationship Development Intervention), but it was much to stressful for me and our family. I decided to stay with what was working for us. I am finally starting to "Get it"..Thanks for listening.
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My son is Eddie 5 w/Autism, Eddie is a 7 on the ADOS (Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule). He is in a typical Kinder with 30 typical children. He has limited speech, but is academically ahead of the other children.
He has an aide and a behavior specialist helping him through his 4 hr. day. He has plenty of compliance issues and reinforcers are the key. We are just venturing into diet and bio-med. First, diet then the cool DAN doctor (Defeat Autism Now) will see us. I am the North County Chair for ASA (Autism Society of America), and have a talent for event coordination. I am working on my second Autism Awareness Fair for April, 09.
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I am well outside of your area, from Adelaide, Australia in fact.
I am the grandparent of a beautiful young 16 year old girl, who has over the past 18 months had to go through a complete life style change. The complete story is quite long and emotional but I will keep it as brief as I can.
It all started in May 2007, about a week after her Gardasil injection was given to her, she started getting severe lower abdomen pain on the right hand side, it was tolerated for a week or so then she was hospitalised. No cause was found however they decided to remove her appendix. She was no sooner released from hospital when she started getting severe lower back pain and paralysis of the legs. She was once again hospitalised and treated for pain management, this time her stay in hospital was 6 weeks being released just before her 15th birthday in September 2007. She was advised to get her second Gardasil injection, which she did and within 2 hours she had paralysis of the legs, just gave out on her while she was walking along.
During the last twelve months, she has had continual back pain which starts at the lower back and moves up her spine to her neck. She has lost the use of her legs on many occassions, but they usually come back after a nights rest. She has suffered severe body spasms of which she has had absolutelty no control as well as chest pain and breathing difficulty.
About five weeks ago, one day after her 16th birthday she was taken to the Womens and Childrens Hospital here in Adelaide and was once again admitted. At this point she had no use of her arms, legs and was unable to move her neck.
Thank you for reading my plea, both her parents and grandparents are being told by the system that they dont know what is happenning, how scarry is this.
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Since September Jade has regained the use of her upper body but still cannot use her legs. She is still in the hospital in Adelaide, Australia.
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Just a half hour after my 12 yr old daughter had her 1st hpv injection (Cervarix) October 15, 2008. She suffered severe headaches. Over the next 48 hours she collapsed 5 times with dizziness, headaches and weakness. She hasn't stood or walked since. All tests are coming back negative and despite 4 weeks of intense physio and hydro therapy we have seen no improvement whatsoever. Her pain is extreme and unrelentless. I don't know what to do. The vaccination programme was only started in the UK 2 weeks before Ashleigh had her injection.
Since she was admitted to the hospital on October 24, Ashleigh, who is on the hospital’s neuro-medical ward, has undergone intensive physiotherapy, hydrotherapy, CT and MRI scans. She has not walked since.
Dec 4 2008 by Michelle Fiddler, Liverpool Echo
A SCHOOLGIRL was left paralysed after being struck down by a mystery illness.
Ashleigh Cave, 12, has been bed-bound in Alder Hey children’s hospital since October after collapsing during a family trip to London.
The Year 8 pupil at Maghull’s Maricourt Catholic high school fell ill with a severe headache within minutes of having her HPV cervical cancer jab.
She developed nausea before collapsing two days later and being taken into hospital, where she has remained ever since.
Ashleigh is currently undergoing intensive physiotherapy and hydro- therapy to help her regain movement in her legs.
"I take my hat off to her and her determination she will walk again."
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Please please can you help......
With love from me a mother who is truely desperate.
This story is about my daughter Danielle and the effects Gardasil has had on her.
My daughter Danielle is 23 years old. October of 2007 she received the 2nd Gardasil vaccine and shortly after became very ill. She experiences migraines, saying her brain hurts, passing out (syncope), numbness in hands and feet, tingling, limbs contracting, hands like claws, seizures, rolling eyes, foaming from mouth, confusion, heart palpations. She has been hospitalized 9 times since January of 2008, 3 hospitals, 4 neurologists, she has had EEG's, TEE, lumbar puncture, MRI, MRA, CT, CTA, everything is normal. She also now goes into a regression. Sometimes unable to walk, speak, see, hear. She passes out every day since last year. She is on medical leave from college, no quality of life whatsoever.
She has developed hypoglycemia, hypothyroidism, vitamin D deficient, her liver enzymes are shot, her adrenal glands are off as well as her hormones. She gained 40 lbs from all the meds she was put on and the seizure medication has effected her brain.
Needless to say, we are devastated and heartbroken. Danielle was just a few credits shy of graduation and her life is on hold. So this has been a battle for over a year now. Her gynecologist is no longer giving out the vaccine.
Where do we go from here. We have to fight to get this off the market.
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Sad update: Ashleigh will not be home for Christmas because of the paralysis. Not only did she have to spend Christmas, New Years, Easter in the Hospital, she is going to have to spend her 13th birthday there in extreme pain. The doctors are telling her that she is imagining the whole thing for attention. Please pray for this young girl.
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I want to introduce you to Ashley. She was 15 at the time of her first shot and she is now 16. Here is what her mother has to say about her daughter.
I am a single mother and have dedicated my life to provide a safe, fun, loving environment for my daughter. She has been a gift in my life. I describe her as having an old soul. People of all ages, race, disabled, even animals connect with her. She has always attracted attention from everyone even complete strangers. Ashley will immediately help anyone in need. From holding open a door to standing up for a child being picked on. People in our community always tell me what a great job I have done raising her.
Ashley has always been involved in extra curricular school activities and has always received top grades.
My healthy teenage daughter became a chronically ill young woman. In the last year I have called 911 more times than I can count. She has been hospitalized three time within a year. We have seen many doctors and specialists who have done many tests multiple times all to be within normal limits. Ashley experiences life threatening episodes of seizure like activity, difficulty breathing, major back spasms, paralysis, dehydration, memory loss and tremors and she becomes unresponsive. She has daily illnesses of nausea, exhaustion, vomiting, pain, and hair loss. I have provided CPR and life saving skills on a regular basis.
Ashley and I have had conversations in the event she may die. I can only promise her that I will do everything in my power for this not to happen and that we need to focus on healing. I never thought in a million years a vaccine would do this much damage to my beautiful girl.
I stay strong for my daughter. I also cry with her too. I keep faith in knowing God doesn’t put more on our shoulders than we can handle. As a mother, I also feel the responsibility to get Ashley’s story out there so we can help other families.
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Now she is ill. Her life is dealing with daily symptoms and hoping for a day without a life threatening episode.
UPDATE 01/01/09: I have good news and not bad news but not good at the same time. Jade was able to go home for Christmas. This is the good news. Now for the not so bad news. Jade is on medication for the extreme pain, nerve problems and is still unable to use her legs. I was told that the doctors planned to have her better by Christmas. No medical reason was given for her discharge except it was Christmas.
Nora has always been a great kid---she's the oldest of our 3---a 16 year brother, Jack and a 15 year-old sister Sally. Nora was an honor role student her entire high school career, a 3 sport athlete until her senior year where she only played basketball and softball. She was named all academic-all conference for each sport she played. She has always made friends easily and enjoys the things that most girls her age do. She started working as a hostess at a local Red Lobster in the spring of her Junior year and was promoted to waitress last summer. She attends the University of Illinois at Champaign and plans to major in Kineisiology.
I am very proud of Nora and I feel very badly that I agreed to have her recieve Gardasil. She asked me the other day why we didn't know of its potential harm....I had no good answer.
Nora is now taking seizure medication. There is no family history of seizures.
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She received her first shot June 16, 2008 and fainted June 21, 2008. My husband and I were at a friend’s house for dinner. At about 7:30PM, our youngest daughter called to say something was wrong with our 18 year old daughter Nora, and that the ambulance was taking her to the ER.
She received her second shot August 19, 2008 and had the seizures September 2, 2008. I got a phone call from a young woman who lives on the same floor in the same dorm as Nora.
Nora had had a seizure.
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Our nightmare started Dec 07 without us even knowing it, willingly my fun loving active daughter pulled up her sleeve and received the first of three Gardasil vaccines. Cassie 14 at the time is known for her genuine love of life and her heart warming smile, she was very active in church and youth group belonging to FCA at school as well as playing volleyball and running track. That was until Gardasil stole her life away from her.
Since receiving her third gardasil vaccine she has been hospitalized 4 times and had in my opinion a un-necessary surgery, she has been diagnosed with-Pancreatitis, Gastrointestinal Disorders, had Pneumonia three times, and is also suffering from a variety of symptoms including extreme nausea and vomiting resulting in having a central line placed and being put on TPN and Lipids (IV nutrition),Fatigue, dizziness, headaches, hypersensitive to light and sound, blurred vision, lactation, seizure like activity, tingling and numbness in legs,and sever pain in her abdomen.
My once fun loving active daughter is now debilitated with illness and pain, however she refuses to allow Gardasil to take away her loving spirit and warming smile. Through all of this she has taught me so much about never giving up and never losing faith in God, even at times when I was so afraid to take my eyes off her in fear she would not take another breathe she would say "I know God has a plan I know there is a reason for my sickness." We could all learn a lot from these girls I know I have and I am so proud of Cassie.
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Carly Steel, 13, of the UK has aching joints and suffers from blackouts. She has not attended school since September
Amanda Steel is flicking through last year's diary, trying to pinpoint when this nightmare began. It was the summer holidays when she first noticed that Carly, her eldest daughter, was seriously out of sorts.
'Anyone who knew Carly before will tell you what a chatterbox she was. She had so much energy she drove us mad. But suddenly, she was a different girl. It was heartbreaking to watch,' says Amanda.
By August, 2008, 13-year-old Carly, was barely ever awake. Consumed with exhaustion and complaining of dizziness, she was confined to the bed or the sofa, and had to grip the furniture to steady herself whenever she took a few steps.
'And that's when the blackouts started,' says Amanda. Several times she found Carly collapsed after what she described as a 'split-second blackout'.
She discovered, on the internet, that Carly's symptoms tallied almost exactly with a list of adverse reactions to Gardasil, the American version of the cervical cancer vaccine.
Could it have been coincidence that just weeks before Carly first showed signs of illness, she had been injected Cervarix - a similar vaccine made by GlaxoSmithKline. Her school had taken part in the trial that preceded the national roll-out of the Government's vaccination programme, targeting 12- to 18-year-old girls.
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Lauren Smith, 13,of the UK, felt lethargic and had numbness in her arms after the second jab and missed weeks of school
After her second jab in November, she developed a painful sore throat.
'She said she had numbness in her arms,' says Julie. 'She was very pale and was so tired she could barely get out of bed.
'I made her go to school, but she was always in the sick bay.
'I have asked her GP repeatedly to note my concern over the vaccine, but they say her illness could be caused by anything. She's through the worst of it now, but to hear that her friend Sarah has been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome is obviously worrying.'
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Sarah Chandler, 12, of the UK, has chronic fatigue syndrome. She felt lethargic after the first jab but her condition worsened after the second jab
'We remain confident in the safety profile of Cervarix which was extensively tested through clinical trials and has been licensed for use in girls and women in the UK.'
But that is of little comfort to Cathy Chandler from Surrey, whose 12-year-old daughter Sarah has just been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. Her illness began a week after her first injection in September, and she has barely attended school since November.
Sarah had the second in a course of three Cervarix jabs in October. She felt ill and lethargic following the first dose. But after the second, her condition deteriorated. She was listless and her throat felt, and still feels, as if something was stuck in it. Antibiotics did nothing to ease it.
In recent weeks, her health has improved enough for her to attend school for nine hours a week, but it looks unlikely that she will be back full-time for many months.
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Leah Mann, 18, from the UK, now has regular seizures and had to give up her college course
Eighteen-year-old Leah Mann, from Nottinghamshire had her first injection in January.
Ten days later, when she was at work in a fish and chip shop, she felt unwell and collapsed. When she came to, she had no feeling from the waist down.
'It was terrifying,' she says. 'I went to hospital and while I was waiting to see a doctor the feeling in my right leg came back. But it took two weeks for it to return to my left leg.
More worryingly she now suffers full-blown seizures. Although doctors are at a loss to explain why she has developed what appears to be epilepsy, they are more inclined to believe it is associated with the antidepressant medication she had been taking (with no adverse sideeffects for more than a year) than with the vaccine.
'I've had my driving licence taken away and I've had to give up my college course,' she explains.
Leah had been studying equine management, but, because of her seizures, the college's insurance can't cover her horseriding. She will remain housebound until her specialists find the right medication to control her condition.
'It's five weeks since we last saw her neurologist, and she has had 30 seizures in that time,' says her mother, Tracey, 42.
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