A Special Needs Mom's Point Of View On Vaccines

Vaccinations are something I feel passionate about. My son has Chronic lung Disease because of CDH. He gets sick easier, stays sick longer and words harder to fight it off. So when it came to vaccines it was an obvious choice... VACCINATE!!!

People talk a lot of crap about vaccines and some people are even trying to say they cause things like autism. Really? You people have said just about everything under the sun causes autism. I get it though. Your pissed your child has autism and you want/need someone to blame. Stop turning this into a witch hunt. 

When you don't vaccinate, it's not only your child your putting at risk, but the whole community. Take this example into consideration:

You are a parent of a school age child and a newborn baby. You love watching your school age child (A) come home and play with baby (B). You enjoy the smiles and the laughter and honestly the small reprieve from holding B and use this time to either run to the bathroom or switch a load of laundry. Imagine that they do this every day and every day it fills your heart with joy. Only day A comes home from school acting a little tired than normal but seemingly fine. A sticks with the normal routine playing with their newborn sibling. The next day A wakes up feverish and vomiting. Next thing you know baby B is feverish and vomiting. Now chances are A is strong enough to fight the flu off but since you didn't vaccinate against it, the symptoms are far worse and they didn't have a chance at NOT getting the flu. So A gave B the flu. B is still too young to vaccinate against the flu but if you would have vaccinated A and yourself you could have avoided this. Within a day or so B is continuing to do worse and can't even keep down fluids. You have no choice but to rush B to the hospital where they are admitted and stuck on IV fluids, and IV zofran (a antinausia med). Now because of the flu causing vomiting, baby B aspirated and develops pneumonia on top of the flu. B is put on IV antibiotics and oxygen and breathing treatments. B isn't even allowed to eat because they fear it'll only get worse. Baby B continues to decline and suffer and ends up with a breathing tube and the docs use a paralytic so they can rest. If baby B does get better than their lungs have been seriously compromised and could have lung issues for the rest of their life. Now tell me, if you think the vaccination would have been a good idea? 

Situations like this happen all the time and not just with newborns. Kids like my son with lung issues are badly effected by viruses like the flu. 

Now that was just an example of the flu. The measles are far more deadly and so is things like polio and whooping cough. You say vaccines aren't worth the risk but you have no idea what can happen. And even if your child survives, think of those who you've effected with your decision. I'm assuming you won't think not care because you've already made the decision to put your entire community at risk. 

My opinion is to vaccinate. There are no if, ands or buts. The flu and pniemonia are just illnesses that sent my child to the hospital on countless occasions. 

If you unvaccinated and sick child got my vaccinated child sick and they were to, God forbid, not survive and walked up to you and told you that because of you my child is dead. How would you feel? Would you care? Are you that heartless?

Think about the bigger picture here. Vaccines don't cause autism. That's just people grasping for blame. What about all those unvaccinated children with autism? What caused that? 

Do you know what happened before the polio vaccine was invented? 

 This is the iron lung machine. These are kids affected by polio and this was the only treatment for them. These kids had to live this way because there was no vaccine. 

Before the chicken pok vaccine, children were dying. Yea sure you can still get the chicken poks with the vaccine but the vaccine keeps it from being deadly. 

Think your decision through.