A Letter to the Mother of a Vaccine Injured Child

Hey mama, I have a message for you; one that’s not talked about enough, but should be shouted from the rooftops. Your situation is unique, but it is not uncommon. It’s certainly not “one in a million,” but I know your baby is.

I know you read dozens of reviews of baby products so you knew which ones would be safest and best for your baby. I know you read books about pregnancy and probably picked up a few about parenting along the way. I know you researched car seats, strollers, receiving blankets, diapers, wipes, cribs, monitors, carriers… and the list goes on. I know you were so careful to create the best environment for your baby – feeding, cuddling, swaddling, changing diapers, singing songs, making silly faces, rocking to sleep and giving your precious child all your love. I know when your child was born, you looked into your sweet baby’s eyes and knew that you would do anything and everything in your power to protect them. I know that this included vaccines.

I know you were told by the masses that there is overwhelming scientific evidence that vaccines are safe and effective and will protect your baby from harm. I know you were told by your doctors and nurses that vaccinating your baby was the only way to truly protect them from these “deadly diseases”. Maybe you were even told by your family and friends that getting your child vaccinated is one of the most important things you can do to keep them safe and healthy. You just wanted your baby to be safe and healthy.

So, like the responsible mama you are, just trying to do what’s best for your child, you allowed the nurse to administer those vaccines. Maybe it didn’t happen the first time, maybe it was the 5^th time or the 15^th time. Maybe it took a while to see the effects or put the pieces together, but eventually, it happened. Your child was vaccine injured. Maybe your child had vaccine induced encephalitis and screamed for days or weeks on end because their brain became inflamed from the toxins. Maybe your child stopped speaking, or walking or just being their normal self. Maybe you reported this to the pediatrician, but you were assured that it was normal. Maybe your child regressed into autism, but that can’t be true, because vaccines don’t cause autism, right? At least, that’s what the doctor said. Maybe you continued to vaccinate because it wasn’t so obvious right away. Maybe the insanely high amount of aluminum combined with polysorbate 80 found in most vaccines caused terrible neurological effects on your child. Maybe they lost use of their arm or leg, or got vaccine induced Guillan Barre and became paralyzed. Maybe your child developed severe gut health problems, or allergies, or an auto-immune disorder, or eczema, or seizures.

Maybe your child died.

My heart goes out to you. My heart hurts for you. Your situation is unique because this is probably the one injury your child could get that doctors just “can’t figure out” how it happened. It’s unique because when a child is injured or killed by a natural cause, there is so much compassion given to those hurting parents. It’s unique because the moment you say that your child is vaccine injured, you might be told that you just need something to blame and anyone who would say something like that is “anti-science”. Your situation is NOT uncommon though. Far from it. The few adverse reactions I mentioned above don’t even come close to listing all of the side effects and adverse events that can AND DO happen from vaccines.

I know if your doctor had given you real informed consent, you would have had the information to make the best decision for your beautiful baby. I know if you had known for one second what would happen to your child, you probably wouldn’t have vaccinated them. I know that sometimes it hurts so much to not be able to change what happened and wishing all the time that you would have known. I know vaccine injury is real, and all too common. But they didn’t tell you that, did they? I know, because they didn’t tell me either.

Listen mama, I may not know your exact situation, but I know you did your best with the information you were given, and I want you to know this too:

I believe you.

I know you.

I am you.