Finding the Truth About Vaccines

I have a "Green Our Vaccines" shirt that I wear occassionally. I believe in it; that is - I believe our vaccines need some major transformation. Backing up to about 2 1/2 years ago, I was in my pediatrician's office asking her if she was sure Brandon's vaccines did not have mercury and was she sure they were safe. She convinced me that it was what Brandon needed; that he would be protected from harm if I did it. What a mistake that was...

After his 4 year old vaccines, things went downhill, something was terribly wrong. Brandon had a clear speech delay from previous years, but then came terrible aggression, unpredictability, and a whirlwind that devoured our family and our peace at home. We couldn't take him anywhere. He hit people randomly at parks and ball games. He spat on a man's shoe at the post office. He was kicked out of a Casino child care for hitting and kicking children and adults. I wanted answers; we couldn't live like this - my child was on his way to the insane asylum - or would that be me - Ha!

Let's go even further back to when Eric Jr. was little. He developed on time until he was 18 months, but after his 18 month vaccinations I swore they did something to him because his speech suddenly stopped and he seemed distant from us, spinning the wheels of cars and fixating on fans above him. I had never heard of vaccines causing such a thing before, so I kept my concerns quiet. Several years later, I was on the computer and found some stories strikingly similar to my son's story which pointed at vaccines as the cause and cited evidence making the case. When we had our second child, I tried to delay vaccines a month or two each because of my paranoia. His regression happened so slowly, that I could never have pointed at vaccines for the cause. This made me think that maybe, just maybe, they were okay. Then I researched.

I researched because I wanted to help my boy. I just wanted answers - why was he this way? Did I do something wrong during pregnancy? Was there pollution in the areas we had lived? Through testing and researching, I found all kinds of answers. Brandon was anemic his first couple years, which caused pica (eating of non-food items). Not surprisingly, he had high lead in his hair test. I learned that this can cause psychotic behavior (and yes, I have accused him of being psychotic :) I also learned it could affect his speech, learning and central nervous system. Along the way, I found out ALL kinds of things about vaccines, things that scared me...things I didn't want to know. To be continued...