Hello, this is my first time writing in on this forum. The reason I am is because I believe there is something going on with
the flu shot. My son who is five years old, rec'd the flu vaccine for H1N1 and within a day after receiving this shot, he went to bed at night and started to fall asleep and all of a sudden while I was lying beside him, his whole body started jumping. It started with an arm, then a leg, then both arms, then both legs. Not one muscle in his body would allow him to relax. I was up with him the entire night and this went on for three nights. I took him to the doctor the next morning and we had blood drawn to rule out certain things, everything came back normal, the doctor told me to let her know if it happened that evening and to lift him out of bed and take him to Children's Hospital and we would have him admitted to check for neurological problems. Well, we came home from the hospital and he laid down to take a nap, which he never did do because he has outgrown his naps, but due to exhaustion from three nights of ######, he fell asleep, I noticed that he maybe jumped three times, which were small little jerks and nothing like previous nights. We went to bed that evening and low and behold, nothing. Almost as if they had run their coarse. I still stayed awake most of the night just watching him, I cried, thanking god, and swore, that I would NEVER give my child another flu vaccination. The nights that he went through with this jumping out of his skin, were some of the worst of my life, I couldn't figure out what was happening to my otherwise healthy child. He is so active and when he hits the bed at night after a full day of play, he is out, and his body and nerves and muscles just would not relax.
I did research, called the flu help desk to ask if anything had been reported and nothing. Until I saw the show on the girl who was trying out for Cheerleading and suddenly tics, out of left field, you explain to me why this would happen. It is NOT a coincidence that she had the flu shot and there they are. And then my son, I am so scared that one night these are going to creep back into our lives. It is like something invaided his body for a few nights. I prayed and my husband cried, because we were so scared for our son. I know this was the flu vaccine having an effect on my little boys body, and this was the outcome, the same type tic relation where neurologically you are out of control and you cannot stop your muscles and reactions from just going crazy. I hope that people read this and I hope they stop and think before giving a child these things in their bodies. Now my son is off to kindergarten and what do I do, they say he needs three or four shots before being allowed to start, I am scared to death to give him anything, and I more than likely will not and they can fight me over this one. I am just thankful that hopefully my nightmare is over and I hope that no one else has to endure what my family did on the night after the H1N1 flu vaccine.
N. Herman,
Ohio
