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Hi everyone,

I am new to the list and just wanted to give a brief introduction. I

plan on going back through the old messages and seeing what I can

learn, I'm sure I'll have a few questions to come. My name is

Janice, and I have a lovely son named , he is 17 months old. I

never fully understood the dangers with vaccines, and am really just

new to this idea. I had all my vaccinations growing up, however, the

amount of shots they want to give to children now is way more than

what I had as a child. seemed to handle all his shots okay

(although I refused the hep A, Varicella and flu shots). The funny

thing is what raised a red flag for me was that my dog had a

reaction to a shot. I got to searching the internet looking for

information dog reactions and came across so many different sites

with information on how shots are bad for humans. Anyway, this made

me somewhat leery of getting his MMR, but I went ahead with

it anyway, thinking he really needed this one, after all I had it

with no problems. Well, he had a horrible reaction to this shot,

which lasted about 3 weeks. Full head to toe rash for 3 days, temp

for 3 days, unexplained screaming and crying, seemed to have aching

joints because he kept grabbing at his knees and arms while crying.

He acted lethargic and it seemed his entire personality changed, no

smiling, laughing or even looking at us. He seemed angry and

miserable. I was becoming increasingly upset and concerned, but

luckily came out of this and is himself completely again…

happy and no signs of any more problems. My question is, can I have

tested for immunity the next time the doctors push for his

MMR booster? I would imagine it would be hard to claim exemption due

to religious beliefs after he has already received most shots. Would

a test for immunity be enough for a school to accept him,

considering his extreme reaction to the first shot?

Janice

Pgh PA