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my name is elizabeth, and i have two boys. my oldest will be seven next month, and the baby is 16 months. connor was born at 27 weeks, had a delayed/seperated shot schedule until he started having seizures, and now has a medical exemption. his ongoing problems that are from his prematurity, vaccinating, or both, are autism, adhd, seizures and mild spastic cp.

hudson was technically a preemie at 36 weeks. he has never been vaccinated, and i hope to never have to vaccinate him. i live in west virginia, so i don't currently have the option of a religious or philosophical exemption. the only exemption allowed is a medical exemption, which is only obtainable AFTER the child has been harmed. i am hoping west virginia comes around and offers a legal way out before hudson has to go to school. if not, i'm not sure what we will do.

we are currently looking for a new pediatrician. i just wasn't happy with our last one, and since connor's medical exemption was finally put into writing, i felt it was time to start looking for a new one. one of the doctors i interviewed was great. her office was nice, the staff was friendly, she was friendly. then we got to the vaccines. she refused to take my kids on as patients because of their vaccination status. she said she never gives a medical exemption, that vaccines are always in the child's best interests, blah blah blah.

i joined this group to get the most information i can to be the best advocate i can be for my children. i am not worried about my boys getting any of the diseases they are vaccinated against. if they do, we will treat the illness and be better off for having had the illness as opposed to the vaccine. i want to find a way to get hudson an exemption before he gets his first shot. i will fight all i have to. i know i need to be armed with much more information and knowledge than i already have. thank you for letting me join this group, and i am so looking forward to everything i am going to learn.

west virginia