Posted on 12/14/2018 10:20:27 AM PST by Red Badger
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- A North Las Vegas man went home Monday after spending more than three weeks in the hospital with a rare complication of the flu shot.
Shane Morgan said he was diagnosed with Guillain-Barre Syndrome, otherwise known as GBS. Morgan said GBS paralyzed him, blinded him and almost cost him his life.
Doctors confirmed Morgan had the illness.
The CDC has linked the neurological disease to the flu shot but said it varies based on the strain.
According to the CDC, "there are one to two additional GBS cases per million doses of flu vaccine administered." The exact data on the association between the flu shot and GBS varies each year.
Morgan said he is happy to be home for the holidays, something he would have taken for granted a month ago.
On Nov. 2, he said he and his wife got their flu shots. The next day, Morgan said he felt like he came down with a bad cold. But things quickly got worse.
“My eyes wouldn’t focus on stuff,” Morgan said. “I thought it was my inner ears sickness that I had. I got up to use the bathroom and I realized I couldn’t walk. My legs were like rubber. My hands were totally numb.”
His wife Monique rushed him to the emergency room. Morgan was put into a medically induced coma for five days, they said. He then spent 23 days at Centennial Hills Hospital.
“The pain is excruciating,” Morgan said. “It’s just dumb luck I have an immune system that does not like what’s in that vaccine."
Morgan was at home recovering this week. He said he’s about 50 percent better and that he gained feeling in his face and can eat and talk again.
“We’re thankful he’s home for Christmas,” Monique said. “This could’ve been insane.”
But the family said this will be the last year they personally will get the flu shot.
“Everybody just says it’s a coincidence. It’s not,” Monique said. “It’s 100 percent a reality, a side effect of the flu shot.”
“I’d rather have the flu 10-1,” Morgan said.
Monique said since sharing their story, dozens of people have reached out through social media to share similar stories.
The family said they are not opposed to vaccines. They said in the future, they will be doing more research.
As for Morgan, he was still using a wheelchair at home. He said his muscles were weak, but he plans to start physical therapy.
He said it could be up to a year before he’s back to full health.
The family set up a GoFundMe for Morgan's medical expenses.
The vaccines are perfectly safe unless you happen to be one of the people they do severe damage to....
Thank you, Captain Obvious!..................
Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.
I read an article yesterday about an incoming freshman Republican House rep from TN who is an MD. He promises to dig into the CDCs vaccine injury numbers. He doesn’t believe them.
He shouldn’t.
The CDC and all levels of government agree with you.
I had GBS when I was 21 as the result of an upper respiratory infection involving some type of virus, that was before flu vaccines were common. Took me about 6 months to be able to walk at all, about a year before I was steady on my feet and several years before I was close to normal.
I was fortunate to have it at my age, because the very young and older people have a tougher time recovering. Physical therapy is tough when you’re so weak, I couldn’t even lift a tall glass of ice tea for several months. However, physical therapy does work miracles in the case of GBS for most people, it’s just very rough when you’re having to do it.
You were blessed......................
I'm pro-vaccine for a lot of them and think folks ought to evaluate before taking others.
True - not my point to be an anti-vaxer......many are willing to ignore those who suffer/die from vaccines for the greater good....some vaccines are worth the risk but they push them all at us and they keep coming up with new ones....the more vaccines, the greater the odds one may have bad effects.
I’m pro-vaccine for a lot of them and think folks ought to evaluate before taking others.
Might be useful to get actual data.........many are willing to ignore those who suffer/die from vaccines for the greater good....some vaccines are worth the risk but they push them all at us and they keep coming up with new ones....the more vaccines, the greater the odds one may have bad effects.
I’m pro-vaccine for a lot of them and think folks ought to evaluate before taking others.
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No vaccine is worth anything!
They are the chosen method of depopulating the Earth.
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