I had to scroll through a LOT of pages before I finally was able to find any indication of little Ritchie’s condition. It seems he has an autoimmune disease.
Autoimmune diseases are an unfortunate and aberrant reaction to immune challenges such as those that occur following infections. They happen when the immune system mistakenly starts making antibodies against “self” proteins instead of the pathogen proteins. They can also occur after taking medications. I had a cat who nearly died from severe autoimmune disease after giving her antidepressants (yes, those can be prescribed to pets).
Do not be tempted into embracing antivax hooey because of this. You need to consult closely with specialists; they may recommend avoiding vaccines and doing everything you can to decrease the chance that he will be exposed to disease. In this case, then you will want to make sure that any children whom he may encounter are fully vaccinated, because herd immunity would be the only thing protecting him.
The last week of November, Richie received several vaccines which included the flu vaccine.
On December 2nd, he was hospitalized with paralysis of his arms and legs. He was put on a respirator and the outlook was bleak. Doctors have identified it as Transverse Myelitis, which can be caused by a variety of causes.
According to https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19880568
Transverse myelitis is a rare clinical syndrome in which an immune-mediated process causes neural injury to the spinal cord. The pathogenesis of transverse myelitis is mostly of an autoimmune nature, triggered by various environmental factors, including vaccination.
Richie pre illness
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3717837/posts?page=290#290
I know that vaccines are needed , BUT
I am also sure that Richie’s 3 month old cousin will not be getting all of these vaccines in one giant shot.
Doctors have said it was very probably the flu shot. Young bodies should not be given all of these pathogen proteins at the same time.
It would not harm the child to get these vaccines in two or three shots instead of loading them up in one.
I have seen first hand what the results can be. It would be better to see him cry two or three times than to see him paralyzed from the neck down.
I’m still praying for him and asking for God’s miracle.
I’m just telling you that there are two sides to this story.