Maine Mom, RN, Paid Ultimate Price Trusting Her Doctors
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A toxicology report shows that a new mom in Maine was right. Her baby, Sawyer, died when he was just eight weeks and six days old, just 34 hours after being vaccinated.
On October 20, 2022, Melissa, who herself is a registered nurse, took her baby to the pediatrician. Baby Sawyer had a rash around his torso that just wouldn’t go away. The pediatrician diagnosed him with a viral infection, which was causing the rash.
The doctor gave her Eucerin cream and told her to monitor her son’s temperature for a possible fever.
Seven days later, on October 27, 2022, Melissa went to the same pediatrician for her son’s well-child check-up. At that
two-month check-up, Melissa asked the doctor if they should wait on the two-month vaccinations because her baby was still sick.
The doctor said no.
Although Baby Sawyer still had a rash, he didn’t have a fever. And Since Baby Sawyer didn’t have a fever during the appointment, the doctor insisted it would be perfectly safe for the baby to get all his
recommended vaccines.
Even though her intuition, as both a nurse and a mom, was that they should wait until the baby was feeling better, Melissa trusted her doctor.
That turned out to be the biggest mistake of her life.
Four Shots to “Protect” Against 8 Childhood Illnesses
At that visit, the baby was given:
Rotateq
Hib
Prevnar 13
Pediarix (a combination vaccine that contains DTaP, IPV, and hepatitis B)
It’s worth noting that a new version of
Pediarix was
approved by the FDA in 2019, making this formulation one of the newer vaccinations on the market.
By the time Melissa got home that day, Baby Sawyer was screaming like he had never screamed before.
More experienced moms, moms whose babies have suffered brain damage, would recognize that heartbreaking sound as the “DTP scream”—a high-pitched uncontrollable almost inhuman expression of agony.
Melissa’s pediatrician had told her during the appointment to give the baby
acetaminophen to help make him more comfortable. Even though Baby Sawyer didn’t have a fever, Melissa gave him a partial dose of
baby Tylenol for discomfort.
The next morning, on October 28, 2022, the baby was still acting fussy and uncomfortable.
Melissa gave him
more Tylenol, held him, and rocked him. He drank five ounces of expressed breastmilk from a bottle.
Limp and Unmoving
When her husband got home from work, they put the baby down in his bassinette for a nap. This was around 5:30 p.m. Her husband then ran out to get some food for dinner.
Melissa, who worked remotely, heard the baby fussing around 6:15 p.m. Her husband went in to check on him. He readjusted him, and rubbed his back as Fathers do. Baby Sawyer fell back to sleep.
Sawyer was asleep off and on for about four hours, during which time she and her husband both checked on him. They also had a baby monitor and it was easy to hear the baby anyway because their home is small.
But the last time Melissa went to check on Baby Sawyer, the baby wasn’t moving or breathing. She picked him up out of the bassinette and the baby was completely limp and lifeless. Melissa started screaming. Her husband, who was the last one to see him alive, rushed in to help his wife.