Saturday, March 13, 2010

Shouldn't All of Us Be Mad?

There was another ruling yesterday that Autism is not caused by vaccines. Now what - people are coming out saying that parents should not focus their attention on this anymore and move on. What is going on? I can't be the only person with proof that Graham did get the HIB vaccine. Got sick immediately and it took three years for Graham to be diagnosed with HIB.

This is why we should all be getting mad. Let's use Graham as an example. Graham has a primary insurance and Long Term Care - which is Arizona's Medicaid program. Graham has had over 15 surgeries - let's just say that's 5K per surgery. He's spent 40 days in the hospital. Let's just say that's another 5K per day. He's had Early Intervention, four years plus of speech, feeding, physical and occupational therapy, Preschool at Foundation for the Blind, Preschool to 1st grade with services. Graham has no immune system. He got IVIg for two and a half years = that's $1500 every three weeks - now he gets Subcu Fusion - that's $850 per week. He's been to Neuro, Gastro, Genetics, ENT, Cardio, Optho, etc. One year I wrote off 11,700 medical miles that I traveled for services.

This is one child who is 7 and will need services for years to come. What's going on?

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