How Important is Hepatitis B Vaccination at Birth?

Managing Editor's Note: Below is the tale of Ian Gromowski, a boy who lived 47 days after his at birth Hepatitis B vaccination. Thank you to his mom Deanna for sharing her agonizing story with us. I am proud that Age of Autism is here to publicize stories like Ian's. (And there are many more stories. I'm thinking of a darling girl in NJ named Gianna who succumbed to her vaccinations.) Autism One Radio featured Ian's story last week. Download Deanna GromowskiFINAL

Deanna and her husband have a healthy baby boy named Vance. Deanna is now battling thyroid cancer. You can read more of Ian's story here: www.iansvoice.org. 

By Deanna Gromowski

There are days I cannot believe what happened to my son Ian Larsen Gromowski. 

It almost seems as though it was a bad, horrible nightmare that I cannot wake up from.  My name is Deanna Gromowski and I am just a mom. 

 

I live in Wisconsin and have a bachelor’s degree in Psychology  from UW-Milwaukee and my husband Scott has his bachelor’s degree in Sports Management from UW-LaCrosse.  I work in Human Resources and he decided to get a 2nd degree in Fire Science and is now a full-time fire fighter.  We dated for 3 years and then got engaged and a year later married in Hawaii in 2005.  We decided to hold off on children for the first year to enjoy married life. 

We ‘did everything right in life’, we planned and prepared and educated ourselves about all our major life decisions. 

Then June 25, 2007 and our son Ian was born completely healthy.  Well, there was a slight mishap at birth and it is very common.  Ian swallowed meconium (his stool) as he came through the birth canal.  He was originally brought back to our room with us, but then the nurses noticed he was having trouble breathing.  

The meconium is like tar and it was in his lungs.  So Ian was admitted to the NICU, discharged the next day to our room, but yet again went back because he hadn’t worked all of the meconium out quite yet.  Scott and I were worried, as new parents, who wouldn’t be, but we knew it was common and we were told this many times.  Some babies need 2 to 3 weeks to work the meconium out of their lungs. 

Ian was having a hard time getting this tar worked out, but you cannot imagine our JOY when the doctors told us on his 5th day of life, June 30th, 2007, that he would be able to go home.  All he needed was his hearing test and his Hepatitis B vaccination.  

 

We couldn’t wait for both of them to happen so we could go home.  Looking back Scott and I get frustrated because we weren’t really given an option about the vaccine.  We were told to sign a form (in which we were not given any instructions on vaccines) and I remember it seemed strange because the form we signed didn’t have an area for a parent signature, the nurse had to physically write in “Parents Signature” and “draw a line”.  Hardly seems professional or right, but I signed it anyway.   I look back on that form to date and still get sick to my stomach. 

Ian was given his Hepatitis B vaccination on July 1st, 2007 even though he was fighting off the meconium, even though he had a fever ABOVE 100 degrees on June 30th, and even though he had a fever above 100 degrees the day of July 1st they STILL VACCINATED HIM.  It states on the Center for Disease Control (CDC) website this : “Some people should not get hepatitis B vaccine or should wait.

Anyone with a life-threatening allergy to baker’s yeast, or to any other component of the vaccine, should not get hepatitis B vaccine. Tell your provider if you have any severe allergies.

• Anyone who has had a life-threatening allergic reaction to a previous dose of hepatitis B vaccine should not get another dose.

• Anyone who is moderately or severely ill when a dose of vaccine is scheduled should probably wait until they recover before getting the vaccine. Your provider can give you more information about these precautions..”

So how are parent’s to know if their child is allergic to baker’s yeast?  Do you want to just risk it?  I would consider Ian moderately ill because he was in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and still had a fever.  Shouldn’t the experts know this information.  Isn’t it there job?  Well, that is all hindsight and immediately after Ian was vaccinated the following happened:

FACT: After receiving the Hepatitis B shot these symptoms also appeared:

• Platelets dropped from 248,000 to 131,000 – severe thrombocytopenia
• Scalded-like rash appeared
• Seizures noted
• Irritable, crying non-stop
• Stopped eating
• Viral-like symptoms

His pictures speak a million words.  Within 12 hours of his vaccination he had the rash, within 24 hours the severe thrombocytopenia set in, and then he was in a fatal state from then on.  NO DOCTORS, NURSES, STAFF would even consider the vaccination as the source. 



Nothing else happened, no medicines of any kind because he was supposed to be going home!  It even lists on the CDC website that 1 in 1.1 million have a severe reaction and on the Merck website it indicates that thrombocytopenia is a typical reaction of a person with a vaccine reaction.  Why didn’t they know this?  Why wouldn’t they consider the vaccination?  It is possible.  It even states so on the form from the CDC that they were SUPPOSED to give us and didn’t!!

Ian lived for 47 days.  My son suffered nearly his entire life.  Look at the pictures.  Imagine watching your child going through this pain and not being able to do anything.  No one would listen to us….we are just parents, what do we know?  We didn’t leave his side for one moment.  We lived at the hospital, literally.  I couldn’t save my first born son, I couldn’t make the ‘ouchie’ better.  I sat there day in and day out and watched this vaccination destroy his organ one at a time. 

But I want you to know that Ian was an old soul.  He had a peaceful presence about him.  He received edema massages 2 times a day for his swelling and he loved it!  The therapists said most babies in his situation do not do well with massages, but he was relaxed, peaceful, and accepting.  He fought so hard.  He is the strongest person Scott and I have ever met.  He took our admiration to a level we didn’t know existed in the world.  He was and is our little Sunshine, but more importantly he is OUR HERO.

We now are blessed with another son, Vance.  Vance shares his brother’s blonde hair and has blue eyes that glisten like the sky.   Vance is almost 6 months old and Vance is not vaccinated yet.  Pending on the future of vaccines, we don’t know if he ever will be.  Hopefully Ian’s story will touch the lives of others including people who care for children.  His case is not as rare as one would think.

Ian Larsen Gromowski
June 25, 2007 - August 10, 2007

Birthplace:   Milwaukee, Wisconsin 
Resided In:   Brookfield Wisconsin USA 
Funeral Home:   Max A. Sass & Sons Funeral Home   
Visitation:   August 14, 2007   
Service:   August 14, 2007   

Gromowski, Ian Larsen

Returned safely to the arms of Jesus on August 10, 2007.  Precious son of Scott and Deanna Gromowski.  Cherished grandson of Lawrence (Pamela) Gromowski and Gregory (Anita) Lehrkamp.  Beloved great-grandson of Eugene Gromowski, Patricia Larsen and Bill Betlinski.  Loving nephew of Paul (Amy) Gromowski and Melissa Waszak.  Further survived by other relatives and many amazingly dear friends.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tues. Aug. 14, 7:30 PM at ST. JOHN VIANNEY CATHOLIC CHURCH, 1755 N. CALHOUN RD., BROOKFIELD.  Visitation AT THE CHURCH on Tues. from 6 PM until time of Mass.

Special thanks to the NICU nursing staff of St. Joseph�s Hospital and Children�s Hospital.  Ian was a fighter with a strong spirit.  He will be forever loved and never forgotten.

Mommy and Daddy love you more than you will ever know. 
You will always be our sunshine.
 

Comments

[Erwin Alber]

Thanks for sharing your son's tragic story! I have long ago arrived at the conclusion that vaccination is an organised criminal enterprise dressed up as disease prevention by means of junk science.

"Vaccines contain substances which are so noxious they should not ever be injected into a human body."
Dr Viera Scheibner PhD, Australia

"I was shocked to find that this whole vaccine business was indeed a gigantic hoax."
Dr A Kalokerinos, Australia

"Vaccination is a massive fraud."
Dr Russell Blaylock MD, USA

"Belief in immunization is a form of delusional insanity."
Dr Herbert Shelton, USA

It shouldn't just be children who are unwell or who may suffer an allergic reaction who should not be vaccinated, but all children should be spared this child abuse.

Vaccination is an assault on a child's biological and spiritual integrity. It is institutionalised insanity on the one hand, and biochemical warfare against children on the other.

[jemil abdella]

i am jemila abdella from ethiopia ,thank you for your advice ,but i am very sad about hepitites vires

[nina]

Im am very moved by this very sad sad story as a mother of six this is very heart renching and just confirms how discusting and ill educated the medical staff are. Looking at the pictures I am very disturbed at the fact that these parents could sit there holding there dying newborn with smiles on there faces.. I could not apeer soo none disturbed as they seem to be in this time of great sadness...!!!
All My Love And Blessing's Go Out To Little Ian.~xXxoOo~

[Marie T.]

My son received the hep b vaccine a fews days after he was born. We were pressured by the pediatrician and as new parents we did not know better. During our 2nd month visit to a new pediatrician she insisted that he received the second dose since he already had the first and didn't react negatively to it. The shot was administered... after that she discussed the future vaccination schedule and we decided he will receive no more vaccinations because we did not want to "play with fire." Sure enough once he it one years old he was not pointing, waving bye bye and spinning wheels. Now he is 18 months old and he severly delayed in his expressive and receptive speech. He is has very limited speech and appears to struggle with words. He has repetitive behavior and terrible social anxiety. He was diagnosed on the spectrum just short of turning 18 months old and we will be seeking every therapy in existence to bring our boy back.

My prayers are with all the families whose children have been severely damaged by vaccines and who are dealing with the mysterious epidemic called Autism.

If and when I have another baby, he/she will not be vaccinated at all. If you feel uncertain please do not undergo vaccines as you will live with the guilt if your child is injured. There are enough stories to convince parents that vaccines are highly likely to damage your child. If you are one of the parents whose children received vaccines and they have developed typically then thank your lucky stars. Some of us were not as fortunate.

[Jessica]

Thekidneys are not even functioning properly when your little one is born, no one should authorize a hep b shot for your child at that time. I say hell with people telling me what to give my children and telling me its safe- screw you, i reject and if you dont like it I will leave right now.

[Angela]

The more I read and learn the stronger my feeling that the Vacc. can cause more harm than good. My 2 1/2 YO was diagnosed Autistic recently. He was in the NICU after being born 5 weeks premature , and yet they still gave him a HEP B shot while still in the NICU. My heart goes out to these parents and all parents who have been lied to and pressured tricked or forced into doing what some Drug Company is saying is for the better!

[Taximom]

Our middle son was given hep B at birth, AGAINST MY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS AND WITHOUT MY PERMISSION.

Thankfully, he didn't seem to have a reaction.

He did, however, have a severe reaction at his 4-month shots, where he had a terrible rash over much of his body. The dermatologist called it a "drug reaction." Weeks later, she said it had "morphed" into severe blistering eczema.

I fed him only breast milk for 10 months, and continued to nurse him for 2 years.

When he was 9, we discovered that the terrible blistering eczema disappeared when we eliminated gluten from his diet, and reappeared whenever he had gluten.

A different ped dermatologist told us that vaccines can trigger severe food allergies, and said, "you wouldn't believe how much business we get from vaccines."

[Cindy]

My grandson had this shot right after birth. My daughter did not want the child to have the shot but she and her husband were pressured by the nurse. No other vaccination shots have been given to him and he is now 23 months old.
He will be undergoing evaluation in a few weeks at the University of Iowa hospitals. As his Grandmother, I have known for sometime that something was not right. He rarely makes eye contact, does not respond to his name, does not talk etc. He never jabbered like babies do. He will not wave good-bye, will not talk and did not walk until he 15 months old. Sometimes he acts like he is all alone even when others are in the room....Pray for us!

[teresa wilder]

My son had the hep b at birth and also got very sick two days after we came home from the hospital i woke up to him all blue..we rushed him to the er..where they "claimed" it was sleep apnea..then a week later he had a horrible viral infection and had to get a spinal tap =( it was horrible after reading this im sure it was the hep b vaccine! and now im waiting on all of his shots until hes 5 hes now 3. did i mention he was also born in JUNE 2007!

[Shawn Siegel]

Words cannot even begin...

I would beg all those who have stated in their comments that they are considering vaccinating, perhaps because they feel, for instance, that the batch of vaccine from which Ian was injected was bad, to re-consider. At the very least, Ian had just come from NICU, and never should have been vaccinated; immunocompromise contraindicates vaccination.

Research the ingredients in any vaccine you consider injecting into your child. Research the reality of the respective declines of "vaccine-preventable" diseases, vs what is told us by the medical establishment. Realize that there are millions who feel childhood diseases are almost overwhelmingly less threatening than we are led to believe; and vaccines, less effective.

My heart goes out to Ian's family.