This was the first reported case of a child getting tetanus in Oregon in over 30 years.
Everything started when the boy suffered a cut to his head while playing outdoors on a farm. His parents did not take him to a doctor but instead cleaned and sutured his wound at home. Yes, you heard that correctly, sutured his wound at home.
This child began developing symptoms six days after his accident. These included"episodes of crying, jaw clenching, and involuntary upper extremity muscle spasms, followed by arching of the neck and back and generalized spasticity," as described in the report. Then, he started having difficulty breathing, which prompted the parents to contact emergency medical services. To give you sense of the severity of his condition, he had to be airlifted to the hospital.
104.9° F. He continued to have muscle spasms. These situations necessitated various different medications and 44 days on the mechanical ventilator. During that time, he also couldn't eat or drink anything, relying on intravenous fluids and feeding. Oh, guess what. After all of this happened, after seeing their child go through this ordeal, after hearing the doctors explain the risks and benefits of the tetanus vaccine, the child's familyrefused to allow their child to get a second dose of the DTaP vaccine and any other recommended routine vaccine. Obviously, over $800K in medical costs and seeing their child on a ventilator was not enough to sway their minds.
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