Monday, October 19, 2009

That's where we wanna go....way down to Cozumel





According to Patrick we just got back from YukaSTAN...so just FYI Cruises are now available to the India/Pakistan area...

It was beautiful...(more pics on facebook)

Thursday, October 8, 2009

On a somber note...

I have 20 million things to do before the sun rises in the morning, but I just felt such a burden to type this post.

In the hospital, with no prior warning, no less than 6 nurses & doctors came to our room to convince us to give the HepB vaccine to our 1 day old son. I was an emotional crazy person and had no idea we would be asked to make that kind of choice. Along with each visit, the nurse or doctor brought with him a paper about the horrible things that could happen if Jonas contracted HepB while in the hospital...I asked several times about the necessity of this vaccine and each time was strongly "encouraged" to give it to him...Against my better judgement and because I was ignorant on the subject I signed the consent form. Here is a short article about recent findings regarding this vaccine:

Hepatitis B Vaccine Triples the Risk of Autism in Infant Boys
Posted by: Dr. Mercola October 08 2009 22,948 views
A new study has shown that giving Hepatitis B vaccine to newborn baby boys more than triples their risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder.
The study’s authors used U.S. probability samples obtained from National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) 1997–2002 datasets. The conclusion states that: “Findings suggest that U.S. male neonates vaccinated with hepatitis B vaccine had a 3-fold greater risk of ASD.” The authors also noted that an earlier study by them found that hepatitis B vaccination was associated with receipt of early intervention and special education services. The new study used a different database than their earlier study, and they found same results, suggesting a validation of their findings.

I hate that I didn't know

I hate that I didn't know that I needed to know

I hate that I signed that form against my own instinct

I hate that I will worry about this for a long time

I hate that I will constantly struggle with trusting God with this
and blaming myself for being so ignorant.