@ vaccines

I’ve been thinking about vaccines lately.

It seams to be a hot topic in the world today specially among doctors. I’m glad I don’t live in Europe because I’m sure I would get a lot more negative social pressure on the topic and, most likely, be accused of being a negligent mother.

I remember when I started going to secular school, at the age of 8, I had to get all my shots, I had none before that, but it was mandatory; or I would be putting all the other students at risk. So get them I did. I got pretty sick for a week or so.

I only started thinking about this because when my daughter was two weeks old I realized one of her clavicles wasn’t right, so I had to first take her to the pediatrician and then to a specialist, another doctor. It turned out her clavicle was broken, most likely from the birth. But, here comes what I want to share with you dear reader, when I took her to the pediatrician he was very much in shock that I hadn’t taken her in to get vaccinated for any of the deceases they have vaccines now a days. He ended up giving me a big lecture on the issue; advocating the benefits of this modern day advance. If I had to summarize in a thought what he said it would go something like this: Maybe for other country that’s ok but you better be very sure about your decision of not vaccinating your kids, you live in Mexico, are you aware of what kind of risks you are taking?. I confess I was caught off guard and presented a not very convincing argument on the matter.

I know Mexico is considered a third world country were a lot of sicknesses like tuberculosis, polio, etc aren’t eradicated still.

During the Christmas Season one of our CTP’s, that we named, Los Angeles de la Noche, involved going to the Children’s Hospital at night to pass out warm tea, coffee and sweet bread, as well as giving them blankets, warm clothing and praying with the parents and families that were staying outside, in the best of cases living in their cars while their son or daughter is getting medical treatment sometimes for a few days, weeks, or even months. Most of the people we met live in little communities and ranchos that are far from everything else, so the parents bring their other kids along and do what they can to survive while they wait; since they can’t afford to make the trip back and forth.

This one simple couple we met had sold their only cow to be able to afford coming to the capital to bring in their son. Most people sleep outside of the hospital on card boards and other things they find in the garbage. One lady I personally spend some time with was there because her ten year old daughter had lupus. It was quite a heart breaking experience, nothing like having one of your children sick to make you really desperate. The reason I got into this is because it was there and then that I learned that there are a lot of deceases that are still very much circulating which I thought were controlled or no longer existent. A bit of an eye opener if you will, it’s easy to take for granted the Lord’s supernatural protection when you’ve always had it.

To add to that a couple days ago going for get out I met a girl about eleven that had a crippled leg, she fell in the park and hit her head on the slide so I prayed with her I ended up befriending her mom and it turned out they were cristians and that she had had meningitis as a baby and that’s why her leg was like that.

And I thought after, could a vaccine have prevented that?

I have researched the Word about it. None of my children have ever been vaccinated and I know the Lord is our best Protector, but I would like to know what other parents think about vaccines, so if you have any imput or thoughts on the matter please feel free to share them and leave a comment.