“PLEASE READ AND SHARE WITH ALL PARENTS. THANK YOU.
The doctors and nurses at Chelsea West hospital have asked if we will share photos of Alba to educate about vaccinations.
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Posting these heartbreaking images of our beautiful baby girl who contracted MEASLES is extremely difficult. We are still in hospital [eight] days after being admitted.
She was too young for her MMR vaccination when she got sick which meant she has had to fight this killer virus with no immunity.
Measles is not ‘just a rash,’ it can cause blindness, encephalitis, and pneumonia.
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We need to do more people. Get your children vaccinated.
The MMR does not cause life-threatening issues like Measles does. Your babies might feel under the weather for a day or so but believe me you’d accept that over what we have been through.
It has been absolutely horrific watching our daughter fight this with her eyes swollen shut for [four] days. She has been in the dark, scared with a high fever that lasted for over two weeks. In the hospital, she has been scanned, X-rayed, poked, prodded, blood taken, lumbar punctures done, [cannulas] fitted, swabs taken, ECG Eccos, obs done every 20 mins, tube fed, on a drip, oxygen, pumped full of drugs, anti-inflammatory pain relief antibiotics. You name it, she’s had it. The truth is this all could have been prevented if the protection layer of older kids above Alba had been vaccinated.
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Educate yourselves, talk about it, spread the word SHARE THIS POST. Do whatever you need to do because without the care of Chelsea and West doctors our beautiful baby would not be here today.
All of the tests that were done in the hospital were imperative to determine what was wrong with Alba. Even though the doctors thought it was measles from the start, she deteriorated fast and was [in extremely poor condition]. Alba was also showing symptoms of Kawasaki disease, possible meningitis and of course secondary infections amongst other illnesses that come with measles.
***THIS POST IS ABOUT EDUCATING PEOPLE ABOUT MEASLES AND WHAT THE VIRUS CAN DO TO TINY VULNERABLE BODIES***
We appreciate all the love and support coming our way. Thank you.
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April 29th; Sending a little update:
Thank you, everyone, for your lovely supportive messages. Albs is recovering well. She’s having regular checkups at the local GP, and they are really happy with her progress and are taking amazing care of her. She’s an absolute soldier. I can’t thank you all for your continued support prayers and positive vibes being sent our way. It’s been absolutely unbelievable. Thank you all for sharing your stories, the good and the bad. My heart goes out to you all.
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I’m overwhelmed by how many times this post has been shared, I never imagined this to happen. I just posted it out in the hope it would reach my local mamas in southwest London!
I hope we can carry on raising awareness of how dangerous this virus can be to young and vulnerable babies and people! It’s such a controversial subject, and there are many many views on it.
The main thing is we are talking about it and we are educating ourselves.
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…This is our story and I will continue to share it to raise awareness of just how scary this can be. For parents out there and for my brave brave Alba.”
**This post was written by Jilly Moss of the United Kingdom. It originally appeared on her Facebook page.
