KBMC.com Health
05/10/2010
Gardasil was touted as a revolutionary new vaccine to protect young women from cervical cancer.
KMBC’s Kelly Eckerman reported that one family is haunted by a decision they made, which they think changed their world forever. While the answers are not all in with regard to this case, the family wants to be heard.
Alexis Wolf, 16, wishes she had spent this day at school with her friends. But that’s no longer a part of her life. Uncontrollable vomiting and seizures have left Alexis brain-damaged.
“It’s a nightmare. This whole thing is a nightmare,” said Alexis’ mother, Tracy Wolf.
Wolf said it all started after her daughter received a series of Gardasil injections — something Wolf chose for her daughter in hopes of protecting her from cervical cancer.
“The whole body feels achy. I feel like I want to collapse on the floor. I get dizzy a lot,” Alexis said.
Her family told Eckerman that she is not the same child they knew three years ago, who was a healthy, happy honor-roll student.
Advertising from the maker of Gardasil urges parents to get their children vaccinated.