Despite the recommendation of doctors, the child's parents refused a second dose of the DTaP vaccination given to the boy during treatment, along with other vaccines.
An unvaccinated 6-year-old Oregon boy was hospitalized for two months after he contracted tetanus following an injury on a farm, racking up hundreds of thousands of dollars in treatment to save his life.
Six days later, the child was suffering from muscle spasms, jaw clenching and difficulty breathing. At that time, his parents called for emergency services and the child was airlifted to a local medical center. Despite being given treatment, on his fifth day in the hospital the child required a tracheal tube and to be placed on a ventilator as he experienced spasms in his diaphragm and larynx.
Doctors gave the child a diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and acellular pertussis vaccine during the course of his eight-weeks of treatment, which the CDC estimated to cost over $800,000. However, the estimate does not include the cost of air transportation, inpatient rehabilitation and the use of an ambulance, the report says.
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