Baby Charlee’s Heart Stops 22 Hours After Hep B Vaccine
“My letter to Nicole Shanahan:
Hi Nicole,
I felt compelled to reach out to you as a fellow vaccine injury mom. I want to share the story of our daughter, Caroline “Charlee” Baker.
Charlee was born on May 6, 2017, after an unremarkable pregnancy. She was delivered via C-section, weighing 6 lbs 8 oz. We declined the Hep B vaccine at the hospital, preferring to have our own pediatrician administer it.
At 18 days old, she received the Recombivax Hep B vaccine. She had been thriving—nursing well, gaining weight, and was such a content little girl.
But 22 hours later, everything changed.
Charlee suffered a sudden cardiac arrest while nursing—she just stopped. I was at Panera with a colleague, both of us Certified Registered Nurse Anesthesiologists with neonatal and pediatric experience. By some miracle, we were able to resuscitate her, but she suffered a severe anoxic brain injury, leading to a two-month stay at Children’s Hospital of Detroit—where I was employed as a staff nurse anesthesiologist at the time.
She had a million-dollar workup, but not one doctor would acknowledge that the vaccine could have caused her cardiac arrest. Genetic testing for her, my husband, and me all came back negative.
At two months old, as she was preparing to be discharged, doctors wanted to give her more vaccines. I didn’t know what I know now, but I knew enough to insist that she be on a cardiac monitor during them. She received Hib and Prevnar, and immediately after, she went into bradycardia and apnea.
At that moment, my husband and I knew—the vaccines had caused this.
A neonatologist even admitted the “quiet part out loud,” saying she routinely tells residents to put the crash cart next to NICU isolettes when babies receive vaccines.
Charlee died suddenly at 4 months and 2 days old, in the middle of the night.
We have a case in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), but Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey has already indicated she will rule against us. She, like so many others, is captured by the pharmaceutical industry.
Since losing Charlee, we have been blessed with two boys—her little brothers—both completely unvaccinated and 100% healthy. While their friends and classmates struggle with asthma, food allergies, autism, chronic ear infections, and other now common childhood “illnesses,” my boys have had none of these issues. They are thriving, strong, and healthy in a way that is impossible to ignore.
Our case: 1:19-vv-01327 – BAKER et al v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
https://www.govinfo.gov/…/USCOURTS-cofc-1_19-vv…/summary
Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey:
https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/nora-beth-dorsey
When we file VICP cases, we are actually suing the Secretary of HHS, and now, that position belongs to your former running mate, RFK Jr. This is our hail mary. We want some form of justice for our little girl.
As a mother, I know you understand the deep suffering of losing a child to a corrupt system. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and thank you for all you are doing for our children and our country.
With gratitude,
Sarah Baker, MS, CRNA”