Last spring, an article by my soul friend Heather Hudson about her vaccine-injured son Cody’s struggle to survive inspired me to write Lament of the Vaxx-Injured.
After publishing the poem, I contacted Heather to discuss the idea of Cody’s reading it for a video collaboration, and she replied:
“Yes, yes, and yes!! … Your idea is huge! You are a hero!
“It would be Cody’s absolute honor to read your work. Thank you for thinking of him.…
“I love you, my big hearted friend… know that. Cody may love you even more.
“I adore your work, our hearts are officially touched and mended by your efforts.”
Thus began an intensive planning and coordination process that involved my speaking with Epidemic of Fraud documentary filmmaker John Davidson about the possibility of his filming Cody during the We Can’t Forget event last June. When it turned out he would be unable to attend, Haley Heathman of the Liberty Alliance Network stepped in, and John offered to provide artistic guidance for lighting and sound.
Heather and her husband, Gary, had the haunting idea to do a black-on-black aesthetic inspired by a poignant photograph of their dear friends holding a photo of their son, who died from his COVID-19 vaccine.
We had intended to film two other vaxx-injured victims as well, and just when all the pieces had finally fallen into place for the venue, time slots, film equipment, backdrop, and participants, the two other readers got a flat tire on the way to the filming; Cody was too ill from the drive and had to lie down before his speech; and one had a medical emergency on stage during the speeches (thankfully, she was surrounded by doctors and nurses in the audience, and they rushed in to treat her).
When you’re collaborating with people who are fighting every moment to simply survive, you can’t expect things to go according to plan.
To my relief, Heather and Gary offered to film Cody’s reading themselves once they got home. What they captured I then turned into the above devastating video, scored by The Tension of Purpose, the last music composition my beloved Michael exported before his fatal cardiac arrest on July 21, 2024. We tested it as a score for the video on July 16, but Michael wanted to compose an original one because he felt Cody’s reading deserved something uniquely created for it like he’d done with Ode to a Whistleblower. He had already selected the key (I think F minor but am not positive; I know it was a minor key) and a title—“All That’s Left of Us.” He was just waiting for the description of Cody’s diagnoses from Heather so we would have the timing for the end.
Cody, a multi-stroke survivor, gets out of breath quickly, so they were planning to break up the filming into two parts. To our amazement, however, Cody rallied and delivered his reading in a single, uninterrupted, gut-wrenching take.
If this video doesn’t pierce your heart, you may want to check if you have one.
When a person is vaxx-injured, it not only results in tremendous physical torment but also psychological trauma for both the individual and all who love him.
Add to that the emotional pain of erasure and gaslighting they endure at the hands of government and pharma–bankrolled propagandists and doctors, and you have a recipe for Sisyphean suffering.
As I write in my poem:
They refuse to see us.
They refuse to hear us.
They refuse to feel us.
They refuse to help us.
Can you imagine the agony you would feel as a parent watching your vibrantly healthy twenty-one-year-old who was working diligently to pursue his passion for literature at college—only to have that dream ripped away and replaced by an endless series of medical emergencies requiring multiple hospitalizations and desperate attempts by doctors to save his life and control life-threatening anomalies never before seen in patients?
Every vaxx injury is a medical conundrum demanding ingenuity and relentless dedication to solve, and when multiple injuries present simultaneously, that complexity multiples exponentially.
Fortunately, Heather’s dazzling analytical mind is matched only by the all-enveloping tenderness of her heart, and the Mama Bear in her leapt into research mode. She rapidly became one of the world’s foremost experts on the hazards of lipid nanoparticles. She has written peer-reviewed papers, and she wields her considerable knowledge base and limitless empathy to help others in the vaxx-injured and -bereaved community.
She is joined in this mission by Gary; Cody; and Cody’s older brother, Jacob, who was born with spina bifida and grew up to become a fearless and resilient daredevil capable of accomplishing physical endeavors most able-bodied individuals can only dream of.
They weren’t just content to fight for Cody—they are fighting for all vaxx-injured individuals, starting with Floridians through the proposed Cody’s Law HB 149 2025, which, once passed, can be replicated by other states and even countries to help the vaxx-injured receive life-saving medical care.
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