“A Mother’s Mission to Make Doctors LOOK: Turning a PANDAS diagnosis into advocacy.” Written By Kelly Newton for Greet Hingham
When my child began to suffer, doctors told me to wait—that he would eventually “grow out of it.” But as a parent, you know the difference between a phase and a true need for help. What followed was a long, desperate fight to uncover the root cause of my child’s increasing behavioral and mental health symptoms following a strep infection.
Months of misdiagnoses left him in pain as a child. Now, he wants to tell others about this little known autoimmune disorder.
Gino Vitelli, 20, from Marshfield, was part of a three-person relay team competing in the Cohasset Triathlon to raise money for the treatment of PANDAS/PANS.
Vitelli family taking part in Cohasset Triathlon to raise money for PANS & PANDAS research
More than a 1,000 people will dive into the waters off of Sandy Beach on Sunday as just one leg of the popular Cohasset Triathlon.