“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.