
"Hey, I'm not dead. But gee, my life sucks" (lamentation from the other side of the ra
Day 33 post-IVIG #2 The difference between a kid who just doesn't want to go to school and a kid with PANDAS is the number of tears the kid with PANDAS sheds when he finds out he won't be going anymore. It is not my son that doesn't want to go, It is the Bear within him. The lies He tells, The hold He has. His arms are just too strong right now. We're fighting. I swear to God we're fighting. But he's not letting go. How I hate those matted arms. The worn pads of His paws, cov

A House Divided Will Surely Fall (unless it's held up by PANDAS parents)
Day 15 post-IVIG #2 It was apparently PANDAS Awareness Day today. I was thinking PANDAS Awareness today was tomorrow until it hit me ten minutes ago. It has been that kind of day. Why? Because PANDAS. We have been in the trenches, matching the Bear's attacks with equal counterforce. He enlisted comrades and we expanded our arsenal. He divided our forces but we called in allies. We are gaining ground but not without casualties. Max is two weeks out from his second IVIG. In som