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PANDAS: The “Gift” that Keeps on Giving
Last Tuesday night, my 18-year-old daughter “Trinity” and I attended a screening of the new documentary My Kid Is Not Crazy at Staten Island University Hospital. The film is about children who suffer from pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections, or PANDAS for short. Unlike most people, Trinity and I are very familiar with PANDAS. Though she was never formally diagnosed, it essentially ruled our lives from the time she was five at least until she was nine.