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http://www.northernstar.com.au/story/2011/11/12/mystery-illness-has-family-in-dark-calem-mcdavid/
Mystery illness has family in dark
Christian Morrow | 12th November 2011
IT'S every parent's worst nightmare.
Goonellabah mum Summer Nanscawen is desperate for assistance for her son Calem McDavid, 8, who has an as yet undiagnosed condition.
Cathy Adams
IT'S every parent's worst nightmare.
Your beautiful 18-month-old baby boy suddenly has 12 epileptic seizures in the space of 24 hours and life is never the same again.
This is the story of Calem McDavid, now eight, and his parents Peter McDavid and Summer Nanscawen.
They have been waiting in limbo for six-and-a-half years for a diagnosis of Calem's condition so they can access adequate care for their permanently wheelchair-bound son....