Mom fights for PANDAS diagnosis after son?s sudden onset of OCD symptoms

[Emily]

http://napervillesun.suntimes.com/lifestyles/10761378-423/mom-fights-for-pandas-diagnosis-after-sons-sudden-onset-of-ocd-symptoms.html

Mom fights for PANDAS diagnosis after son?s sudden onset of OCD symptoms

By Jane Donahue For the Sun February 27, 2012 5:04PM
Updated: March 1, 2012 12:40PM


Charlie Nawara was an active 9-year-old who loved school, until one day in August 2009, things abruptly changed. The easy-going Naperville boy suddenly developed tics ? nonstop grunting and throat clearing ? and an extreme anxiety about attending school.

?This was very unusual for Charlie because he loved going to school,? said his mom, Wendy, 42. ?He never missed school or asked to stay home. He was never really even sick.? ...