Keri Bassman Ross

Keri Ross and her husband Todd live in Maine with their three children and the family's golden doodle.

After spending more than a year being told by doctors that their son had Tourettes, OCD, anxiety... and watching him get increasingly worse on more and more fronts, Keri and Todd knew they needed to keep searching for answers.

They were referred to a neurologist, Dr. Elena Frid, who determined their son had active Lyme and Strep infections. He was put on appropriate treatment and, almost overnight, his symptoms improved, materially. Unfortunately their son had gone untreated for so long that his recovery has not been an easy one as he experienced relapsing flares.

As Keri and Todd watched their som struggle socially, emotionally, physically, and academically, they knew they needed to share his story so other kids going through PANS/PANDAS knew they were not alone. When their son began working through his story with Dr. Rachel Avery using a child-life approach guided by Dr. Sarper Taskiran, the story pages began to fill.

We hope that this story is something that all children with PANS/PANDAS and their families can relate to. We also hope it raises awareness with doctors, teachers, and friends and family of the PANS/PANDAS children alike about this life-altering condition.