In A Pickle Over PANDAS

About this book

This book is about a young boys journey with a harrowing illness called PANDAS an acronym for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus. He wakes up one morning and overnight is stricken with unusual and frightening symptoms that turn his world upside down. Some of the symptoms he experiences are anxiety & OCD. This happened all because an autoimmune response caused dysfunctional antibodies to invade the basal ganglia of the brain instead of fighting off the streptococcus bacteria. The boy has never even heard of PANDAS. After a long road filled with doctor visits blood draws procedures & surgery he is finally on the road to recovery. In time he is able to forget about this harrowing illness. Then the only PANDAS he knows of are the black and white bears at the zoo. www.PANDAS-DISORDER.com About the author - Melanie S. Weiss RNC-MNN BSN has been a registered nurse for thirty years certified in maternal-newborn nursing. Her goals in writing this book were to explain a frightening illness to the children afflicted with it in an informative but non-frightening way and to raise awareness about the disorder. She is also the author of the article "The Pandemonium of PANDAS." Melanie lives in Long Island NY with her husband and three sons and is an employee of the North Shore LIJ Health System. Keywords - PANDAS PANS Pediatric Autoimmune Neurological Disorder Streptococcus Anxiety OCD Antibiotic. Book Award - Silver Medal-2016 Living Now Book Award (Childrens Non-Fiction) Book Award - Bronze Medal-2016 eLit Electronic Book Award (Health/Medicine/Nutrition) Book Award - Finalist-2016 Next Generation Indie Book Award (Childrens/Juvenile Non-Fiction) Book Award - Finalist-2016 10th Annual National Indie Excellence Award (Medical) Book Award - Finalist-2016 Readers Favorite International Book Award (Childrens Educational) Book Award - Five Stars-2016 Readers Favorite Book Reviews Spanish eBook version available