PANDAS: What Is It and How Can It Be Treated?

When local mom and hairstylist Tonya Cowart’s oldest son Michael was three years old, out of the blue she noticed he began sucking on his fingers. His preschool teacher told Tonya that he had been doing it all day, and she worried it may be a problem. Out of caution, Tonya took him to the

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Overcoming the Stigma: One girl’s journey with gastroparesis, celiac disease and an autoimmune disorder

By Colleen McTiernan | Photos by Tanya Consaul Photography When at 14 days old Allison Leonard still had not had her first bowel movement, doctors knew something was wrong. They determined that something was wrong with her gastrointestinal system. They eventually misdiagnosed her with Crohn’s disease, but just what the real problem was eluded them

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