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Karen Cafferky has three children – Rachael (23), Autumn (6) and Ethan (5). Undoubtedly she has a busy household so she and her husband, Joe Hurl, are used to the many ways in which children express themselves.

 

Initially when Ethan started demonstrating strange body movements and eye-rolling, they were told to ignore it in the hope that he would soon stop. That was two years ago. He has since been diagnosed with an extremely rare condition called Paediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections – or Pandas for short.

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