26 Overcoming Bartonella Disease And Managing Autism

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"> <strong>Guests</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;">Debbie Kimberg is the definition of the word 'BRAVE'. She is a writer and doubles as an advocate. She is a mom of autistic children and has gathered a wide range of experience in taking care of and trying to find solutions for her kids.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;">Sammy Kimberg is her son and was diagnosed with being on the autism spectrum and having Bartonella disease after a series of tests and disappointing results that would have left other parents discouraged from finding solutions.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;">In this episode, both mother and son share their story of managing this medical condition.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"> <strong>Discussion:</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"> <strong>Debbie's story about how she learned about her and her children's condition.</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"> <em>"Sammy was not severely autistic as a young toddler but as he continued to progress through school, he had several behaviors that qualified him to be autistic. when he was in middle School we stumbled on a Doctor who tested him for something called Bartonella, which is an infection just like Lyme. Sammy tested positive. I and my other children got tested and we were all positive."</em></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"> <strong>Learning about Lyme's disease</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 12.0pt 0in 12.0pt 0in;"><em>"I was born and raised in St Louis, I had never met anyone with Lyme disease before. You think okay, well, we are going to get some antibiotics, everything is going to be so much better. He took his first antibiotics which was augmentin and it damaged his pretty sweet mild kind of personality. He started having fights and