DEBBIE KIMBERG

In this beautifully written book, I am impressed by this mother’s honesty, intelligence and passion for her children. She captured the painful journey that parents of kids with vector induced infections go through in a very real and vivid way. The ups and downs; the different doctors each having only a piece of the puzzle; the poor parents struggling with their intuitive sense that there is more help somewhere but are often left on their own to track down the next step. Sadly, her story and travails are too familiar. It is heartbreaking but these are the stories I hear everyday. This mother and mothers like her are heroes. This book will serve as a gift to many other families that are facing similar struggles. For those that search each day for answers on how to help their dysfunctional, but wonderful children, this book will aid in making many concerned parents feel much less alone.

While addressing various neuropsychiatric symptoms in her three sons, a mother skillfully takes the reader through the heart wrenching trials and tribulations of a family’s emotional medical journey, ultimately implicating stealth infection as the cause and thus providing the possibility of a potential cure. Our collaborative research currently focuses on the impacts of Bartonella on psychiatric and physical symptoms in patients. Sadly, we have seen other families like this one who are infected with Bartonella, potentially one of the most important and underappreciated infections contributing to chronic illness today. The mother’s story of the potential familial impacts of this disease is an important addition to our evolving understanding this stealth bacterial pathogen is having on our country.