A life
gone haywire because of what the family says was a missed medical diagnosis. The
Delaware County family wants to warn others as they fight to save their son.
Doctors say it could happen to anyone. Health Reporter Stephanie Stahl has more
on a grown man who has to be cared for like a baby. Thirty-four-year-old Chris Valerio is
a prisoner in his own body. Just standing up is an ordeal. He can’t feed
himself or talk much, but his parents say his mind is fine, he understands
everything. “It’s very frustrating. Obviously it’s very disheartening. We’ve had our
days of tears,” said John Valerio, Chris’ father. For his parents, it’s heartbreaking to
see Chris, who’d been such a free spirit. He loved to travel and try new
restaurants. Now he can’t chew, or do anything for himself........ His
family claims he was misdiagnosed several times, first with anxiety, then
multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s. A test for Lyme disease was negative, but
then Chris developed several co-infections associated with Lyme, like Rocky
Mountain spotted fever. Finally, after three years of searching a specialized blood
test confirmed Lyme, caused by a tick bite.......To Read More......
My Take - Why are ticks becoming so
problematic? Could it be because the EPA was responsible for the elimination of
so many effective safe carbamate and organophosphate pesticides with their manipulation
of science via legislation known as the Food Quality Protection Act? Could be!
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