Why Are We All Yelling About the Raisin Toast with Andrea Jones

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021: Hello! I’m talking with Andrea Jones this week and her journey with her daughters PANDAS diagnosis. She’s a listener of the podcast and wanted to share her story and insights with other moms.  She loves the network that social media and podcast have created and even her daughter encouraged her to share their story for others to benefit from!

Andrea and I discuss how important a parent’s insight and intuition is when it comes to our children and especially special needs children.  We have to be their best advocates, even if it means we question the doctors and nurses. Andrea was a pediatric nurse prior to having children and she was highly aware of her child’s behavior changes.  She used this acquired knowledge, along with her gut feelings, to fight for her daughter's diagnosis. Two years later, she confirmed it was PANDAS.  

Andrea shares how her younger daughter is now the age that her older daughter was starting to show symptoms and be diagnosed.  She says it’s such a great feeling to see it with her, but it’s also really hard and hurts.  She wants moms to know it is okay to feel both emotions, together. You can sit in gratitude and grief! 

Andrea has an awesome insight about our failures as moms. She says we need to look deeper and look at our good intentions, even if we missed the mark. We can use these opportunities to show our kids, we’re humans. We all make mistakes and we can model apologizing and our inner emotions.  Andrea also talks about how she can care for herself when these crazy moments happen with her child(ren).  She says she has to stop and think about what SHE needs right now, and not about the things she can’t control.  Andrea loves using essential oils to help her body and emotions come back to normal.

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