These handwriting samples from his weekly school journal present a clear picture of the handwriting being affected by PANS.
When PANS started, his handwriting was still somewhat neat in September 2016.
But from there his handwriting becomes progressively worse. It gets progressively messier and he clearly is not able to write on the lines. We are fortunate to have the handwriting as a clear marker to show that something was going wrong in his brain when meeting with lots of doctors and educators . My hope is that this helps another family.
Ashlyn’s 5-year-old has been diagnosed with PANS and since been in treatment. While not in a flare, he drew the fantastic Garfield (top picture). Then about 5 days after Ashlyn got walking pneumonia, her son, who is not visibly sick at all, drew the second picture, which shows marked regression of skills. It is a perfect example of how infection and autoimmune function can dramatically impact the brain. Plus it is a great visual example of how fast it can happen. During this flare he is exhibiting loss of fine motor skills, aggressiveness/mean/short tempered, and peeing the bed and his pants. At the moment he has no obvious OCD, anxiety, etc. Her son is continually being treated for PANS.