How to address the mental health needs of children with chronic illnesses [resolvemagazine.org]

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By Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Resolve Magazine, October 8, 2021

At first, Ethan Martinez’s parents thought his persistent high fever was some kind of temporary virus or infection. The doctor thought so too, and prescribed the eight-year-old antibiotics.

But within weeks, the normally easygoing and active child was behaving strangely. Ethan cried while playing baseball, a game he’d always loved. He started getting in trouble at school, and would get suddenly angry for no reason. Early puberty, his doctor suggested.

Then came the seizures. First, Ethan’s legs began to shake uncontrollably. Then his entire body seized. Ethan’s parents, Erin and Gabriel Martinez, rushed him to the emergency room near their home in Perris, in Riverside County, California.

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