Today our guests are an incredibly resilient mother-daughter duo, Dorothy and Rachel, who courageously battled Lyme disease. Unfolding the harrowing and inspiring journey this pair undertook, we delve into Rachel’s symptoms, that shockingly began after a minor accident, the daunting process of diagnosis, their struggle with the perception and misunderstanding of Lyme disease by the medical community, and Dorothy's experience during her daughter's illness.

 

The book Finding Resilience: A Teen's Journey Through Lyme Disease is based on the journal Rachel kept during the worst of her illness, along with many videos and photos. The book alternates between her voice and Dorothy's, telling the story through two different perspectives.

 

Dorothy is the co-author of When Your Child Has Lyme Disease: A Parent's Survival Guide, President of LymeDisease.org, a national research and advocacy organization, and she also writes the blog Touched by Lyme.