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THAT FAMILY STRUGGLING AFTER FINDING OUT THEIR SON HAS A RARE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE ABIGAIL JEFF THEIR SON WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE DISEASE THAT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE HIS BRAIN IS ON FIRE. THEY GOT THE ANSWERS THEY NEEDED BUT THE MEDICINE HE NEED COMES AT A COST. I’M TIRED. I’M WEARY HEART CAN’T TAKE WATCHING IT ANYMORE. THAT’S HO SHOULD 10 MONTHS OF NOT KNOWING WHY HER SON JOSHUA WAS IN SUCH PAIN HE WAS ON THE GROUND AND WE WERE HOLDING HIM AND HE WAS LIKE DIE NOT DIE. HE WAS ASKING TO DI JOSHUA WHO HAS AUTISM HAS NEVER ACTED LIKE THIS BEFORE EVERYTHING CHANGED THE FAMILY TOOK HIM TO DOZENS OF DOCTORS BEFORE FINDING OUT HE HAS PANS DISEASE THEY CALL IT A FLARE HIS BRAIN BECOMES INFLAMED AND WE’LL START TO SWELL AND THIS DISEASE IS SOMETHING THEIR INSURANCE. YOUR POCKET IT’S BEEN UNREAL SO THE GURU A FAMILY IS ASKING IF THEY CAN WORK FOR YOU AND WE’RE NOT THE TYPE. WE DON’T LIKE TO ASK THE FAMILY IS OFFERING TO DO YARD WORK HOUSE CLEANING

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An Oklahoma family wants to mow your lawn, clean your garage or even wash your car – It’s all to help pay for medicine for their 16-year-old son.The family is struggling after finding out their son has a rare autoimmune disease. Their son was diagnosed just a few weeks ago with a disease that makes him feel like his brain is on fire, they said. They finally got the answers they needed, but the medicine he'll need is coming at a cost.“I'm tired, I'm weary, my heart can't take watching it anymore," Kisha Gurule said.That's how Gurule she was feeling after almost 10 months of not knowing why her son, Joshua, was in such pain."At one point he was on the ground saying, ‘die, die, mom,'" Gurule said.Joshua who has autism has never acted like this before."Everything changed," Gurule said.The family took him to dozens of doctors before finding out he has a disease called Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome or PANS. "They call it a flare, he'll go into a flare where his brain will start to swell," Gurule said.The disease is something their insurance won't cover."We don't know what to do," Gurule said.They have to pay for his medicine out of pocket. So the Gurule family is asking if they can work for you."We're not looking for handouts," Gurule said.The family is offering to do yard work, house cleaning or any other manual labor to help pay for Joshua's medicine.If you'd like to help them out, send an email to stankisha@msn.com.