Previously on Patient Zero.

So how old were you at this point?

I was about 11 or 12 taking up to 16 aspirin a day, which I remember I actually got toxic from it and had ringing in my ears at one point

and had to have the the dose decrease. You know and so I remember when that happened

just feeling like you you know, this kid just can't catch a break.

I felt that there was something there, but the medical profession said, well, there is no such disease that exists that has the number of symptoms that you are exhibiting.

Mr. Pop. It's hard to know what normal is, you know, you, when you grow up in your entire

keen years you're suffering from a disease that's not been treated, you know, and you get into your

20s, you don't know what a normal body should feel like.

For Polly Murray, the woman from Connecticut who helped bring attention to Lyme disease,

the campaign to bring awareness to Lyme was a choice.

But for the rest of the Murray family, it was more like a natural disaster, one they would have preferred to forget, one that would continue to disrupt their lives for years to come.

And Polly's youngest son Todd, he suffered the most.

But yeah, there was a feeling of being left behind.

And I also, I also, and I'm not sure if this is related to Lyme disease or taking high dose aspirin, but I feel like my I feel like my growth was stunted for whatever reason.

To be clear, Todd was healthy enough to function, bright enough to do well in class

and eventually get into medical school.

But even after the years of swollen joints

subsided and Lyme disease had finally

been given a name, he still didn't feel quite right.

Fluency of speech, you know, words coming out backwards, the beginning of words coming

out switch, you know, problems with concentration, problems with short-term memory you know can I say a

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