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Thank you for all of the advice. I emailed Dr. Murphy and will be calling on Monday. Taking it one day at a time.

Would you mind sharing how old your child is and what strength Keflex they are on? Also how long have they been on it? Thanks for the reply. It's always nice to know that you're not alone.

Thanks for the replies so far. I'll I've done is worry and research. In my gut I think it is related to her being sick. Everything started shortly there after. While her current behavior is manageable, I fear it becoming worse. I also want my child to be able to be herself. I'm anxious about our next appointment and am trying to gather as much information as possible. We also have an appointment at the psychologists. Do you think that we should push to continue on with the Cephexalin (it's only been 8 days) or should we try switching to Augmentin?

Your advice is needed and any guidance would be greatly appreciated. DD6 started showing OCD signs in December. She can still function but is not the same happy child she was just months ago. Constant worry and irrational negative thoughts are taking her over. When researching it, I came across PANDAS. All of the information seemed to fit our situation. DD was sick with a fever the first week of December. Didn't show other signs of strep so when fever finally broke and she got better I didn't think anything of it. A week later, she couldn't stop obsessing over being wet with urine, having clean hands, thinking that she was doing harmful things, etc. Had to wait until 1/9 to see pediatrician about onset of OCD. Luckily the pediatrician was open when I suggested PANDAS. Rapid strep test was negative (although I don't think they got a very good swab). ASO was positive with a titer of 400. AntiDNase-B was 140. Doctor said this ruled out PANDAS. She had prescribed antibiotics and instructed us to go ahead and continue treatment. DD is taking Cephexalin 250 mg 3 times a day. We are on day 8 and there really hasn't been a change in behavior. We have a follow-up appt. in about a week. I guess I'm not sure where to go from here? Do our test results rule out PANDAS? Should I ask for DD to continue on longer course of antibiotics? Stronger dose? We are just starting out on this journey and I hope all of you who are more experienced can help out these worried and confused parents.