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Mysterious illness may send now bedridden 28-year-old to Thailand for treatment

Jonathan Andrews and family left frustrated at the difficulty of navigating the medical system in Ontario, and the lack of results

Jonathan Andrews is fighting for his life against an unknown illness doctors can’t seem to diagnose. Now, he’s hoping to find help from specialists at the Chang Mai Hospital in Thailand — if he can get there.

The 28-year-old life-long Bradford resident has been battling the affliction for more than two years, after he started experiencing symptoms while travelling in Latin America in the summer of 2021.

His nervous system began to shut down, making it difficult to breathe and preventing him from turning his neck or bending over.

By March 2022, he was mostly bedridden.

“I lost my independence. I’m not able to get out of bed or stand or walk. I can only sit for short periods of time, I spend most of the day laying down and my parents…

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