{"id":37909,"date":"2025-11-13T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/?p=37909"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:19:56","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:19:56","slug":"rhoc-star-emily-simpsons-son-was-just-diagnosed-with-pandas-heres-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetab.com\/realityshrine\/2025\/11\/13\/rhoc-star-emily-simpsons-son-was-just-diagnosed-with-pandas-heres-what-it-means\/","title":{"rendered":"RHOC star Emily Simpson’s son was just diagnosed with PANDAS, here’s what it means"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the Real Housewives of Orange County<\/a> reunion, Emily Simpson got unexpectedly candid, not about housewives drama, but about something much more personal.<\/p>\n

She revealed that her 10-year-old son, Luke, had been struggling in ways that left her completely shocked.<\/p>\n

“He regressed behaviourally,” she shared. “He went from being a happy fourth grader that no teacher had ever said there’s issues, and all of a sudden, my child just completely changed.”<\/p>\n

That emotional moment on the reunion couch has now led to a major revelation. Emily says Luke has officially been diagnosed with a rare autoimmune condition called PANDAS, something she only discovered thanks to RHOC viewers who reached out with their own stories.<\/p>\n

Emily\u2019s son first dealt with developmental and behavioural shifts<\/h2>\n