1st Person On Record In Pennsylvania To Have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Scherer’s multiple conditions puzzle medical community

Kathleen Scherer just wants to feel better. Now 27, the former Greencastle-Antrim School District student has been sick over half her life. She now lives in Williamson with her mother, Michele Angotti, and brother Dan Angotti. Scherer attended Greencastle schools from grades 3 to 10. At age 13 she began to suffer from seizures. She was diagnosed with an epileptic disorder, endometriosis and Cushings Disease, to top the asthma and juvenile arthritis she had since a toddler. Though under treatment, “No one could help me and figure out while I was still sick,” she said of an eight-year span. Finally a New York City physician diagnosed late stage Lyme disease. She was also the first person on record in Pennsylvania to have Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever at the same time. “I may also have a primary immune deficiency disorder,” she added. “There’s no confirmation yet.” Read more.

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