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    Father shares family struggle to save child

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-- Scofield was born in 2002.

There were no issues everything seemed normal.

But that quickly changed just a week old -- started sleeping only twenty minutes and day.

And from there things got worse the family didn't know what to do especially when their daughter turned violent attacking her baby brother and even trying to end her own life.

We'll finally in 2009 at the age of six -- was diagnosed with childhood onset schizophrenia.

A diagnosis that is extremely rare in children that young.

Now Danny's father Michael Schofield sharing his family story in the new book January 1 and he's my guest this morning good morning -- -- Hi good morning -- thank you for having me -- while the life that you have lived with this beautiful child of yours.

Is one that most people can never understand.

I have read through most of your book and this story is an amazing one at the beginning of her life.

She was actually brilliant you thought she was this of -- of sorts right.

Yeah that was.

And and that was really how I rationalize.

Her increasingly.

Anti social behavior -- -- -- -- eighteen months he was speaking and grammatically correct sentences.

And yeah -- -- Near the function of blood in the human body in the atmospheric pressure on Venus and things like that I mean and it's.

Earlier when she -- to a draw from from other kids.

Three and certain becoming -- style you know I just thought it was.

Part.

You know the they went along with her genius and and that was how I rationalized it.

Right and then you even went on to some specialists because you thought that maybe she was on the -- to somehow -- of Asperger's.

But then finally at age six you you got that diagnosis on that day tell us what happened.

Well every it was a two year wall almost -- process suited to.

Get the diagnosis is -- -- we just went in and the doctors and our cities you know Tomlinson schizophrenic.

When.

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- You they sad.

She had a senator who is and -- very specifically remembered today in the doctors said we've ruled out everything.

-- child onset schizophrenia.

And my first reaction was one.

Is this of those get a sense transmit my first -- was one of relief.

Because.

We.

We finally had a name for what it is and had been ripping away right jennies personality for the last couple of years.

And I thought okay we -- could we bring it out of the light but then there was the crushing realization.

Of what it is.

Exactly and we're looking at video of her right now I do want to show piece of video that you supplied to us.

It shows -- on what you -- to be one of her bad days and this was on a day when she was threatening to do bodily harm.

Yeah.

I'm gonna cut a -- what did that today.

Is what we is this is let me -- to get into UCLA because they don't he's got -- -- it is no this was when you finally brought -- to UCLA to get treatment and she's been on some sort of a drug cocktail now.

But she's she was in UCLA for quite some time you actually one point your family moved into separate apartments because you -- -- safety of your young son right.

That that's correct for.

For about two and a half years.

-- -- -- and my wife Susan's idea.

-- I'd buy a so there's mid 2009.

Name is Jane -- and you see a life for four months and it look like she was is slipping.

Curtis slipped into her own world and and never come back and and I didn't want her that to happen in the hospital.

So I you wanted.

My wife Susan take her son bode and go out to her parents it in in the -- air act and Susan came up with the idea of two apartments.

And what we did is there was one apartment for -- one apartment for -- and Susan I would.

Trade unless they -- -- up against a hard break -- Michael I'm sorry but that's better that ended up being fine you are under one roof together now it's a family.

And -- your child is ten years old check out this amazing book it's called January 1 Michael Schofield is the father.

Of Jan thanks for instance there thank you for having that.

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