My daughter, Chelsea, began having seizures on her 11th birthday in September 2003. We had invited several of her closest classmates over for a slumber party, complete with disco balls […]
Day: February 9, 2016
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Nine
What is your connection to epilepsy/seizures? My daughter Lily was diagnosed with Epilepsy after getting hit in the head by a soccer ball while playing soccer almost 10 years ago […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Eight
Meet Kaycee. Our epilepsy story began shortly after Kaycee turned 5, just after Thanksgiving 2014 and we had no idea of the journey we were about to begin. As with […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Seven
Meet Derek. My husband and I are the parents of a amazing 6 year old boy. He had a pretty rough start to life. When he was born he wasn’t […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Six
Meet Ally. I’ve been impacted by epilepsy my whole life as I have had family members with epi-lepsy. I’ve seen the impact that it has on the person affected as […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Five
My connection to Epilepsy is that I am someone living with epilepsy since 1995. My journey began, March 27, 1995. I was a young 29 year old, single mom to […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Four
My name is Amy and I have an 8 year old daughter, Kaia. Kaia started having seizures when she was 1 year old. She was diagnosed with abnormal juvenile absence […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Three
This is my son Brennan, he’s 18 months old. He was diagnosed with epilepsy at 4 months old but has had seizures from birth. He deals with at least 7 […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day Two
Meet Savannah. Doctors believe my epilepsy is the result of head injuries as a competitive figure skater, concussions and migraines grew into seizures. I felt alone when the seizures began, […]
International Epilepsy Awareness – Day One
Meet Kathryn. 1. What is your connection to epilepsy /seizures? I have been having seizures for about 15 years. They were first noticed after I had a head injury. (I […]