Jake's story
July 21st was a normal day, as were the days of summer before. Everything was in it's place. School days were approaching and the family was enjoying the last days by the pool, ignored bedtimes and high popsicle counts.
Then July 22, 2008 came....
Jake had his first seizure. I did not recognize it as such. It was not until he had several more of these "little jerks" and bloody noses that I thought this could be seizure activity. We were scheduled to see a neurologist on August 4th, after going through our pediatrician, however we didn't make it that far. I was awakened August 1st, by Jake in a full seizure (6 minutes long)...he started to turn blue so I called 911....
Here begins our journey......
...we were taken by ambulance to the hospital. Checked in. Released. 3 more grand mal seizures after being released. Checked back in. Sent home 3 days later. Another grand mal, this one lasting a whopping 11 minutes and taken by ambulance again. Stayed at Childrens Dallas for a week. Upping meds, changing meds and mixing meds.
Diagnosis: Epilepsy
Cause: Unknown
We have now found, through some absolutely amazing family and extended family, whom I will NEVER be able to thank enough, the wonderful doctors and nurses at Cook Childrens Hospital in Fort Worth, who are continuing to help us through this. We have had another grand last thursday, and are averaging anywhere from 5-30 seizures (jerks, drops, stares) a day. I was to begin back teaching at Apollo, but am having to put that on hold until the seizures are controlled. Jake is not able to go back to school until he is 30 days seizure free. We are still waiting for that ONE day. Please pray for our family and for little Jake. Although this is not the end of the world, it is a huge hurdle we WILL overcome. Pray for courage for Jake, understanding as parents, good doctors and for the right medicines.
Jake's mom, Christine
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I posted a link a couple weeks ago about a little boy named Emmett. He suffers from the same syndrome as Jake does. If you missed it check it out:
http://www.epilepsyoutreach.org/Erin is Emmett's mommy and she created this website to raise awareness about Epilepsy.
She has been nominated for People magazines all stars. Please go here:
PeopleAllStarsclick on Cubs
and vote for Erin.
This is an amazing opportunity to raise awareness about Epilepsy and it's many syndromes.
Please share this with friends and family, and remember you can vote more than once!
If you click on Emmett's video, you can see what we witness on a daily basis with Jake.
BUTTERFLY EFFECT: Let us all spread our wings to cause a wave of awareness and concern and flood the earth with the truth about epilepsy. Make a difference; join us as we change the face of epilepsy God Bless~ Christine
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