This week on Seizing Life® Reid Rainwater and his father Ryan share Reid’s epilepsy treatment journey and the impacts of epilepsy and stigma on his education and tennis career as one of the top young players in Oklahoma.
Category Archives: Family
From LGS to Surgery to Just Being a Kid: A Mother Shares Her Son’s Epilepsy Journey
This week on Seizing Life® Colleen Jendreas shares her son Owen’s epilepsy journey and discusses the two interventions that have significantly improved his quality of life.
Epilepsy Can’t Stop Young Girl’s Competitive Spirit
This week on Seizing Life®, the Tsane family share daughter Christiane’s epilepsy diagnosis and treatment journey, and explain how they manage her seizures while nurturing her love of competitive running.
Unleashing Your Inner Mama Bear
Epilepsy advocate Kate Neale Cooper and host Kelly Cervantes share their experiences parenting children with epilepsy and offer advice on advocating for your child’s epilepsy care.
Kids Ask Docs the Darndest Things About Epilepsy
This week on Seizing Life® kids ask pediatric neurologists about epilepsy. Dr. Kristen Park of Children’s Hospital of Colorado and Dr. Adam Numis of the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital answer questions from kids on a wide variety of topics related to epilepsy.
Managing Epilepsy with the Stress of The Holidays
This week on Seizing Life® Neuropsychologist Eva Alden joins us to offer advice for those with epilepsy and their caregivers for coping with stress, anxiety, depression, and travel during the holidays.
A Mother Shares her Daughter’s Journey from Infantile Spasms to Brain Surgery
In support of Infantile Spasms Awareness week , Monica Diaz-Greco shares her daughter’s epilepsy journey from initial onset and diagnosis of infantile spasms through a VNS implant and brain surgery.
Remembering a Brother Lost to SUDEP and Finding Hope in Community
CURE Epilepsy Board Member Hannah Whitten shares her experiences growing up with a brother with epilepsy and the tragedy of losing him to SUDEP.
Seizure Dogs: Predicting Seizures and Providing Comfort
This week on Seizing Life® we talk seizure alert dogs. Jessa Kenworthy of 4 Paws for Ability provides everything you always wanted to know about seizure alert dogs and how they serve those living with epilepsy.
Determination and New Technology Lead to Successful Epilepsy Surgery
This week epilepsy advocate and mother Kate Neale Cooper explains how a new diagnostic tool enabled doctors to localize her daughter’s seizures after 16-years and ultimately perform successful epilepsy surgery.