Jeremiah | Not Alone in the Fight Against Epilepsy
Jeremiah Norris was born in Richmond, VA., on April 22, 1977, with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. He had his first epileptic seizure shortly after being born and […]
Jeremiah Norris was born in Richmond, VA., on April 22, 1977, with his umbilical cord wrapped around his neck. He had his first epileptic seizure shortly after being born and […]
John Fornash joined Epilepsy Alliance Florida in 2018. At the time, he was overwhelmed upon learning he had epilepsy. Aside from not knowing much about the disease, he was having
Forty-four-year-old Robert was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2006. Since his diagnosis, he has learned to take his life day by day – identifying and listening to his body’s warning signs.
Meet Teo Vasconcellos, an inspiring 18-year-old boy who came to the U.S. from Argentina in 2016. At the age of four, he was diagnosed with grand mal and absence seizures.
Adrian is a toddler who has been living with epilepsy since his first few months of life. Since those early days, Adrian’s mother, Jennifer Molina, has been trying to understand
Fourteen-year-old Carlos Galvez was diagnosed with epilepsy in December 2022. As an 8th grade middle schooler, this diagnosis brought obstacles and presented challenges not only for Carlos, but his family.
Brett Schuilwerve had his first seizure during the night at age 30 while living in Texas. The seizure was a by-product of a tumor, called Oligodendroglioma, that sits on Brett’s
Anais Cepeda first joined Epilepsy Alliance Florida as a client in 2018. Her journey with epilepsy began at age 21, and she experiences seizures almost daily – a struggle that
Epilepsy is a spectrum disorder, similar to Autism, in that it presents differently depending on each person and their seizure disorder. There is a stigma surrounding epilepsy that often leads
As frightening as it is for a child to be diagnosed with epilepsy, it is even scarier for the parents. When parents find themselves in the emergency room, unsure of