My regular readers know that our youngest son has epilepsy. Last fall, we were working on finding a combination of medications that would keep his seizures at bay, and yet have fewer side effects. (Epilepsy medications have a great amount of side effects. They are essentially medications that affect the brain and many other major organs in the body.) From July until Thanksgiving of last year, my son was averaging having at least one major seizure a week. I cannot begin to explain how awful and scary and painful this experience was for our son, and for our family. Luckily, we found a combination of three medications that are currently working to keep our son seizure-free. Some people never find medications that work. Some people with epilepsy suffer several seizures a day. It is a terrifying condition. My mind has often gone to the Ukrainians who have epilepsy and other major medical conditions, who have no access to their medications. It is so wrong that this is happening to them, on so many levels. I cannot even begin to fathom what they are going through.
If you search “epilepsy” on my blog you can read more about our story. If you are so inclined, please give a donation to the Epilepsy Foundation. This organization is the leader in funding research for hopefully one day finding a cure for this deadly condition.
Thank you for your continued love and prayers and concern for my son and for our family.
Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.
