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In reply to the discussion: Snowden (who really does, apparently, have epilepsy) helps an epileptic. [View all]nilesobek
(1,423 posts)In a strange way, my son's epilepsy has drawn us closer together over the past 12 years. We usually hang out together because I constantly worry he will drown in the Snake River where he likes to swim, or have a seizure in one of the far off graveyards where we install headstones for the boss.
I've been told by doctors that seizures can cause irreversible brain damage from just one seizure. I would have to call ourselves lucky that this hasn't happened. He's extremely good with computers, a very high level. This computer we found in a dumpster with Bob Marley stickers all over it. He had it fixed and running good in a week.
One particular seizure happened in the woods, way out in the Idaho wilderness where we were camped. It was a severe seizure and I cried to the heavens for help, a hundred miles from even a shack. Miraculously, some loggers heard me cry for help and within minutes they were there. They had a special phone with a giant antenna and were able to call for help. We weren't alone after all. And I'm not alone on DU it seems either.