epilepsy called gervais syndrome, charlotte had a seizure every 30 minutes, every one potentially fatal. when nothing helped this is charlotte s web. her parents gave charlotte the stanley cbd oil. she didn t have a seizure that day, and then she didn t have one the next day, and then the next day. i just thought, this is insane. that was six years ago. that, i think, really catapulted cbd into the national limelight as the most favored ka nab by noid. that s when the cbd craze began. it was sort of under the table until charlotte and sanjay gupta got together and threw it into the public domain. the stanleys and their special cbd strain became famous. charlotte s an explorer. they ve been contacted by thousands of families.
joyful little girl. she started to really decline, cognitively. and she was slipping away. and she just wasn t keeping up with her twin. they finally found an answer, and it was awful news. gervais syndrome. it is severe intractable epilepsy. the seizures start during the first year of life and are unstoppable, difficult to control, and very damaging. severe behavioral problems. attention deficit and hyperactivity. the self injury, banging her head on the floor and pulling her hair out. like a possessed child. this isn t your happy charlotte. it was a race against time. many gervais kids die young, in early childhood. charlotte was almost 3. for the next two years, the figges tried everything. strange diets, acupuncture, and dozens of powerful drugs like valium, ativan, phenobarbital, but nothing seemed to help. even worse, some of the medications nearly killed her.
they did the workup and found nothing and sent us home. no abnormal blood test or scan. and developing normally too, talking, walking, the same day as her twin. nothing was behind yet. by the time she was 2, though, the seizures had become constant, and started to take their toll on their once happy, joyful little girl. she started to really decline, cognitively. and she was slipping away. and she just wasn t keeping up with her twin. the figis finally found an answer. it was awful news. gervais syndrome. it is severe intractable epilepsy. the seizures start during the first year of life and are unstoppable, difficult to control, and very damaging. severe behavioral problems. attention deficit and hyperactivity. the self injury, banging her head on the floor and pulling her hair out. like a possessed child. this isn t your perfect, happy charlotte. it was a race against time. many gervais kids die young, in early childhood. charlotte was almost 3.
by the time she was 2, though, the seizures had become constant, and started to take their toll on their once happy, joyful little girl. she started to really decline, cognitively. and she was slipping away. and she just wasn t keeping up with her twin. they finally found an answer, and it was awful news. gervais syndrome. it is severe intractable epilepsy. the seizures start during the first year of life and are unstoppable, difficult to control, and very damaging. severe behavioral problems. attention deficit and hyperactivity. the self injury, banging her head on the floor and pulling her hair out. like a possessed child. this isn t your happy charlotte. it was a race against time. many gervais kids die young, in early childhood. charlotte was almost 3. for the next two years, the figges tried everything. strange diets, acupuncture, and dozens of powerful drugs like valium, ativan, phenobarbital,
remarkable to see her progress. in the three months since we first met her, we saw a change. she was now talking more. say puppy. puppy! yay! she s horseback riding. good girl. she even rides a bike on her own. and the special strain made for charlotte is now named for her. it s charlotte s web. it is charlotte s plant. it s charlotte s plant. not anymore. now it s for all the children. more than 41 children are using charlotte s web here in colorado. all of them are reporting significant seizure reduction, and there are dozens more on a wait list hoping, praying that a plant could change their lives. just like it did for charlotte. i m going to get you. you both seem very at peace. i m very at peace, yeah. very peaceful. we ve been given a great life. it s unfortunate that charlie has this gervais syndrome, but thank god we ve got something now that s working.