no medications. it s a fluke. right. a fluke made sense. after all charlotte, nicknamed charlie, was born perfectly healthy, a fraternal twin to sister chase. charlie always had big, big smiles. just happy kids. easy. easy. very much so. so it was around three months you said that when you first noticed that charlie had a seizure. i was chaining her diaper, well putting a new diaper on from after the bath, and her eyes just started flickering. it led to the first of many trips to the e.r. they did the million dollar workup, mri, eeg, spine tap, 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,
it s okay, baby. this is their daughter charlotte having a seizure. we just thought it was just one random fee febrile seizure? a fluke. a fluke made sense. after all charlotte, nicknamed charlie, was born perfectly healthy, a fraternal twin to sister chase. charlie always had big, big smiles. just happy kids. easy. easy. very much so. so it was around three months you said that when you first noticed that charlie had a seizure. i was chaining her diaper, well putting a new diaper on from after the bath, and her eyes just started flickering. it led to the first of many trips to the e.r. they did the million dollar workup, mri, eeg, spinal tap.
this is their daughter charlotte having a seizure. we just thought it was just one random febrile seizure. a fluke. a fluke made sense. after all charlotte, nicknamed charlie, was born perfectly healthy, a fraternal twin to sister chase. charlie always had big, big smiles. just happy kids. easy. easy. very much so. so it was around three months you said that when you first noticed that charlie had a seizure. i was chaining her diaper, well putting a new diaper on from after the bath, and her eyes just started flickering. it led to the first of many trips to the er. they did the million dollar workup, mri, eeg, spine tap, 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.
this is their daughter, charlotte, having a seizure. we just thought it was just one random febrile seizure. nothing to really no. no medications, it s a fluke. right. a fluke made sense. after all charlotte, nicknamed charlie, was born perfectly healthy, a fraternal twin to sister chase. charlie always had big, big smiles. just happy kids. easy. easy. very much so. so it was around 3 months you said that when you first noticed that charlie had a seizure. i was chaining her diaper, well putting a new diaper on from after the bath, and her eyes just started flickering. it led to the first of many trips to the e.r. they did the million dollar workup, mri, eeg, spine tap, they did the workup and found nothing and sent us home. no abnormal blood test or no abnormal scan. and developing normally, too. talking and walking, the same day as her twin. nothing was behind yet. by the time she was 2,
it led to the first of many trips to the er. they did the million dollar workup, mri, eeg, spine tap, 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. 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. m