In regard to seizures -
Some other information that your student may find useful-
Seizures can also increase in both severity and frequency as a child
enters adolescence. In my Girl Scout troup, I work with 2 girls who have
epilespy - one from an anyerism at the age of 15 and one who has had very
mild seizures all of her life (occurring in her sleep and usually
resulting in bed wetting). The girl that had them through her life began
having grand mal seizures when she hit puberty. You must be seizure free
for over 6 mo. in order to obtain a liscence to drive in GA (as the 2 of
them are 17 & 18, I've heard this a lot). Also, a person does not always
know when they are going to have them (not everyone gets an aura).
Concerning operations - even though they have improved over the years, the
doctors still must locate the focal point in order to do surgery and that
is not easy. One of the girls in my troup went for tests and they spent
ages trying to trigger a seizure (including a real fun test of inserting
needles through her jaw up to her brain since the focal point was in the
temporal lobe). The worst part was that she had a seizure, but it was at
2:00 am and the person who needed to see it had gone home.
Deb Briihl
