NEW Dayton family copes with child's severe epilepsy
It is hoped that eventually diet will keep it in control without needing drugs.
CARRIE CHICKEN
It is hoped that eventually diet will keep it in control without needing drugs.
CARRIE CHICKEN
DAYTON -- Until about 18 months ago, Jayden was a typical preschooler, busy mastering riding his bike, playing with his little sister, kicking a soccer ball. The stuff of a 4-year-old's life.It all changed on Aug. 31, 2009, a day his mother Kassandra Dedloff remembers as "a normal summer day." Jayden had a grand mal seizure. Two weeks later he had another one, and "then it all started," Dedloff said. After several months of seizures and failed medications, Jayden was diagnosed with intractable/refractory epilepsy.
The seizures occurred day and night.
Not all the seizure events were the grand mal type. He also had drop seizures, where he would simply fall, and absent seizures, where he would stare and be unresponsive.
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