Jeffrey LeBlanc:  

monitors etc...) All this to be able to talk intelligently with the doctors. What is really frustrating is when they ask you what you want to try next, epilepsy treatment is largely trial and error. Our son's first year with epilepsy was very frightening since at any moment he could go limp and crash to the floor (ie a drop attack), so many times that he has to wear a helmet. One of his treatments was a strict diet called the ketogenic diet (which had worked on other children) which is a high fat no carb diet (no bread, cereal, or anything with sugar in it) It was a tough 5 months preparing separate meals. Needless to say the diet didn't work, he came of the diet and luckily the drop attacks became less frequent, however a new type came up night seizures. My wife had been researching epilepsy family support sites on the internet and came upon a place that will place service dogs with children with seizures. In order to be eligible to receive on of these service animals you had to raise ~$11,000, which is when our fundraising started. Too read more about our story, please visit w w w . 4 p a w s 4 a l e x . org. A great big Thank you goes out to Today's Auburn high school as they did a wonderful/overwhemling job of helping us fundraise for son's service dog. It is now all about family, keeping our children safe and dealing with son's condition. For those of you who read this, say a little prayer for Alex.