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45 for Epilepsy Challenge

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I’m fundraising for Epilepsy Ireland to support the 45,000 people living with epilepsy in Ireland.

Epilepsy is characterised by a discharge of electrical energy in the brain, but the way this affects each person is unique. With your help, Epilepsy Ireland can provide support tailored to the needs of each person and family living with epilepsy.

Your support will ensure that people with epilepsy and their families receive the information, advice, and support they need through a network of 11 Community Resource Officers. You will ensure public awareness of epilepsy is improved and stigma and misunderstanding is alleviated. You will help fund vital research projects to find new ways to manage and treat epilepsy and reduce its impact on people’s lives.

I hope you can help me by making a donation. Simply click the Donate button above. All donations are processed securely and are received directly by Epilepsy Ireland.

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Epilepsy beginnings

Saturday 23rd Aug
Last summer, Eoin asked for our traditional sleepover downstairs. We do this every summer when it's too hot out... Drag a mattress into the kitchen, put up some fairy lights, eat snacks and drink Coke, watch silly videos until he falls asleep. 

Around 2 am I was awoken to shaking next to me and thought it was just Eoin having a bad dream. But it did not stop. I looked over and saw he was convulsing and had vomited. I threw him in the recovery position and ran to get my husband. We tried to break him out of it but it wouldn't stop. We called an ambulance that took over 20 minutes to arrive. He kept seizing. 

The EMT administered oxygen and emergency medication. He kept seizing. They loaded him into the ambulance and insisted we wait outside. The seizing had stopped as we drove to the hospital but started up again. They advised that a team of doctors would be waiting at Limerick for us. We arrived. He had stopped seizing but was unconscious. They tried to rouse him. Nothing. They stuck him with needles, cut off his clothes and told me to wait outside. They talked about an airlift to Dublin. 

Finally, out of nowhere, a "MOMMY". He was awake and aware enough to look for me! They stabilised him further and sent us to the pediatric high dependency ward. We were in hospital nearly a week and left with a list of medications and a bunch of new things to figure out. 

Turns out, he had been having seizures for years without us realising! It's been something new, and often scary, to navigate and that's why Epilepsy Ireland is so important!

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Rachel Veiders