JONATHAN NEMETH, 23 of Batavia, Illinois, used to wake up some mornings with intense muscle aches. At night, he was having seizures so violent that on two separate occasions, they fractured his spine.
Jennifer Alvis was diagnosed with epilepsy when she was four years old. Now 40 years old and seizure-free, Alvis jokes that it took 36 years for technology to catch up so she could receive the care ...
The unpredictable, debilitating nature of a seizure can be frightening, for both the person experiencing it and anyone watching nearby. In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, ...