He spent 10 days literally tied to his bed by electrodes and wires, 256 in all! At the end of the 10 days, the doctors not only knew where Tony's seizures originated, but they also knew that the location was in a part of the brain that Tony did not use.
On October 2, 1997, Tony underwent surgery to remove the part of his brain that caused his seizures. He had remained seizure free since then, that is until he decided to cold turkey off his medicine without doctor's approval. He still will have to take medicine for the several more years before we will know for sure if he is cured, but he figures even if he isn't, we found a way to stop them, the surgery and medicine.
If you want to find out more about epilepsy and this procedure, you can click on this link and go the the Understanding Epilepsy or the Temple Medical Center Homepage. We hope Tony's story will help another person to take the chance to change their life too. Since this surgery, I now have a normal teenager free of fear of having a seizure in public. You guessed it, I am now his personal taxi, and I am loving it.
