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Let's Discuss Epilepsy with Kids

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All month I've been blabbing my head off about epilepsy, and what it means to go beyond seizure first aid.- I should put that on a shirt! Today I went beyond seizure first aid and I was an advocate for epilepsy!  A month ago I spoke to my daughters teacher about what to do in an emergency for a seizure. After making her aware of seizure first aid I told her about Purple Day which was an idea 💡 I was given from the epilepsy foundation, but everyone wore purple at Gideons. It began as a simple class focused project and became a school wide thing.  I was minding my own business a few days ago, and I got an email from Parent Square saying to remember to wear Purple for Epilepsy Awareness Day! I was so excited that this effort was made on the part of Gideons Elementary which is a Kindezi school! This went from a small conversation on the phone with her nurse and her teacher about a small presentation to a school wide event. They have been incredibly instrumental in mak...

My Personal Seizure Story

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As you know this month is important to me because it's epilepsy awareness month. I've taken the time this month to post very little about my business and more about my epilepsy life. My goal is to raise awareness about epilepsy, but not only to be able to do seizure first aid. I want people to begin to look beyond seizure first aid and know what it means to befriend someone who has epilepsy.  Every story I've posted has been near and dear to my heart and I'm going to try my best to create a post that will explain every one of them in brief detail.  In my first post on Facebook I left my seizure profile up for anyone to read so they can learn about my epilepsy story. My posts gradually grew from there. I'd like to share the most pivotal posts that I can only hope changed the way people think of epilepsy, and people living with it.  My Epilepsy Profile The purpose of my epilepsy profile was to give people a small view of what epilepsy is in my life. My goa...