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A Mother and Daughter, on How Epilepsy Made Us Stronger
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A Mother and Daughter, on How Epilepsy Made Us Stronger

At four years old, my daughter starting shaking uncontrollably, sending us on a 14-year roller-coaster ride from sorrow to frustration to coping to control. It wasn’t until the seizures finally stopped that we both realized how much epilepsy had shaped

Ayun Halliday & India Kotis
Nov 02, 2015
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